The document provides industry updates and guidelines for firms in the MPX electronics industry. Key points include:
1) Wafer material prices and labor costs have increased and decreased slightly. Corporate tax is now 30%. Price bands for products are provided.
2) There is interest in entering the emerging BONE market but it requires additional production overheads of Cu. 200,000 per quarter.
3) An investor, Paul Sakman, offers to purchase equity shares subject to certain conditions around pricing, timing, and amount of shares purchased.
4) Export demand for certain products is expected to be between 5,000-15,000 units per quarter starting in Q2. Brand building costs are also
The document provides industry updates and guidelines for firms in the MPX electronics industry. Key points include:
1) Wafer material prices and labor costs have increased and decreased slightly. Corporate tax is now 30%. Price bands for products are provided.
2) There is interest in entering the emerging BONE market but it requires additional production overheads of Cu. 200,000 per quarter.
3) An investor, Paul Sakman, offers to purchase equity shares subject to certain conditions around pricing, timing, and amount of shares purchased.
4) Export demand for certain products is expected to be between 5,000-15,000 units per quarter starting in Q2. Brand building costs are also
The document provides industry updates and guidelines for firms in the MPX electronics industry. Key points include:
1) Wafer material prices and labor costs have increased and decreased slightly. Corporate tax is now 30%. Price bands for products are provided.
2) There is interest in entering the emerging BONE market but it requires additional production overheads of Cu. 200,000 per quarter.
3) An investor, Paul Sakman, offers to purchase equity shares subject to certain conditions around pricing, timing, and amount of shares purchased.
4) Export demand for certain products is expected to be between 5,000-15,000 units per quarter starting in Q2. Brand building costs are also
The document provides industry updates and guidelines for firms in the MPX electronics industry. Key points include:
1) Wafer material prices and labor costs have increased and decreased slightly. Corporate tax is now 30%. Price bands for products are provided.
2) There is interest in entering the emerging BONE market but it requires additional production overheads of Cu. 200,000 per quarter.
3) An investor, Paul Sakman, offers to purchase equity shares subject to certain conditions around pricing, timing, and amount of shares purchased.
4) Export demand for certain products is expected to be between 5,000-15,000 units per quarter starting in Q2. Brand building costs are also
Industry Monitor 6. If you wish to go for an Issue, indicate the number
Wafer Material Prices up by Cu.1 of Equity Shares in ADF. This entry must be made in the quarter in which you want to raise equity. Labor Costs down by Cu.1 Corporate Income Tax 30 % Launch of BONE Currently no manufacturer is producing BONEs. Current Price Bands. Prices outside this band However there seems to be considerable interest in will receive no sales. entering that market. The price levels indicated in the Limits PALM MILLI STICK BONE table above are fairly realistic expectations of the electronics industry. However, to enter this market, firms Upper 550 500 350 500 need to buttress their technical support divisions which Lower 400 350 250 300 involve an additional production overheads of Cu. Paul Sakman, Global Partner, Pantalun Consulting. 200,000 per quarter and an increase of Cu 3 per unit in Sakman is an acknowledged authority in the digital the cost of overall manpower for first three products and home electronics industry. He is the adviser to twice for Bone. This additional cost is mandatory and all several Venture Capital firms in the Bay area. firms opting to enter this market will be forced to set up these facilities in whichever quarter they launch Bones. Paul Sakmans’ is willing to buy equity shares of your company. He has put some conditions for subscribing Export Demand for PALM, MILI & STICK to your equity issue: 1. He will buy at 1-10% discount to the market Export demand is expected in above product categories price estimated considering your Quarter 1 from Q2 and the size of demand could be between 5000 performance. In case you offer him shares later units to 15000 units per team per quarter. This demand say in Quarter 3, the price will factor in Quarter will be in addition to the domestic demand. You may 3 performance. like to do resource planning to meet the export demand. 2. He will not buy shares in case their tendering Brand Building in the MPX Industry price is lower than the face value (Cu.1), irrespective of your offer price. MPXs are lifestyle products and depend to a large extent 3. You can exercise this option only in the first on branding and positioning in the eyes of the customers. three quarters. With a view to enable the MPX industry take decisions 4. If subscribed, the Issue proceeds would be on brand promotion, the Advertising Council of released to you at the beginning of the quarter of Chanakya has the following “rack” rates that are issue. An Issue once made cannot be cancelled indicative of the expenses. The more difficult question to or reversed. The share price expected by you answer is the effectiveness of these initiatives and that is along with the number of shares, represents your a different question that even advertising pundit find money requirement. Paul Sakman would difficult to answer. These costs are over and above the consider the riskiness of your business, past and Fixed Advertisements and branding costs (Cu.200,000) future performance, and equity size to evaluate mentioned in the Starting Conditions. The costs will be the attractiveness of your Issue and in equally divided over the four products in Quarter 1 determining a tender price. The additional irrespective of quarter of launch/production etc. volume of shares issued may depress your EPS as well as Book Value per share, if the additional Brand Promotion Initiative: You can opt for MM funds of the Issue do not translate into sufficient or BA or Both or None. One Time Cost - One earnings for the company. Therefore timing Time Offer. ONLY AVAILABLE IN QTR 1. Cost would be as important as the price and the Allocated equally over 4 products. number of shares you expect to issue. Equity Mass Media Cu. 100,000 issue risky because your issue may not go Advertisements (MM) through if your share price dips below face Appointment of Brand Fixed Celebrity Fees value. ambassador (BA) Cu. 200,000 5. He is not willing to take up more than 25% of the present equity capital (in number of shares) over the three quarter period.