"It's coming, it's coming, Abel Smith's convoy is coming......"

Florida, in front of the Cardina Health Building in downtown Miami.

After hearing this shout, the reporters of various media outlets, who had been chatting together, surrounded the main entrance of the Cardina Health Headquarters Building, waiting for the arrival of Abel Smith, who had already rushed here.

Founded in 1971 as Cardina Foods, Cardina Health was a small group with operations in Columbus and Ohio.

After decades of development, founder and CEO Robert J. Led by D. Walter.

This pharmaceutical and health company has grown into a giant, and its business has spread to all regions of the United States even earlier.

Its headquarters was also moved from the original Columbus to Miami, Florida.

The reason for the headquarters here is that some people say that it is because of Robert W. D. Walter is a native of Florida and originally from Miami.

In fact, in fact, because in the early days, Cardina Health's profit source mainly relied on its business in Latin America, so the headquarters naturally chose to be located in Miami, which is known as the "capital of Latin America".

The reality, of course, is that both of these reasons are the reasons why Cardina Health has its headquarters here.

After more than a decade of development in Miami, Cardina Health has become one of the local giants and local snakes.

In this case, in the face of the invasion of barbarians from outside, the natives will certainly not rest on their laurels.

This emotion brewed, and the attack on Abel occurred.

And because of that attack, today's Cardina Health shareholders' meeting has long been dubbed the first hostile takeover case in history by the media.

It's all bought to do such a thing as a bomb attack, isn't it malicious enough?

Even if it is officially defined as KBXJ, after so many days, everyone still knows what the inside story is like.

Therefore, for today's Abel Smith, the head-to-head confrontation with other Cardina Health shareholders and directors, it is naturally highly valued, attracting a large number of media and reporters.

In fact, everyone now knows that Cardina Health is now difficult to resist Abel's accession.

One is that there are different interest groups within Cardina Health.

Although some of the senior management team and most shareholders still strongly oppose Abel's acquisition, it is widely believed that after Abel takes over, these people will be seized power.

But Robert J. Brown, who had a huge influence on the company, was a huge influence on the company. D. Walter, and his supporters, had long since taken on the shape of Abel.

What's even more unfortunate is that Cardina Health's lawsuit has been lost, and Abel already holds about 38% of Cardina Health's shares.

Because of the previous attack, 12 of the top 20 major shareholders of Cardina Health Group except Abel supported Abel Smith.

Therefore, some of Cardina's other swing shareholders are likely to choose to support or acquiesce to Abel Smith's complete control today from the perspective of financial returns!

Reshuffle Cardina Health's Board of Directors for a Hostile Takeover!

The Board of 13, by Abel Smith and Robert A. D. Walter's allies already occupied 5.

Now it has submitted seven new directors in one go, and all seven of them are Abel Smith's people.

Once passed, there is no need to pass all of them, only more than three people are needed, and then Cardina Health can change its name to Smith Health instead of being called Cardina Health.

"Mr. Smith......"

"Mr. Smith, I'm a reporter for the New York Times......"

"Mr. Smith, can you give me an interview?"

As soon as Abel's motorcade arrived, it was surrounded by reporters who swarmed up.

The convoy was forced to stop directly in front of the main entrance, and some reporters after passing through the security check even slapped the window glass, and the continuous shouting, Abel in the carriage frowned slightly, and said to Edward: "Disperse them, don't let them delay my time." ”

He only wants to get his hands on Cardina right now, and everything else is secondary.

"Okay, boss." Edward nodded in response, then began to press his hand on the headset.

Soon, in the front and rear cars, more than a dozen bodyguards walked down, and the reporters who were blocking the front of the car were pushed away with expressionless faces, and the convoy moved forward little by little.

As one of the giants in the pharmaceutical and health industry, Cardina Health has been in real trouble lately.

The decline in earnings reports, layoffs and other events, coupled with the back-and-forth battle with Abel Smith's hostile takeover, have made Cardina Health a target for the media and industry insiders.

The ruthlessness of capital has been vividly reflected after the release of Cardina Health's financial report.

Leaving aside the unpredictable outlook for the future, the rest of Cardina Health's shareholders are on the road to abandonment.

No, perhaps it should be said, they were abandoned after that attack!

Abandoned by the rest of the American elite, including the local Florida bigwigs.

