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this is why price to book is higher than expected and not lower than expected ....
for others consideration ask charts
i had many great souvenir alone with an american poster : i drop the poster only recently to an ashtray
a winter girl with big bossom
i like magazine playboy i steal some of them one at least to my grandma sister
I was wondering if anyone could help give me some advice in locating an old Playboy edition. I dated a girl named Natalie around 1990 and she was in either a 1989 or 1990 edition of Playboy but it was either the College Edition or Lingerie Edition. I had a copy but my wife destroyed it years ago but now she says I can have it...haha...well, I have the 1988 and 1990 issues of 'College Girls' and the March/April; September/October; and November/December issues of Playboy Lingerie...BUT she is not in any of this magazines. I believe she was representing the University of Georgia.
Can someone tell me if there were any other issues from 1988 to 1990 that had college girls modeling lingerie (she was the centerfold)? I would greatly appreciate it if you could contact me at kce6267@graceba.net. Thank you so much.
Kirk
sounds wonderful. i'd like to enter this game but need to feel the momo.
$PLA Playboy Enterprises, Inc Statement of Ownership: Private Transaction (SC 13E3) Transaction Valuation $147,853,698
The transaction valuation is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee. The calculation assumes the purchase of all issued and outstanding shares of voting Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and non-voting Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), of Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation, other than shares of Common Stock owned by certain trusts controlled by Hugh M. Hefner (the “Hefner Trusts”), Scott N. Flanders, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Icon Acquisition Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Purchaser”), or Icon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sub”), at a purchase price of $6.15 per share, net to the seller in cash. As of January 9, 2011, there were 4,864,102 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding and 28,883,657 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. As of January 9, 2011, the Hefner Trusts, Purchaser and Sub collectively owned 3,381,836 shares of Class A Common Stock and 7,935,596 shares Class B Common Stock. As a result, this calculation assumes the purchase of 1,482,266 shares of Class A Common Stock and 20,904,236 shares of Class B Common Stock. The transaction value also includes (a) the excess, if any, of the offer price of $6.15 per share over the exercise price per share of each option to purchase shares of Class B Common Stock, multiplied by the number of outstanding shares covered by such option and (b) the offer price of $6.15 per share multiplied by the number of outstanding restricted stock units. As of January 9, 2011, there were 2,236,908 options outstanding exercisable at prices lower than the offer price of $6.15 per share and 335,596 restricted stock units outstanding.
** The filing fee was determined by multiplying the transaction value by the filing fee of $116.10 per one million dollars of transaction value, in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Fee Rate Advisory No. 1 for fiscal year 2011 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2010.
x Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and date of its filing.
Amount Previously Paid: $17,166
Form or Registration No.: Schedule TO
Filing Party: Icon Merger Sub, Inc.
Date Filed: January 24, 2011
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THIS TRANSACTION, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THIS TRANSACTION, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS SCHEDULE 13E-3. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
This Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (this “Statement”) is being filed by Playboy Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the issuer of the common stock that is the subject of the Rule 13e-3 transaction described below. The Company, as the filing person, is the subject company.
This Statement relates to the offer by Icon Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Sub”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Icon Acquisition Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Purchaser”), which are entities formed by Hugh M. Hefner, the Company’s Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer and controlling stockholder, as disclosed in the combined Tender Offer Statement and Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule TO, dated January 24, 2011 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Schedule TO”) and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s voting Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and non-voting Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $6.15 per Share (the “Offer Price”), net to the holder in cash, without interest thereon and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated January 24, 2011 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letters of Transmittal (collectively, the “Letter of Transmittal” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitutes the “Offer”).
The Offer is being made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 9, 2011, by and among the Company, Purchaser and Sub (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, for the merger of Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”) in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, that:
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More than 50% of the Shares outstanding on the expiration date of the Offer (other than any Shares held by certain members of the Purchaser Group (as defined below)) be validly tendered and not withdrawn. This condition, which is not waivable, is referred to as the “Minimum Tender Condition.”
