This morning CE released a press release announcing the publication of the position statement on Staples' offer to buy the company. The 24 page statement does not offer many new insights, and repeats a lot of known facts. Interestingly the company is taking a neutral stance in respect of the offer for the preference shares. The most interesting new information in the statement was the following:
Furthermore, the two members of the Executive Board will receive a special performance bonus in view of their exceptional efforts over the last period. Mr Ventress will receive an amount equal to €600,000 (before taxes), and Mr Waller will receive an amount of €250,000 (before taxes).This will now effectively be a cost to Staples, but I wonder who made the decision to grant these special performance bonuses. (end of post)
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