美SSD廠OCZ接獲東芝收購提案 惟破產傳聞令股價狂瀉

lemoncall

精實新聞 2013-11-28  記者 蔡承啟 報導

Thomson Reuters 28日報導，美國固態硬碟(SSD)製造商飢餓鯊科技開創股份有限公司(OCZ Technology Group Inc.)宣佈，已接獲來自全球第2大NAND型快閃記憶體(Flash Memory)廠東芝(Toshiba)的收購提案，且關於資產出售的協商已「基本上完成」。

據Thomson Reuters指出，飢餓鯊市值約4,300萬美元，而待完成和東芝及債權者Hercules Technology Growth Capital的最終協商後，飢餓鯊預估將立即提出破產申請，且若和東芝的協商最終以破局收場，飢餓鯊也將儘快申請破產及清算。

Thomson Reuters表示，飢餓鯊除了5年來未交出獲利成績單之外，使用於SSD的NAND Flash也面臨長達1年時間的短缺問題，且在去年還接受了美國當局有關會計問題的調查。

根據嘉實XQ全球贏家系統報價，飢餓鯊27日收盤狂瀉74.6%，收0.16美元，盤中跌幅最重一度達79.37%。

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SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - November 27, 2013) - OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, today announced that on November 25, 2013, it received notices that Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. ("Hercules") took exclusive control of the Company's depository accounts at Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. As set forth in the Company's recent SEC filings, Hercules and the Company are parties to a loan and security agreement. As previously reported, the Company is not in compliance with certain of the operating ratios and covenants in the loan agreement. As a result of such action and pursuant to Hercules' written instruction, the depository institutions disbursed the cash in the Company's respective accounts to accounts under the control of Hercules.

The Company has received an offer from Toshiba Corporation to acquire substantially all of the Company's assets in a bankruptcy proceeding. The parties have substantially completed negotiations on an asset purchase agreement and OCZ believes that all the material terms have been agreed to. The agreement is subject to various conditions: the preservation of the value of the business, including the retention of employees, the negotiation and execution of definitive documentation, the filing of bankruptcy petitions by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, Toshiba's offer being accepted by the bankruptcy court as the highest and best offer under the circumstances after an auction process conducted under the relevant provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, and other customary closing conditions. The Company expects to file a petition for bankruptcy shortly after completing final documentation with Toshiba and Hercules, and to conduct the court-supervised auction process to attempt to maximize the value of the Company's assets and operations in an orderly process. More details will become available when the Company files its petition for bankruptcy.

If the Company is not able to agree to final documentation with Toshiba, the Company expects to imminently file a petition for bankruptcy and liquidate.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release relate to future events and expectations and as such constitute forward-looking statements involving known and unknown factors that may cause actual results of OCZ Technology Group, Inc. to be different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. In this context, words such as "will," "would," "expect," "anticipate," "should" or other similar words and phrases often identify forward-looking statements made on behalf of OCZ. It is important to note that actual results of OCZ may differ materially from those described or implied in such forward-looking statements based on a number of factors and uncertainties, including, but not limited to successfully completing definitive documentation with Toshiba and Hercules, subject to the company's ability to preserve value and retain employees, a successful conclusion of the court-supervised auction process and the Other general economic, business and financing conditions and factors are described in more detail in "Item 1A -- Risk Factors" in Part I in OCZ's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on October 7, 2013, and statements made in other subsequent filings. The filing is available both at www.sec.gov as well as via OCZ's website at www.ocz.com. OCZ does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.

Contact:
OCZ Press
Scott Harlin
Director of Marketing Communications
(408) 440-3484
[email protected]

OCZ Investor Relations
Bonnie Mott
Senior Manager of Investor Relations
(408) 440-3428
[email protected]

lemoncall

是否 已經可以講係玩完.....  那麼佢破產之後保用又如何.................

cleverandy

Toshiba收購左之後,就多左自加控制器,加埋自己的NAND FLASH,我諗成本會下降,甘價錢應該會推動平價SSD

lemoncall

佢那一個硬解壓縮控制我覺得才係OCZ 最大死因. 唔用佢仲好.

米其林

好~！哈哈