K Capital Supports Other Shareholders in Calling for Change at CeWe Color.BOSTON -- K Capital is a Boston-based investment manager that owns in excess of 5% of the share capital of CeWe Color Holding AG ("CeWe" or the "Company"). K Capital shares the concerns outlined by M2 in its request to call an EGM EGM Electronic Gaming Machine EGM Electronic Gaming Monthly EGM Extraordinary General Meeting EGM Expert Group Meeting EGM Estudio General de Medios (Spanish: General Means Study) EGM Emergency General Meeting dated January 25, 2007 and its press release dated January 31, 2007. Specifically, K Capital is concerned about the following: 1. CeWe management's inability to deliver profitable growth and shareholder returns; 2. CeWe's massive capital expenditure and marketing programs, which lack well-articulated strategies; 3. CeWe management's desire to make acquisitions outside of its core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
4. CeWe's sub-optimal capital structure. K Capital believes that all stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. would benefit from a better management team. K Capital welcomes the opportunity to begin the process to replace the management team by voting for new Supervisory Board Supervisory board The board of directors that represents stakeholders in the governance of the corporation. Members as soon as possible. K Capital is confident that with the right management team and strategy, CeWe can create tremendous value. |
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