[Leica] Leica Solms reports 50% loss what does this mean?

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Your Leica M will STILL work in another 25 years? Assuming you can locate 
film...

Leica being no mo'?
Cosina buying Leica?

At 09:13 AM 2/17/2005, mak@teleport.com wrote:

>Leica Camera AG, Solms, expects the existence of a loss in the amount of 
>half of its registered share capital in March 2005. The Company's Board of 
>Management will make a corresponding announcement according to section 92 
>(1) of the German Stock Corporation Law (AktG) at a General Meeting to be 
>held on May 31, 2005.
>Concurrently, the Board of Management prepares a turnaround strategy. It 
>will propose at the General Meeting on May 31, 2005 that capital measures 
>be taken. In connection with such measures audits are conducted at 
>present. The measures proposed will be announced and published in the 
>designated journals at the time of the convening of the General Meeting 
>and the announcement of its agenda.
>
>
>What are the implications of this?

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