Chapter 1454 Apple Changes Owners

Although Li Mu is a complete Internet person, he thoroughly implements the settlement principle between the supply and demand sides of the real economy.

When buying things, Li Mu pursues settlement later; when selling things, Li Mu pursues payment first. In short, because he is in an absolutely powerful position, he instinctively seeks more advantages and conveniences for himself.

Apple executives are also very clear about this. They did the same thing when the iPod was in full swing. It let the foundry produce first and then settle the bill, and let the dealer pay first and then receive the goods, which not only reduces the risk for themselves, but also reduces the financial pressure.

Now, Li Mu asked Apple executives to sign an agreement to delay payment first.

Apple executives can easily figure out Li Mu's operation process. Apple's stock price will inevitably collapse tomorrow. Li Mu first temporarily obtains the equity from Apple's shareholders, and then he can pass the company's privatization resolution with a voting rate of more than 66.6%. Filed with Nasdaq to take Apple private for $3.50.

Nasdaq has a high probability of agreeing to Li Mu's grand privatization plan. As long as Nasdaq nods, all outstanding shares will immediately start the compulsory repurchase, and the privatization will be completely settled.

However, for the greatest security, Li Mu put the payment for the acquisition of Apple's shareholder shares after the success.

Apple's shareholders almost quickly reached a unanimous conclusion. In their opinion, Li Mu was merciful without taking the opportunity to slash them. Although there may be a certain delay in the collection time, at least Li Mu did not correct the previous Negotiated price for any kind of change.

So, Tim Cook led the team and rushed to Makino Technology in the twilight.

In this line, there were more than 20 representatives of Apple's major shareholders, lawyers representing shareholders who were not present, and core team members with options. They hurriedly set off for Muye Technology. The two companies were not far away, less than an hour. , Tim Cook and his party sat in the conference room of Makino Technology.

There are two completely different situations in the Apple group. The core team members headed by Tim Cook came to Muye Technology this time not only to sign and sell their shares, but also to make a forerunner for the next entry into Muye Technology. As for those shareholders who do not usually participate in the actual operation of the company, they just want to sign and confirm quickly, then wait to get their money back, and then completely cut off all ties with Apple.

Li Mu started fighting with the team early in the morning, and was already a little tired by this time. When Tim Cook and his party arrived at the company, he was taking the time off to rest on the sofa in his office.

After letting the Apple team wait for 20 minutes, Li Mu, who relieved a little tiredness, came to the conference room to meet the team.

As soon as Li Mu entered the door,

More than 20 members of the Apple team in the conference room stood up one after another and said in unison, "Hello, Mr. Li."

Of the more than 20 people in the Apple team, everyone is older than Li Mu, but everyone's expressions are involuntarily awe-inspiring.

The capital market never looks at age and seniority. It looks at the absolute value of assets and resources. With Li Mu's current capital and resources, Li Jiacheng is still a few decades older than him, not to mention Apple. These "underdogs" are gone.

However, Li Mu didn't put on any airs. He nodded and smiled politely to everyone, and then said, "I'm sorry to keep you waiting for a long time. Today is really heavy, so I took a break in the office for a while."

Tim Cook hurriedly said: "Mr. Li, your counterattack today is so perfect and impeccable."

Li Mu smiled slightly: "It's just a little more simple and rude, it's not perfect."

After finishing speaking, Li Mu said again: "Today is really too late, so let's get straight to the point now."

Tim Cook nodded hurriedly: "Please speak."

Li Mudao: "I have asked the legal counsel to prepare a new contract template. Compared with the framework agreement we made before, only the payment time series of clauses have been modified. You can take a look at it first. If there is no problem, we will now You can complete the contract process.”

The previous contract details have been communicated and reached a consensus between the two parties, and the revisions are only some independent projects. Coupled with the presence of lawyers, such changes are confirmed very quickly.

Li Mu asked to sign the contract now, and the Apple team naturally had no opinion. The law firm that Muye Technology cooperates with in the United States specially sent a team of lawyers to live in Muye Technology. They quickly brought the revised contract to the conference room and reviewed the contracts one by one. Correspondingly sent to each Apple team member.

Apple has a lot of shareholder groups. In addition to a large number of large and small shareholders, there are more than 100 team members with Apple options. It is naturally impossible to sign contracts one by one. Therefore, most of the minority shareholders and team members who hold options are present. Some shareholders signed a concerted action agreement. As a result, these people present today have covered all of Apple's non-tradable shares, accounting for 80.11% of the total, and correspondingly, the voting rights are also 80.11%.

