Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand: I'm not sure this is the case, but aren't such deals structured so as to give as little as possible back to the investors? On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>wrote: > Gerry, > No they have not - I see the Blackstone/Kaufmann combo carefully planning > how to maximize profits for a public flotation in the medium term, to > partially/completely cash out.This whole line up stinks of squeezing > profits out of existing technology, and the Private Equity investment > mantra of 'strip and dump'. The message is uber clear is it not? Leica > using photographers are NOT the target market any more. I bet we in Asia > can get our hands on these new products much easier than all of you can in > Europe and the USA... > > I think it will be well worthwhile to contemplate an investment in Leica > equity with a 2-3 year horizon than buy their products, I think it will be > far more profitable! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:44 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> > wrote: > > > Have Laica now totally lost the plot? > > > > Gerry > > > > Gerry Walden > > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > > www.gwpics.com > > > > On 10 May 2012, at 20:00, Tina Manley wrote: > > > > > Sounds interesting to me! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- -Lew S.