希捷收购迈拓??

残酷一叮

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Seagate Technology to Acquire Maxtor Corporation

We're pleased to share with you some exciting news. As the attached press
release outlines, this morning Seagate took an important step in further
strengthening our position in the technology industry: we announced our
agreement to acquire Maxtor Corporation. We are enthusiastic and optimistic
about the results that the combined companies can achieve and the
opportunities it will afford our employees.

Our decision to acquire Maxtor was influenced by many factors. By acquiring
Maxtor, we gain critical resources—including strategic manufacturing
assets—and enhanced operating scale to continue our leadership in the
industry, drive product innovation, and maximize manufacturing efficiency.
These advantages, combined with our current strengths, position us to
deliver more compelling and innovative products, more quickly and at more
competitive prices.

Because we realize that events of this kind can spark uncertainty and
concern, we will share with you that while it will be necessary to
eliminate redundancy among the two companies, as a result of this
transaction, we do not anticipate reductions in Seagate headcount or
changes to reporting relationships. The combined company will retain the
Seagate name and the Seagate management team, and its executive offices
will remain in Scotts Valley, California.

This transaction is expected to close in the second half of calendar year
2006, and so for the next several months, for all of us at Seagate it
remains business as usual. The goals and objectives we have established do
not change, and we must continue to meet our commitments and deliver
leadership products to our customers.

Our congratulations and thanks go out to every Seagate employee. Over the
past several years, you have worked to make our company a global leader.
Now you will help carry it through a new and exciting phase in which we
combine our resources with Maxtor's, and leverage the expanded capabilities
to innovate for existing markets and for new opportunities.

Please join us at the next quarterly employee meetings beginning in
January, during which we will provide you with more details of this
exciting development. You may also visit the joint external transaction
website, both today and over the next several weeks, for additional
information and updates. In addition, I have also placed this message into
my blog, "Bill's Blog" on my.seagate.com, where you can offer your
feedback. Thank you for your continued support.

Regards,


Bill Watkins
President & CEO


据路透社消息, 硬盘生产巨头希捷将收购其竞争对手迈拓, 金额在19亿美元左右。 这远在大洋彼岸的交易, 其影响也必将波及至苏州。 这两年,硬盘厂商的日子不太好过,一方面是价格的不断下滑, 而另一方面市场又被以三星为主的闪存实力不断侵蚀, 所以这两家难兄难弟的合并倒也在情理之中。 只是在合并之后, 希捷无锡基地与迈拓苏州基地的处置便成了问题。迈拓今年初才开始将生产的重心从新加坡向苏州逐渐转移, 且将苏州基地定位于桌面硬盘等低档产品的生产基地。 这明显落后于其竞争对手希捷的步伐。 当希捷全面接手迈拓的中国义务之后,原迈拓苏州基地的处境之尴尬可想而知。 可以预料的是, 围绕着这两个生产基地的存留, 如同当年深圳与无锡争夺希捷,相似的一幕也许又会重演。
当然最为关注的是企业对其员工的安排了, 希望不会出现去年飞利浦被冠捷收购后的不快一幕。


CNET 科技资讯网12月22日北京报道(文/王丹):硬盘存储领导厂商希捷科技宣布和迈拓达成协议,将以19亿美元(股票)收购竞争对手迈拓,从而进一步巩固全球第一大硬盘厂商的地位。

  希捷在声明中称,该公司将按照0.37:1的比例换购迈拓股票。

按照这一比例,希捷对迈拓股票的估值为每股7.25美元,比迈拓本周二的收盘价每股4.52美元高出60%。交易结束之后,希捷股东们将持有新公司84%的股份,而迈拓股东持有16%。

  希捷首席执行官William D. Watkins表示:“通过扩大企业规模,我们可以削减整体成本,从而以更具竞争力的价格推出更多创新产品。”合并将使双方消减成本总量达到约每年3亿美元。

  预计双方业务整合完成之后,希捷第一个完整财年的每股收益将增加10%到20%。

  今年第三季度,迈拓净亏损为1700万美元,去年同期净亏损为9510万美元。由于美国工厂在生产大容量硬盘的过程中出现问题,迈拓第三季度的销售额也出现下滑。受希捷收购的消息影响,迈拓股价本周三午盘涨至6.66美元,较周二的收盘价4.52美元上涨47%。希捷股价则跌至17.83美元,较周二的收盘价19.60美元下跌9%。截至本周二,希捷股价今年已上涨13.5%,公司市值达到94亿美元。

  希捷现任首席执行官William D. Watkins将继续管理合并后的新公司,而迈拓的首席执行官C.S. Park 将担任董事会成员。

  希捷迈拓交易还需获得监管部门和股东的批准,预计将于2006年下半年完成。如果这一交易最终取消,希捷需要向迈拓支付3亿美元的违约金。

  动荡的迈拓

  而迈拓公司由于经营不善,购并昆腾之后却并没有取得1+1大于2的效益,甚至不断滑坡。迈拓2003年全年总收入为40.8亿美元,但2004年则下降到37.9亿美元,并从2003年的盈利1.28亿美元变成了2004年的亏损1.82亿美元。

  2004年,迈拓业绩继续下降,并因此导致管理层的动荡。

  新管理层曾经预测公司能够回稳,但2005年10月,迈拓在公布台式机硬盘生产问题之后股价下跌5个百分点。至此,迈拓的营业收入已经在今年底前三个季度间增长了6%,但仍然没有能够挽回利润继续下滑的颓势。

  专注引向成功

  成立于1997年的希捷科技是一个典型的因为专注而成功的厂商。上世纪末,希捷剥离旗下软件业务,专注于硬盘的生产,这家被独立出来的公司叫Veritas,后来一度成为存储软件的领导厂商。Veritas 去年被赛门铁克收购。

  过去几年,计算机硬盘工业几经整合。先是IBM将微型硬盘业务卖给了日立,随后迈拓收购了当时排名第三的昆腾,而希捷在此过程中不断扩张。去年年中,希捷发布了12款新产品,使产品线扩大到覆盖整个硬盘工业97%的范围,逐渐形成了遥遥领先的优势地位。希捷亚太区营销副总裁郑万成早些时候接受CNET 科技资讯网采访时表示,去年发布12款新品之后,希捷的年收入增长了47%,在消费电子、台式机、企业级硬盘三个市场份额都占到了第一位。

  今年6月,希捷又推出了10款新产品,包括新一代存储技术——垂直记录技术,它使硬盘数据存储密度几乎翻了一番。

  在最近一个财季,希捷报收75亿美元,税后净收入约7亿美元。

  曙光在前?

  硬盘工业长期以来都是微利甚至亏损的行业,最近一两年,随着消费电子产品品种和销售量的增长,硬盘工业似乎从消费领域看到了新的曙光。但今年以来,硬盘厂商显然意识到了来自廉价的闪存的威胁,从而加大了投入和研发力量。希捷已经宣布将从2008年开始生产数字电视机和手机用硬盘。

  希捷此番并购迈拓,等于消除了市场上最大的一个敌人,然后,这个数字存储领域的巨人,将可以专心致志地抵御来自闪存厂商的竞争。

  希捷早在10年前就开始在中国无锡建厂,如今,无锡厂已经成为希捷重要的生产基地,源源不断地向全球出货。
 

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