If Apple had adopted the dual-class share structure, the voting rights could reach 100% by using the same share with different rights strategy, but for Li Mu, there is no difference between 80.11% and 100% of the voting rights.

After the contract was taken out, the other party's lawyer began to conduct a routine review. Since there were few changes, the review speed was also very fast. After ten minutes, Apple's lawyer representative approved the overall content of the agreement.

Tim Cook breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, we have no opinion on the contract, we can sign it now."

Li Mu nodded, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Then please sign as soon as possible, and we will quickly enter the next round."

Tim Cook and the other team members looked at each other, and everyone picked up the pens on the table and signed their names on the contract.

As the representative of Muye Technology, Li Mu also signed each contract, and then exchanged it with each signatory. All contracts were replaced. Muye Technology has temporarily owned 80.11% of the shares, and the validity period is two months.

Strictly speaking, Apple has now completed the change of ownership and has become Li Mu's apple. The only precondition is that Li Mu himself does not regret it. Therefore, in Li Mu's view, there will be no more changes in this matter.

After the signing was completed, Li Muxian shook hands with Apple shareholders one by one, and thanked them politely, which meant that they basically no longer had any relationship with Apple. This kind of handshake was equivalent to the routine work after the handover of rights.

Afterwards, Li Mu shook hands with the members of the Apple team one by one. A considerable number of them will become employees of Li Mu's future, so Li Mu's attitude was particularly enthusiastic.

Li Mu put Tim Cook in the last place to shake hands. When shaking hands with Tim Cook, Li Mu said to him, "Tim, I hope you can officially join Makino Technology as soon as possible!"

After speaking, Li Mu solemnly added: "as-soon-as-possible!"

as soon as possible! The sooner the better!

Li Mu's words moved Tim Cook very much. He never thought that Li Mu would value himself very much, but Li Mu's attitude at the moment showed without reservation that he did value Tim Cook and couldn't wait for him to join. Makino Technology.

Therefore, Tim Cook also said very seriously: "Mr. Li, the members of the Apple team and I also very much hope to join the great company of Makino Technology as soon as possible!"

Li Mu nodded: "I will complete all the privatization of Apple as soon as possible. At that time, you can help me do the big integration after privatization."

Acquiring a company like Apple requires a huge amount of work for complete integration. In an acquisition between enterprises, the easiest thing is that there is no conflict between business complementarity and the most troublesome thing is that the businesses penetrate each other. Once there is mutual penetration, the two sides must be independent. Measure and develop a comprehensive integration plan, which includes both teams, resources, products, direction and even future strategies.

This is like if Alibaba buys ofo, the former only needs to take the latter in, and then give it a carrier platform and a user portal, the whole will not be very troublesome, but if Alibaba buys JD.com, then the acquisition Post-integration will be a huge project.

Muye Technology acquired Apple. It is not difficult for Li Mu to integrate the ma business. Muye Technology does not have this business. After bringing it in, it is enough to directly supply blood to it. However, the iPod business must be completely penetrated into the mango business. This involves integrating all iPod resources into the mango team, and at the same time taking the essence and removing the dross. Only in this way can mango develop better.

In addition, Apple has a lot of resource accumulation in the fields of hardware and software. These accumulations need to be classified and then sent to different products and departments of Muye Technology, and even to the industrial layout of Muye Technology outside itself, such as Shenzhou, whether Shenzhou will integrate resources with Apple's ma to a certain extent in the future, these are issues that need to be considered in depth.

Tim Cook naturally knew the complicated work behind this, and nodded immediately and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, please rest assured, my team and I will do our best!"

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Lin Qingya: "Qingya, tomorrow will hold a discussion meeting on whether Apple is going to be privatized, and arrange for a lawyer to be present."

Louis Martin knew that Li Mu wanted to make an internal resolution first, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Li, all shareholders of Muye Technology have signed a concerted action agreement with you. You actually own 100% of the voting rights of Muye Technology. Now Muye Technology Technology owns 80.11% of Apple's shares, and at the same time you own 80.11% of Apple's voting rights, you can make the decision to take Apple private and fully comply with legal requirements."

Li Mu suddenly realized that he is now the controlling shareholder with more than 66.6% equity and voting rights, so he can make decisions on behalf of Apple.

So Li Mu said to Louis Martin, "Lewis, instruct my legal counsel to formulate a resolution, and then formulate a privatization plan for Nasdaq, the sooner the better!"