It's an editorial, where you can make up facts, and imagine any motives that you want. It's also only one individuals opinion. I think that the Pentax Board probably knows better what's going to happen to their company than any of us do. They may well be thinking of the stock holders...
Tom C wrote: > It's still accountable to it's shareholders and if the majority of them > don't want to go that route it's hard to buck them off your back. > > The whole thing is a fiasco. It was Pentax's former President (who is > credited, justly or unjustly, with bringing the camera division back to > profitability) that saw the benefits of a merger. It was their new > management that backed out, then threw tantrums, blew smoke with profit and > volume proclamations that the industry viewed as unattainable, and now has > slinked back to the table. > > According to Japanese reports it was an internal management feud that > brought this about. > > http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/editorial/20070522TDY04005.htm > > Tom C. > > >> From: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... >> Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 12:52:37 -0500 >> >> I dont know why Pentax does not just take a poison pill if it does not >> want to be acquired by Hoya. I.e. take on alot of debt and buy back >> tons of its stock. Isnt that what american companies do with some >> hostile takeovers? Maybe its not an option in Japan? >> >> rg >> >> >> On 5/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> In a message dated 5/21/2007 11:57:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> Personally I don't think Pentax is going down the drain in the >>> >> immediate >> >>> future (6 months - 1 year). On the other hand, I have no idea how long >>> >> of a >> >>> future they have. Hoya may take the camera division under their wing, >>> >> and >> >>> then if they're not successful enough, spin them off or sell them. >>> >> There's >> >>> an infinite number of scenarios that could occur. >>> >>> Tom C. >>> >>> ======== >>> Yes, while I hate to agree with you, I do. :-) At least re infinite >>> scenarios. >>> >>> I think Pentaxes DSLRs have been too successful recently for I think >>> >> Hoya >> >>> just to trash them. Also the recent news is that Pentax is going for a >>> subsidiary deal with independent management. But that doesn't mean that >>> >> down the >> >>> road, if the cameras start losing money, that Hoya won't cut them out >>> >> then. >> >>> OTOH, maybe Hoya will pour some serious money into Pentax R&D and >>> >> marketing >> >>> and beef them up. With earlier lens releases (or on time lens releases) >>> >> and >> >>> some new DSLRs, well... with enough money invested Pentax could >>> >> actually >> >>> become a player. >>> >>> But it's still too hard to predict anything right now. The deal is not >>> >> even >> >>> finalized. >>> >>> I just hope that Hoya is smart enough to realize the second scenario I >>> >> gave >> >>> above is as likely as the first. >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ************************************** See what's free at >>> >> http://www.aol.com. >> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > > > -- All dogs have four legs; my cat has four legs. Therefore, my cat is a dog. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
