Arcadia Capital Advisors: CEO Departure From Siemens a Positive First Step to Improving Relationship With HearUSA
17 Marzo 2011 - 6:00AM
Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC ("Arcadia"), a top five shareholder
of HearUSA Inc. ("HearUSA", or the "Company") (AMEX:EAR), and its
managing director, Richard S. Rofe ("Rofe"), have amended their 13D
filing and also released another open letter to shareholders of
HearUSA. Arcadia's present letter follows its prior February 1st
and March 9th letters, and offers insight into the departure of Mr.
Brian Kinnerk, who served as the Chief Executive Officer of Siemens
Hearing Instruments, Inc. ("Siemens").
"We assume that Siemens' corporate parent, Siemens AG, was fed
up with the debacle orchestrated by Mr. Kinnerk and the deserved
negative publicity stemming from his leadership," stated Rofe.
"Though we did not expect this drastic action, we are not surprised
by this outcome. In our opinion, leadership at Siemens was severely
lacking and change was long overdue. We cannot comprehend why such
an otherwise reputable company would take such hostile and
malicious actions against a loyal, long-time business partner. A
10-year partnership between Siemens and HearUSA was damaged, along
with significant HearUSA shareholder value, by the actions of a
renegade CEO."
"The removal of the CEO, in our opinion, is an acknowledgement
that Siemens' destructive strategy was the wrong path to pursue. We
hope that Siemens will release new information on how they plan to
work together with HearUSA going forward, perhaps in an update to
their 13D filing. We believe a revision of the tone and hostile
intentions in that filing will go a long way toward repairing this
relationship," Rofe continued.
"If so inclined, Siemens should make a full and fair offer for
HearUSA, as they are the natural buyer," stated Rofe. "If not,
Siemens should at a minimum cease any hostile actions, and put in a
better effort of crafting a working relationship. We believe
HearUSA is poised for tremendous success in the near future, and it
is up to Siemens to decide if they are to participate productively
in that effort."
Click the attached link for the letter:
https://irm.ipreo.com/OpenFileLink.aspx?ID1=fef5186e7a714848a8bc94704d10758d&ID2=74551310
About Arcadia Capital Advisors, LLC
Arcadia Capital Advisors is a private investment firm based in
New York that employs a value-oriented investment philosophy in the
management of long/short hedge funds focused on small and micro-cap
companies. The firm is led by Richard Rofe and is sponsored by M.D.
Sass-Macquarie Financial Strategies.
CONTACT: Arcadia Capital Advisors
Kelly Sinclair
(516) 466-5258
info@arcadiacap.com
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