Well they have done it, they finally have done it!! http://www.cnbc.com/id/48743897 To bad aperio did not sell 4 years ago.. Stock is probably worthless by now!! Leica offerd, GE offered McKesson offered, but noooooo,,,,now four years later yes!?
How huge r golden parachutes for the Aperio management team, How much? How many lawsuits are ongoing, who pays for them? Is the rumor of the incoming class action lawsuit true?
There is always a parachute! But these lawsuits always happen. There is a cache of Lawyers that do nothing but sue companies during buyouts. They always find some old lady or even a relative and get them to file a suit claiming that they think the company is being undersold, so that the Executive Board Members can make $$. The truth is if a company sells for $5.00, they say it should be 8 and the company settled on a quick exit...this is bull for a lot of companies. Then what happens is a bunch of Dolts sign on to the law suit. Usually a settlement takes place just so the deal can complete. The only winners are the lawyers and maybe a the originator (because they get a few more dollars then the others). The american Tax Payer looses because the suit ties up the court and costs tons of money. So for example: Law Suit is for $10 million 5,000 people sign on Settlement is for $1 Million. Liers(Lawyers) take 1/3 = 333,000.00 dollars Originator gets about 2% 0f 666,000.00 = $13,320.00 The Dolts who sign up divide the rest and end up with $130.56 each...half of which they never claim and it sits for years.. OK, so who is the big winner...LAWYERS, the rest of the suckers did nothing but delay the deal for a year when they could have cashed in their shares and had some dough!!
We as employees disagree with millions for payouts to senior team that is paid for by the common employees shares, the VC get their cut no matter what. All employees should refuse to sign unless these payouts are removed or made smaller. Your vote is confidential, any statement otherwise is in violation of employee rights. no need for a lawsuit. just. vote. no. HR is threatening employees to sign.
Can't you just.check.the.Disagree box and sign.the rest? Also if you can proove you are being harassed by HR you.should call the FTC. By.the way I.am betting the deal.gets.blocked by the FTC
When a large company breaks into a specific field and the No. 1 Company in the field is purchased, sometimes they consider it an attempt to control the competitve landscape. Look back to 1995 when Roche purchased Syntex Pharma and their diagnostics arm SYVA. Syva had 90% market share in Drugs of Abuse testing, 50% in Therapeutic Testing Reagents. Roche Diagnostics had an antiquated Latex based technology. Roche had just won a dela with the DOD. syva protested the deal and had it overturned. Then the buyout. The FTC, MADE Roche sell Syva...I believe Dade purchased them.
How will Beckman Coulter handle Aperio acquisition? Beckman is going to shrink headcount, it is how they work and run businesses. Won't be a lot of happy bunnies left in Vista.
Do any current or Former Aperions have any more details on the buy-out?? I am an ex employee looking for answers. I am an idiot for buying my options,,,
If Danaher in Carlsbad is buying them they will make the company much smaller. Read all the Beckman Coulter threads to understand how Danaher manages acquired companies. I have heard that the reason your options will not be worth anything is because a few Aperio people are getting multi million dollar payouts, you are paying for this directly with a lower stock price.
" Yes I know about the payouts. Sad thing is the folks getting this dough are the reason the company is in the crapper. The former CEO and now "Futurist" what ever that means is going to CASH IN big time. He could have sold the company 5 byears ago for 2x the amount but got really greedy and turned everyone down!!
Wow, Best investment of my LIFE!! Put money in, bought my options.... Got a check years later for $300.00 less then I payed!! Way to go APERIO!!
