Martijn van M schreef op 10 januari 2012 23:27:
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Hoi Bart,
PostNL gaat natuurlijk wel mee in de doelstelling van Jana, maar over wie die doelstelling het best kan realiseren verschillen ze van mening. Want PostNL heeft verklaard:
"PostNL said however it remained confident in TNT Express' management, despite other investors' calls for a boardroom overhaul."Da's volgens mij echt een verschil van mening over HET cruciale punt: want Jana wil immers verandering zien in de personele bezetting binnen het management van TNT Express. PostNL steunt dit niet.
Toch?
Overigens, PostNL heeft welliswaar aangegeven dat het open staat voor een discussie, maar PostNL zal vervolgens toch echt van standpunt moeten veranderen voordat Jana haar zin kan krijgen, immers PostNL is de grootste grootaandeelhouder, etc.
Speculanten zouden dit kunnen gaan zien als dat er nu voorlopig sprake is van een 'impasse' rondom deze kwestie, waarbij de meningen van de diverse grootaandeelhouders significant van elkaar verschillen, waardoor het management van TNT Express gedwongen wordt om kostbare tijd hieraan te gaan besteden, etc.
PS. Laten we hopen dat ik er weer eens helemaal naast zit, en dat de koers van TNT Express komende dagen opnieuw verder gaat oplopen tot boven de 6 euro - wat immers een helende uitwerking kan hebben t.a.v. de balansproblemen van PostNL.
Mijn punt wordt bevestigd in de eerste twee punten van de samenvatting gepresenteerd door TheGuadrian:
www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedartic..."...
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PostNL says still has confidence in the TNT board*
TNT investor Jana Partners wants new board members* PostNL says open to talking to other TNT investors
* TNT Express shares up 7.7 pct on talk of shake up
By Roberta Cowan
AMSTERDAM, Jan 9 (Reuters) - TNT Express' biggest shareholder PostNL is open to talks with other TNT investors about the company's future, it said on Monday as bid hopes sent TNT shares to a four-month high.
PostNL said however it remained confident in TNT Express' management, despite other investors' calls for a boardroom overhaul.
Shares in the struggling freight and delivery company jumped 7.7 percent by midday, hitting their highest since early September, as after a U.S.-based fund asked for a new supervisory chair, which prompted PostNL to say it is open to hearing from other TNT investors.
In a letter dated Dec. 22 to TNT Express Chairman Antony Burgmans, U.S.-based Jana Partners LLC asked for three industry experts be added to the board to turn around the group's performance and consider seeking a buyer.
Jana also said it wanted a former TNT executive, Alan Jones, to replace Burgmans as chairman.
However PostNL spokesman Werner van Bastelaar said that despite Jana's shake-up suggestions, PostNL, which has a 29.9 percent stake in TNT, still supports the current TNT supervisors.
"We still have confidence and believe in the current (TNT Express) supervisory board," Van Bastelaar said.
PostNL's Van Bastelaar would not comment specifically on Jana Partners' letter but said that if other TNT shareholders invited PostNL for a discussion, "then we will be open for that."
Jana Partners, which previously requested the replacement of TNT Express Chief Executive Marie-Christine Lombard, told Reuters the current TNT management team was destroying shareholder value.
PostNL has taken impairments of more than 700 million euros ($890 million) on its stake in recent months as shares in TNT Express dropped from a high of 10.20 euros on May 10 to a low of 4.46 euros on Oct. 6.
"The share price has had a very big impact on the value of our stock, which affects our financial position and we have had to do two impairments because of the low price of the stock, and we're not happy with that loss in value," Van Bastelaar said.
"But, the bottom line is, we still support the current board and the current supervisory commission," he added.
Jana Partners, together with Canada's Alberta Investment Management Corporation or AIMCO, have a combined stake in TNT Express of just over 5 percent, both firms confirmed to Reuters on Sunday.
Jana Partners told Reuters it is prepared to rally other investors and will take its concerns to the firm's annual general meeting in April if TNT's board ignores its requests.
In a letter to Jana Partners dated Jan. 3 and seen by Reuters, TNT Express Chairman Burgmans said that Jana's proposals would be shared with and considered by the full TNT supervisory board in its preparatory work for the AGM. ($1 = 0.7865 euros) (Reporting By Roberta B. Cowan; Editing by Sara Webb and David Holmes)"