Yes. Paul On May 9, 2007, at 11:12 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > This thought may have been offered as I've only looked at a few of > these posts. It may be that Pentax is taking the same route as many > have and that's selling certain assets to generate cash in order to > control more of their stock, thereby hoping to fend off a hostile buy > out, in this case, by Hoya.(??) > > Jack > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> In a message dated 5/9/2007 5:55:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Is selling their valuable Tokyo real estate a way of making Pentax a >> >> less desirable target for aquisition? >> >> Joe >> >> =========== >> I don't know how corporate stuff works, but I would think it is to >> cut out >> overhead and deadwood so on a quarterly report they show more >> profit. So not >> necessarily to raise cash, but to decrease debit. Ergo, please >> investors. Not >> all stockholders go for a quick cash profit, many like to invest in >> a >> well-respected company with long term gains. What Sparx looks for, I >> have no idea, >> but it may be the same thing. If they show better a better profit >> margin, then >> pressure to merge (by big investors especially) would decrease. >> >> Well, that's my best guess about what is going on anyway. >> >> Marnie aka Doe >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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