They were used as outcasts as "muhai" weapons to appease the wrath.

"Hello, Mr. Smith......"

"Good morning, Mr. Smith."

"Hello, Mr. Smith, I'm ......"

“……”

When Abel Smith, who was wearing an extremely slim and crisp blue dark striped suit, and Lydia, who was tall and capable, walked into the large conference room surrounded by subordinates dressed as senior management elites.

The crowd that had been sitting in various seats and chatting stood up one after another. D. Walter, the founder and CEO, was the first to stand up and take the initiative to shake Abel's hand with a flattering smile.

The others left their seats one by one, shook hands with the young consortium owner, and begged for familiarity.

At this point, the shareholders who made the trouble have already had an accident.

Those of them who watched from the sidelines can only accept their fate now.

The shareholders still know how to steer the rudder, and since they can no longer resist, they simply collect the money and leave, so as not to make the scene ugly.

Shareholders can take their money and leave, but the former board members sitting at the long table in the conference room are not so dashing.

Most of them were arranged by the shareholders who were making trouble, and most of them were used to restrain Robert Brown. D. Walter is the CEO.

Now that the big guy behind them has an accident, these people can naturally only stand in place with ugly faces and even some trepidation, looking at the smiling faces of the major shareholders and shareholder representatives, looking at each other, and seeing fear and helplessness in each other's eyes.

The Texas chariot rolled in with an irresistible momentum. These little pawns who stood in the way of the front, now that they have lost even the backstage, what can they do but think they are unlucky?

In fact, many of them wouldn't even want to come today if they could.

But no, the rest of Cardina's healthy shareholders who want to surrender are not allowed to be absent.

That would make someone's victory look less perfect, and it would also make pacification less effective, and they wouldn't allow that to happen.

So they have to come even if they don't want to.

And the first to shake hands with Abel, Robert Abel. D. Walter, who watched everyone's performance.

At this time, Robert D. Walter's mood is wonderful.

He was a little pleasant, but at the same time there was a lot of gloom.

It's happy because those people were finally completely defeated because of trouble.

Their downfall meant that Robert D. Walter was able to liquidate all of his shares in Cardina Health, along with the controversial dry shares.

At the same time, he also breathed a bad breath for him, and Robert J. D. Walter has suppressed these people very hard, and can only be a cash cow and a money-making tool.

The gloom is because of Robert M. D. Walter knew that Cardina was finished.

The company, which embodies all his hard work and efforts, will be completely controlled by Abel Smith today.

Robert S. D. Walter also knew that if Abel Smith wanted to, he could even complete the privatization and turn Cardina Health into Smith's private property once and for all!

Robert S. D. Walter looked at a gentle smile, calm and calm, without arrogance, but still people can clearly feel the difference of the master of the consortium, for a moment, Walter felt like he saw Abel Smith as if the king was receiving the minister.

After a final handshake, Abel again came to the throne next to Robert A. In front of D. Walter.

The two shook hands again, "Hello, Mr. Walter, again, I'm glad to see you today." ”

"Hello, Mr. Smith, so am I. At the same time, you are welcome to Cardina Health, which will be your health kingdom in the future. ”

Robert S. D. Walter put down the thousands of emotions in his heart, shook hands with Abel with a smile, and said without humility or arrogance.

Robert has seen that his shares have been realized, and now he is worth almost 10 billion dollars, and his wealth is more free than before.

What's more, he felt that Abel might entrap him, because if he was healthy in Cardina, he could reduce too much resistance from Abel to integrate this health group.

With so much money and the terrifying energy of the master of the consortium, Robert D. Walter is now happy to help Abel as well.

"Hehe, thank you for your welcome, I believe that too." Abel looked at him brightly, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more.

He came to the throne, looked at the name plate with his name written on it, and sat down with a slight smile, while Lydia and the rest of his men sat in the back seats behind Abel, observing the changes in the expressions on the faces of everyone in the large conference room.

When everyone is seated, an independent director, on behalf of the board of directors, begins to report to all shareholders present on the results of the work and financial results of the Cardina Health Group over the past year.

“…… The Board of Directors will continue to uphold the principles of proactive corporate governance, we will strive to create maximum value for our shareholders, and we will consider all options that will enable us to achieve this goal, and Cardina Health is well positioned to do so than any other business. We believe that we can create more additional value for our shareholders. ”

Smack- Slap-

When the independent director finished his report, the whole conference room resounded with very embarrassing sparse applause, and all shareholders looked at the director with sarcasm.

