B&W Sells...

ZLTFUL
ZLTFUL Posts: 5,655
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...astonishingly to a small 40 person Silicon Valley startup...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-03/speaker-maker-bowers-wilkins-sells-out-to-a-tiny-silicon-valley-startup

@Joey_V thoughts?
"Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    That's ok. It'll still be ok.

    I spoke to my friend who's VP for united rentals and specializes in mergers and acquisitions. He says that if the acquiring company were a speaker company then there is much to worry about.

    However if not then it likely will merge tech and leave the core audio lines untouched as they would be destroying their investment.

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  • Joey_V
    Joey_V Posts: 8,584
    Martin Logan was acquired... And they still came out with Neolith and the new rennaisance reference line. Innovation still exists.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,655
    I wasn't worried so much about that. Just interesting on the financial side. Yu doesn't make bad financial decisions and it seems to me that this could be a kick in the pants for B&W to branch out or expand.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    edited May 2016
    Looks like Caledonia Investments (20% equity held at fye 3/31/13), valued at 120 million pounds.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    Anybody else shocked B&W has 1100 employees? Seems like a lot for what amounts to a niche product for the majority of the world's population..
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