John Riley
John Riley
basically believe creative process
I believe this is basically an intrusion on the creative process and an ill-thought revenue-gaining procedure.
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We're very excited to have Mark Gracy move his company to Jefferson County. It's a positive sign for our county that maybe we're making that turn, starting to see increased activity in the business and manufacturing sector, ... Mike had a lot to do with this. If he wouldn't have gotten the grant from the state to help with the buildout cost on the building, this wouldn't be happening now. He pulled this deal together.
best guys time
Well, this wouldn't be the best time in the world for you guys to be shredding a lot of stuff,
bonus people quit stick year
People would stick around to the end of the year to get the bonus then quit after Christmas,
bin damaged missing recycling time
Most of the time it's just a damaged or missing recycling bin that's the problem.
believe bring concluded continue cooper merits opportunity perpetuate purpose served value
We have concluded that no purpose is served by affording Danaher the opportunity to perpetuate misconceptions about the merits of our re-incorporation, ... We continue to believe that the re-incorporation of Cooper would bring significant value to all of our constituencies, most importantly, our shareholders.
choose comment
There are many things we could choose to comment on (that) we've done this through the process.
ok
It sounded like it was OK to me,
accepting acquire attempt believe bid cooper low proposal
We believe that Danaher's proposal is an attempt to coerce Cooper shareholders into accepting an opportunistic bid to acquire Cooper at a low price,
company convert cyclical five growth highly last plan state steady three
Our plan for the last three to five years has been to convert the company from a highly cyclical manufacturing company to a steady state growth manufacturing company.
help prove support themselves work
They need to help us make the decision. They need to prove themselves a little more. They have a lot of work to do to help us support or not support this.
announced changes company cooper electrical focused growth hardware higher last less necessary progress several today tools volatile
As we look to the future, the changes we've announced today are necessary for us to effectively compete, ... Over the last several years we've made considerable progress in reshaping Cooper into a company focused on our higher growth and less volatile electrical tools and hardware businesses.
interest interested
I was always interested in this kind of stuff. It kind of piqued my interest more.
five received
If someone was been with us for five to 10 years, they would have received $500 to $1000, ... Now, they make much more than that under the new compensation program.