Tom Burnett
Tom Burnett
Thomas Edward Burnett, Jr.was the vice-president and chief operating officer of Thoratec Corporation, a medical devices company based in Pleasanton, California. He resided in San Ramon, California...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth29 May 1963
CityMinneapolis, MN
available companies hard involving loose might networks represent smaller strong targets
There might be transactions involving smaller companies that probably represent more available targets than the networks because they're so hard to pry loose from their strong owners.
finished
There'll be a lot of turmoil; and we're not finished yet.
buy pig sure
They have to do the right thing for their shareholders and make sure they don't buy a pig in a poke.
They are a very independent lot these Hewlett shareholders. They don't do what you want them to.
dominant equals
This is not a transaction of equals -- this is tough, dominant Dow. They're in charge.
believe ratio
Probably we're going to end up as Pfizer as the victor, ... We believe we'll probably end up there, but the ratio will probably be sweetened too.
ISS is the only place to go now for independent proxy advice.
along directors expecting higher inadequate market paid premium price terms
The market is expecting that the independent directors will say that the price is inadequate in terms of a premium for control. A higher price will have to be paid for the independent directors to go along with it.
september-11 groups september
A group of us are going to do something.
three dies knows
I know we’re going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it.