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Yesterday, Solera (SLH) filed this 8K which despite being only 1 paragraph, was chock full of new perks for the company’s top executives: The benefits approved by the Committee include increased supplemental life and long-term disability insurance, annual physical exams, company automobile benefit, country club fees (solely for the Chief Executive Officer), and, assuming year [...]
Last May, Trimas (TRS) went public at $11 a share. By October, the stock was trading at $16, which clearly made it a successful IPO. But in November, things started going down hill and they’ve been going in that direction ever since: the stock has lost nearly 2/3 since then, even though there hasn’t been [...]
Retailer American Apparel (APP), which is usually described as being edgy and which since going public via a special purpose acquisition company in mid-December has fallen sharply, had more than a few sharp edges in the 10K it filed on Monday. Controversial CEO Dov Charney is currently dealing with one lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and [...]
Blackstone (BX) filed its first 10-K yesterday morning and given its year-end results, not to mention its sagging stock price, it’s not surprising that the company spent 27 pages highlighting potential risk factors. Among our favorites is the one where Blackstone warns about the difficulty of sustaining growth as a public company: These requirements may [...]
Yesterday, ArcSight (ARST) went public, but didn’t manage to close above the $9 IPO price, ending the day at $8.78. This morning, it’s trading even lower. But don’t feel too bad for Chairman and CEO Robert Shaw. After all, he still has the yacht club and the company-paid airline tickets to get to his homes [...]