Is it useful to say so much? Still can't change the reality of Cardina's health changing hands.

Bang Bang –

When the original board members were embarrassed and silent, another crisp applause rang out, and everyone looked in the direction where the applause came from, and saw that it was Abel Smith who was smiling lightly applauding, and all the shareholders were slightly stunned and applauded.

For a while, there was thunderous applause in the conference room, but the original board members were not happy about it...... How do they make such a thing happy?

The applause subsided.

A major shareholder suddenly said: "The company's plan for next year, let's put it aside for the time being, and I propose to directly nominate new board members!" ”

"I agree!"

"I'm okay with that!"

"Can ......"

“……”

All shareholders except Abel have expressed their positions, as if they are afraid that if they make a late statement, they will have an accident like those shareholders who make trouble.

The members of the original board of directors suddenly looked like ashes.

They knew that the tide was over, and that there was no last possibility.

Indeed, Abel's nomination of seven new directors was approved, and since then, more than seven of the 13 members of the board of directors have been brought by Abel, and five of the remaining six are Robert Abel. D. Walter's man.

There is only one independent director, the director who made the routine report just now, and he is not a person from Abel's side or Robert A. D. Walter's people have somewhat saved a little face for the Florida guys.

But to the surprise of the shareholders present, Abel, who completely controlled the board of directors of Cardina Health, did not take the position of chairman of the group.

Instead, it was assigned to CEO Robert J. D. Walter, so that the founder of the board of directors at the same time as the CEO and chairman, has achieved a real grasp of power.

This made Robert J. While D. Walter was surprised and grateful, he was also puzzled.

Walter always thought that even if he wasn't fired, there was a high probability that he would become a real mascot.

Unexpectedly, now it has changed from a mascot to a core of power, and the power is greater than in the past, which makes it difficult for him not to be surprised.

Afterwards, in his office, Robert D. Walter had only guessed some of the reasons why Abel Smith had appointed him this way.

"Forget it, Mr. Walter, I'll call you Robert. You have the same name as another Robert, and I've always liked the name Robert. Abel smiled.

"Of course, I like that title."

"Are you familiar with Purdue Pharmaceutical? Dear Robert, ”

"Purdue Pharmaceutical, the one in New York? If yes, I think I'm familiar with them. Robert S. D. Walter said cautiously.

"Did you know that from 1995 to the present, this pharmaceutical company has made a staggering profit of more than $5.2 billion from just one drug?"

Robert S. D. Walter was stunned and more cautious.

"You're talking about...... Oscandin? ”

Now in 2003, outsiders still don't know the success of Purdue Pharmaceuticals and the Sackler family.

But as an industry bigwig, Robert How could it be that D. Walter was not clear.

"Cardina Health's financial results for the past two years have been very unhealthy. I think Cardina Health may be able to diversify its business in the future. What do you think? Robert. ”

Robert S. D. Walter took a deep breath, he seemed to know the reason why Abel would let him stay in Cardina to be healthy.

Robert was hesitating, hesitating about the fact that he was already free of wealth, and whether it was necessary to continue to stay in Cardina Health.

That is likely to make your name take on a lot of discordant colors in the future.

Do you want to refuse?

After all, they have already received more than 10 billion US dollars, and no matter what they do, even if they start a new business and become an industry boss, it is enough.

Feeling that he had thought it through, Robert S. D. Walter looked up at Abel and wanted to show him his intentions.

Robert saw that half of the morning sunlight was reflected through the floor-to-ceiling window glass, and half of it hit Abel.

Because Abel had his back to the floor-to-ceiling windows, the sunlight only illuminated Abel's back.

Let Abel look half light and half dark at the moment.

Combined with Abel's handsome face that looked like something out of a mythical story, Robert couldn't help but shudder.

The founder of Cardina Health couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and what he originally wanted to say turned into another word.

"I understand, of course I understand. Mr. Smith, I know what to do......"

Compared with making a terrifying consortium leader hold a grudge, the possibility of having a little name and a black cauldron seems to be less important.

Not to mention Robert S. D. Walter felt that the Sackler family was so profitable that no one else could bear it.

Cardina Health joins the mix, and that's just following the trend.

No big deal.

(End of chapter)