Last report I saw, I seem to remember Sparx owning a bit less than 30%. Gonz wrote: > On 5/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In a message dated 5/22/2007 11:04:57 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> 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 >> >> ========= >> Sparx. Come on, Pentax really doesn't want their stock to plummet. News >> stories have been saying that Japanese investment groups/companies >> (whatever they >> are called) are becoming rather aggressive now in determing the course of >> the company they are invested in. Not just with Pentax. >> > > If Sparx owns a majority or close to a majority of the shares, you are > right, it wont happen. More likely is what P.A. said: this kind of > uncivilized behavior does not happen in Japan. If Sparx does not own > a majority and it was a US company, this could happen, and the stock > price might actually go up. > > >> Kamakasi Pentax? >> >> Hara-Kiri Pentax? >> >> I'd prefer... >> >> Samurai Pentax. Huyah! Whomp! Take that (fill in the blank)!!! >> >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > >
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