[posting]58362309[/posting]ATM services company Diebold Nixdorf hires advisers to seek a sale, sources say
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/13/diebold-nixdorf-hires-advise…
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-- Diebold Nixdorf has hired Credit Suisse and Evercore to seek a potential sale.
-- Diebold shares have tumbled as it pays off Wincor Nixdorf shareholders that didn't tender from Diebold's 2016 acquisition.
-- Diebold announced a lower-than-expected EBITDA guidance earlier this month.
...Diebold shares have been in a freefall since forecasting lower-than-expected EBITDA earlier this month and revealing it would use cash on hand and tap its revolving credit line to buy $160 million of Wincor Nixdorf shares, the German company Diebold bought in 2016.
Even though Diebold acquired Wincor two years ago, not all of Wincor's shareholders tendered the offer. Diebold only held 77 percent of the outstanding shares by the end of July. Earlier this month, 13 percent of the remaining outstanding holders asked to be paid, amounting to about $255 million. Diebold paid $160 million and will pay the remaining $95 million later this week, the company said in a statement released earlier Monday. Diebold will then own more than 90 percent of outstanding shares...
=> natürlich kann man - auch rückblickend - leichtfertig behaupten, ein "Digitalisierungsopfer"
=> das stimmt nur so nicht. Es gibt immer schrumpfende Industrien, bei denen Unternehmen einfach auf der Strecke bleiben, und ein paar (ganz) wenige überleben können:
=> bei NCR kann ich gar nicht mehr feststellen, wann dort zuletzt Dividende gezahlt wurde. Es heißt dort:
13. Why doesn't NCR pay a dividend?
NCR's earnings are reinvested in the company's businesses for future growth.
http://investor.ncr.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=83840&p=irol-faq_pf#…
=> angeblich möchte man auch von NCR gekauft werden:
Given the tight liquidity position, Diebold is looking for a buyer now and is focusing on private equity firms and NCR, said the people.
=> wenn ich NCR wäre, würde ich die Finger davon lassen