Motley Fool: Stocking Up on J. Crew. J. Crew is headed up by Millard (“Mickey”) Drexler, well known for his fashion savvy and his stint as head honcho over at Gap. Also credited with Gap’s flameout years ago, he was head of that retailer when it overexpanded, took on a ton of debt, and experienced lagging sales and profits.
I’ve added J Crew contracts to the website. A lot of employment agreements, including the Millard Drexler’s Employment Agreement.
While we have categorized a lot of contracts, there are still so many more out there. If you can’t find a contract on our site, give EDGAR Full Text Search a try. Yes, the SEC finally lets you search SEC filings. However, it’s only for the past two years for now. The interface is still a bit kludgy. I’m sure it’ll improve over time, but couldn’t they have just bought a Google Search Appliance instead?
Reuters: Liz Claiborne in CEO Talks with Estee Lauder Exec. Liz Claiborne Inc. is in final talks to hire Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. Group President Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne as the clothing company’s next chief executive and chairman, Women’s Wear Daily reported on Monday.
Liz Claiborne contracts have been added to the site. While we’re on the topic of women’s wear, I’ve added Bernard Chaus contracts as well. Both feature labor agreements, which these days usually mean cuts in pay, benefits and pensions if you’re in the airline or auto industry.
Go Daddy’s rumored IPO took a step towards reality as Go Daddy filed its initial public offering. Actually, the more interesting aspect about Go Daddy is their trend history on Google Trends. Looks to me like the two spikes in search volume in the first quarter of 2005 and 2006 coincide with their Superbowl ads. Now, if you already know the company is called Go Daddy, why are you searching for go daddy in Google instead of just going directly to www.godaddy.com?
Anyways, you can now find Go Daddy contracts on the site, as well as Tucows contracts, Network Solutions contracts and Verisign contracts.
The Motley Fool: Is Escala licked? The homes and offices of Forum Filatelico and Afinsa Bienes Tangibles — the parent company of Escala — were raided by Spanish authorities and nine people were arrested on suspicion of various criminal charges. Essentially they are being charged with running a glorified confidence game.
I’ve posted Escala contracts online.
Reuters: DivX files with U.S. SEC for $135 mln IPO. Media software maker DivX Inc. may raise up to $135 million in an initial public offering, according to regulatory a filing on Friday.
Why that sounds almost respectable. That’s not what they were calling DivX a few years ago. I found some interesting DivX contracts, including a Google Toolbar Distribution Agreement and an MPEG-4 License Agreement.
Forbes: Citron’s Vonage Pumps Up IPO View, Gains Turf. Vonage Holdings upped the amount it hopes to raise in its initial public offering by more than 100%.
I’ve added Vonage contracts to the site — mostly employment agreements and service agreements.
Washington Post: Google to Buy 5% Of AOL for $1 Billion. Google Inc. is buying a 5 percent stake in Dulles-based America Online Inc. for $1 billion as part of a far-reaching business and advertising partnership aimed at boosting AOL’s financial prospects as the Internet service struggles with the loss of millions of subscribers.
I know this is old news, but I just got around to adding the AOL agreements to the Google contracts page.
CBC Canada: Corel returns as publicly traded company. Corel’s stock price closed at $17.95, down 16 cents from the company’s initial public offering price of $18.11.
Shares in Corel, which was taken private in 2003 by San Francisco-based Vector Capital, also began trading on Nasdaq after being priced at $16 US. The stock finished at $15.85 US.
If a public company is taken private, then sells shares to the public again, does this still count as an IPO? After all, this isn’t exactly its “initial” public offering. I’ve added updated the Corel contracts page with the contracts from their most-recent IPO.
Dallas Business Journal: Aviall being sold to Boeing for $1.7B cash. Aviall Inc., an aviation parts and services company based in Dallas, says it is being acquired by Boeing in a $1.7 billion cash deal. Chicago-based Boeing (NYSE: BA), the world’s largest aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, will pay Aviall stockholders $48 a share, plus the assumption of about $350 billion in debt. The share price is 27.3 percent higher than Aviall’s closing price of $37.70 on Friday.
I’ve posted the Merger Agreement between Boeing and Aviall. You can also find Aviall contracts and Boeing contracts on the web site.