Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:44 PM 1/28/2000 +0100, dominique pellissier wrote: > >If I remember, Marc, the LMBO was planned by Bruno Frey, the CEO of Leica >Camera, but never executed. The swiss holding changed its strategy and >prefered to control Leica by keeping a narrow majority of shares. Frey >dismissed. >BTW if the Leica stock increased, there is an explanation : the planned >repurchase of stoks by the holding. Well, first, it hasn't been a "Swiss" holding company since 1988 or so, when Cambridge Instrument Company PLC bought them out. Second, Bruno Frey was one of the main players at the time. See the intro to Laney's LEICA COLLECTORS GUIDE, or the various articles in the LHSA's VIEWFINDER, for details. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!