HP writes cheque to make shareholders go away

Stefan Mileschin · 2nd April 2014, 07:59

The maker of very expensive printer ink, HP, has written a cheque for $57 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the outfit of defrauding shareholders by suddenly walking away from its business model.

It all started after former Chief Executive Leo Apotheker decided it would be a great idea to refocus the company on business services and products.

Apotheker scrapped WebOS which was about the only thing useful that HP had obtained when it bought Palm in 2010. Apotheker paid $11.1 billion for British outfit Autonomy and talked about spinning off HP's personal computer business. He also halted sales of the TouchPad, after just seven weeks on the market.

Shareholders were a little upset. They thought they had invested in a successful hardware company but suddenly they had put their money in a less successful version of SAP.

The lead plaintiffs include the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; the Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada in Oakville, Ontario; the LIUNA National Pension Fund and LIUNA Staff & Affiliates Pension Fund in Washington, D.C.; and Union Asset Management Holding AG in Frankfurt, Germany.

http://news.techeye.net/business/hp-...olders-go-away

2nd April 2014, 07:59	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,514	HP writes cheque to make shareholders go away The maker of very expensive printer ink, HP, has written a cheque for $57 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the outfit of defrauding shareholders by suddenly walking away from its business model. It all started after former Chief Executive Leo Apotheker decided it would be a great idea to refocus the company on business services and products. Apotheker scrapped WebOS which was about the only thing useful that HP had obtained when it bought Palm in 2010. Apotheker paid $11.1 billion for British outfit Autonomy and talked about spinning off HP's personal computer business. He also halted sales of the TouchPad, after just seven weeks on the market. Shareholders were a little upset. They thought they had invested in a successful hardware company but suddenly they had put their money in a less successful version of SAP. The lead plaintiffs include the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System; the Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada in Oakville, Ontario; the LIUNA National Pension Fund and LIUNA Staff & Affiliates Pension Fund in Washington, D.C.; and Union Asset Management Holding AG in Frankfurt, Germany. http://news.techeye.net/business/hp-...olders-go-away

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