jschembs Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 What did folks make of the new CEO's purchase of 15k shares last week? Not knowing his personal financial circumstances, it's impossible to know whether this is a token purchase or a meaningful statement, but it's certainly a positive signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 What did folks make of the new CEO's purchase of 15k shares last week? Not knowing his personal financial circumstances, it's impossible to know whether this is a token purchase or a meaningful statement, but it's certainly a positive signal. 15,000 shares @ $1.42 per share = $21,300 Short answer: All else equal, buying is better than selling, but the amount is unimpressive. Long answer: Below I copied some of the language from the announcement of his hiring. He is being paid generously so not impressed with the level of this purchase on a stand alone basis, but if he starts buying $20,000 worth a month, then that will be something... Per this 8-K (http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337013/000119312513112979/d503509d8k.htm), "Mr. Steen will receive a base salary of $300,000 for the Initial Term and is eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 75% of his base salary, or $225,000 in the Initial Term...Mr. Steen is also eligible for additional discretionary bonuses based on the achievement of certain specified goals established by the Compensation Committee." And this discusses his stock option plan granted at the time of hiring in the same 8-K: "Mr. Steen will receive, pursuant to the terms of an Inducement Stock Option Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Steen, dated as of April 1, 2013, 700,000 inducement stock options outside the Company’s 2007 Stock Option Plan, of which 300,000 options will have an exercise price of $1.75 and 400,000 options will have an exercise price of $2.75 (all options granted to Mr. Steen pursuant to the Inducement Stock Option Agreement, the “Options”). The Options will be granted on April 1, 2013 and will vest over a four-year period, with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining Options vesting pro rata monthly in the thirty-six months thereafter. The Options will expire on the tenth anniversary of their grant date. In the event Mr. Steen is involuntarily terminated by the Company" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpadebet Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Meet new management, just like old management! Operating business seems to be okay, but management motivation seems to be a big issue here. They clearly are looking out only for themselves. I know I am stating the obvious at this point, but would like to know if there is any visibility into the game plan for the future. Are current investors waiting for the rebidding to take affect, see how it affects profitability and then make a decision as to whether to keep holding this or selling it? Is there possibility or potential for a new outside bid in the near future ? Or is that thing dead and done at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFValue Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 What did folks make of the new CEO's purchase of 15k shares last week? Not knowing his personal financial circumstances, it's impossible to know whether this is a token purchase or a meaningful statement, but it's certainly a positive signal. 15,000 shares @ $1.42 per share = $21,300 Short answer: All else equal, buying is better than selling, but the amount is unimpressive. Long answer: Below I copied some of the language from the announcement of his hiring. He is being paid generously so not impressed with the level of this purchase on a stand alone basis, but if he starts buying $20,000 worth a month, then that will be something... Per this 8-K (http://edgar.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337013/000119312513112979/d503509d8k.htm), "Mr. Steen will receive a base salary of $300,000 for the Initial Term and is eligible for an annual performance bonus of up to 75% of his base salary, or $225,000 in the Initial Term...Mr. Steen is also eligible for additional discretionary bonuses based on the achievement of certain specified goals established by the Compensation Committee." And this discusses his stock option plan granted at the time of hiring in the same 8-K: "Mr. Steen will receive, pursuant to the terms of an Inducement Stock Option Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Steen, dated as of April 1, 2013, 700,000 inducement stock options outside the Company’s 2007 Stock Option Plan, of which 300,000 options will have an exercise price of $1.75 and 400,000 options will have an exercise price of $2.75 (all options granted to Mr. Steen pursuant to the Inducement Stock Option Agreement, the “Options”). The Options will be granted on April 1, 2013 and will vest over a four-year period, with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining Options vesting pro rata monthly in the thirty-six months thereafter. The Options will expire on the tenth anniversary of their grant date. In the event Mr. Steen is involuntarily terminated by the Company" as a rule of thumb, based on salary what is considered a decent size buy? 21/300 = 7% ; assuming full bonus 21/525 = 4% (a little more meaningful if taxes are considered)...just thinking out loud here...hard to say and probably not worth over analyzing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gg Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 as a rule of thumb, based on salary what is considered a decent size buy? 21/300 = 7% ; assuming full bonus 21/525 = 4% (a little more meaningful if taxes are considered)...just thinking out loud here...hard to say and probably not worth over analyzing it. If the CEO is investing 4-7% of his income in shares, at a price that is 30% lower than a privatization offer that was turned down, I don't view it as anything special. I don't have any rules of thumb on this, as it really varies case by case. I think it's great that the CEO purchased shares, but I would never view a single purchase as a worthwhile signal unless that purchase represented a substantial portion of the CEO's annual pay or net worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe4less Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 PhillipMorris touched on this in the first post of the thread, but can anyone explain why Infusystems's rental business isn't a commodity business? What is to stop anyone with some capital from buying pumps and renting them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jschembs Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Update on INFU: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1867001-infusystems-new-public-comp-and-big-competitive-bidding-win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsAValueTrap Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 In 2009 INFU paid $3.75k for stock promotion. See http://emerginggrowthcorp.com/additional_disclaimer021914.png secfilings.com *I seriously doubt that current management will engage in that type of nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stahleyp Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I was looking through the filings. I'm I reading it right that Morris exercised and sold some of his options? I guess he's diversifying away some of the assets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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