{"id":14407,"date":"2011-12-15T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/olympus-mulls-merger-option-update-14407"},"modified":"2014-09-02T14:51:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T13:51:21","slug":"olympus-mulls-merger-option-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/olympus-mulls-merger-option-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympus mulls merger option (update)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympus president Shuichi Takayama has said the troubled firm may have to enter a tie-up with another company after corrected business results revealed a huge hole in its balance sheet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, Takayama told reporters that a merger was one of the options on the table after Olympus was forced to reveal the true state of its business in the wake of a \u00a31.1 billion accounting scandal dating back to the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Though camera sales grew 15% for the six months to 30 September 2011, the photo division is expected to show a loss for the full year to 31 March 2012, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Olympus recorded an overall net loss of 32.22 billion yen (around \u00a3270m) for the half year, compared to a 3.81 billion yen (\u00a332m) profit for same period the previous year, state Japanese press reports.<\/p>\n<p>The amended accounts show that Olympus&#8217;s net assets fell to 46 billion yen at the end of September 2011, down from a restated 225 billion yen in March 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Former CEO Michael Woodford, who is making a bid to reclaim his old job after exposing the scandal, is against Olympus seeking a strategic alliance, however.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Fired_Olympus_CEO_Why_I_would_keep_camera_business_as_scandal_escalates_news_310486.html\" title=\"AP INTERVIEW WITH FIRED CEO MICHAEL WOODFORD\">interview with Amateur Photographer<\/a> last month, Woodford\u00a0(pictured) admitted that consumer electronics is a tough business and there are &#8216;too many players&#8217; in camera manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;But\u00a0Olympus is probably in a better position than most, if the Pen [camera] is an illustration.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the Pen E-P3 micro four thirds model holds a leading position in Japan, Korea, Singapore and elsewhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Insisting he has no plans to sell Olympus&#8217;s camera business, should he be reinstated by shareholders, Woodford said that the camera division is &#8216;pretty straightforward&#8217; and sits well alongside the firm&#8217;s medical equipment business, with the two sharing &#8216;a lot of common components&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;The distribution channels are very limited so you don&#8217;t need a massive infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What you need to do is invest in the product, and also to some extent, the brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But to me the product is everything. We&#8217;ve seen that with the Pen? to get back to 24, 25% [market share] in Japan ? the home of Canon and Nikon is quite remarkable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He remained cautious, however: &#8216;You would be a romantic and a fantasist if you felt this [camera division] was going to be really profitable? But it could be a profitable business and it can utilise the infrastructure of, for example in the UK, KeyMed which is a brilliant company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It [KeyMed] is essentially one of the jewels in the crown of the Olympus empire, it always has been? the infrastructure is already there.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Woodford explained that you don&#8217;t need an &#8216;HR department&#8217; to make a camera, but stressed Olympus must maintain focus because &#8216;they [camera and medical] are very different businesses&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Woodford is this week back in Japan where he is trying to convince investors that he is the best man to take Olympus forward.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: <em>Former CEO Michael Woodford has said that he is against Olympus striking a strategic alliance with another company<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BACKGROUND ARTICLES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Fired_Olympus_CEO_Why_I_would_keep_camera_business_as_scandal_escalates_news_310486.html\" title=\"AP INTERVIEW WITH FIRED CEO MICHAEL WOODFORD\">AP INTERVIEW WITH FIRED CEO MICHAEL WOODFORD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Olympus_denies_camera_division_shakeup_threat_update_1010am_news_310595.html\" title=\"Olympus denies camera division shake-up threat\">Olympus denies camera division shake-up threat<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Sacked_Olympus_boss_outlines_key_to_future_news_310510.html\" title=\"Sacked Olympus boss outlines key to future\">Sacked Olympus boss outlines key to future<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Plot_thickens_as_Olympus_fires_vice_president__news_310328.html\" title=\"Plot thickens as Olympus fires vice president\">Plot thickens as Olympus fires vice president<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Olympus_president_admits_customers_have_lost_trust_news_310249.html\" title=\"We have lost customers' trust,' says Olympus president\">We have lost customers&#8217; trust, says Olympus president<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Olympus_is_a_good_business_says_sacked_CEO_news_310248.html\" title=\"Olympus is a good business, says sacked CEO\">Olympus is a good business, says sacked CEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Olympus_crisis_Japan_PM_enters_fray_UK_fears__news_310238.html\" title=\"Olympus crisis: Japan PM enters fray\">Olympus crisis: Japan PM enters fray<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/news\/Olympus_not_aware_of_FBI_probe_update_news_310187.html\" title=\"Olympus not aware of 'FBI' probe\">Olympus not aware of &#8216;FBI&#8217; probe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympus president Shuichi Takayama has said the troubled firm may have to enter a tie-up with another company after corrected business results revealed a huge hole in its balance sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Picture: <em>Former CEO Michael Woodford has said that he is against Olympus striking a strategic alliance with another company<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":14408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-14407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Olympus mulls merger option (update) - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Olympus president Shuichi Takayama has said the troubled firm may have to enter a tie-up with another company after corrected business results revealed a huge hole in its balance sheet. 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