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There be validly tendered and not withdrawn such number of shares of the Class A Common Stock that, together with any other shares of such class beneficially owned by one or more members of the Purchaser Group, constitutes at least 90% of the outstanding shares of the shares of the Class A Common Stock on the expiration date (after giving effect to any Top-Up Option Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if any, that are issued or issuable to Sub pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement). This condition is referred to as the “Threshold Condition.”
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Playboy Expands Partnership With IMG to Include Europe
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) (NYSE: PLA, PLAA) today announced that it has signed IMG Licensing Worldwide (IMG) as its exclusive agent in Europe. The agreement covers most Playboy product categories and expands IMG's geographic responsibilities for licensing the Playboy brand.
"PEI's successful collaboration with IMG in Asia made extending the partnership to include Europe an attractive opportunity to grow our revenue base and accelerate our transition to a brand management company. IMG's extensive network of agents in Europe can help increase Playboy's consumer reach as well as the visibility and power of the Playboy brand," said Adrianna Chinnici, PEI's senior vice president, global licensing.
"IMG's 50-year experience and established infrastructure in the European market will allow us to build on Playboy's success throughout the region, as we have been doing already in Asia, and to continue to significantly expand its licensing business," said Bruno Maglione, IMG executive vice president and global managing director IMG Licensing Worldwide.
While the agreement with IMG will cover a wide range of men's and women's apparel, accessories and other product categories, PEI said that its pan-global and entertainment venue licenses as well as the company's media businesses will be exempt from this arrangement. In addition to developing new business prospects, IMG will oversee the financial and legal administrative processes related to Playboy's European licensing agreements and will monitor compliance. The contract gives Playboy final approval on all licenses.
About Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Playboy is one of the most recognized and popular consumer brands in the world. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a media and lifestyle company that markets the brand through a wide range of media properties and licensing initiatives. The company publishes Playboy magazine in the United States and abroad and creates content for distribution via television networks, websites, mobile platforms and radio. Through licensing agreements, the Playboy brand appears on a wide range of consumer products in more than 150 countries as well as retail stores and entertainment venues.
About IMG Sports & Entertainment
IMG Licensing is the premier independent licensing agency in the world. Since 1962, IMG Licensing has been one of the core business units of IMG and with nearly 50 years of experience IMG Licensing offers an unparalleled resource in the licensing of sporting brands. IMG Licensing also offers expertise in a number of different markets and services outside of sports, including corporate trademarks, brands, entertainment, fashion and celebrity properties. In April 2009, IMG Licensing was voted the No. 1 Licensing Agent in the annual Top 20 List in License Magazine.
SOURCE Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
Better yet, Hugh can I come over and play?
Chase, you are undoubtedly correct about the Playboy powers that be having their thinking caps and game faces on and playing things close of the vest...or should I say close to the breast?
The February 1977 cover is one of the sexiest covers...IMHO.
This is one of the aspects of Playboy I cherish: it is sophisticated, sexy, and even erotic without being "dirty".
I am pleased to say that this is one of the stocks about which I can say, "Told you so."
When it was in the $1.50-$1.60 range, I called the rebound. I did not necessarily see it climbing as high as it has over the course of the last couple years, but it has been fun to watch.
Hugh and the Playboy empire continue to prove themselves flexible visionaries.
Random comment...
I am one of those people who actually reads the articles. I do not deny that the models have their obvious appeal and that I appreciate their beauty. But, Playboy is more than a simple skin magazine. There is an element of sophistication and sexiness about the whole Playboy image. And, the aforementioned articles serve their purpose.
Hey Hugh, can PLA come out and play?....
nice move here,
enjoy this hold while it last...(His daughter has something up her (CEO) sleeve (skirt)),
going PRIVATE(s)....FriendFinder...(?)
;)
The Playboy brand is always a huge success in Las Vegas. This will likely continue this weekend when Jessica Hall and Brandie Moses from Playboy Radio host a Ladies' Night party at Crown Nightclub. If history is any indication, this event will be a success.
Playboy Releases Its First-Ever 3-D Centerfold in the Magazine's June Issue
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Filing today 4-23// backtrack the firm
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did'nt they take another firm through a merger...
Note I am not in but know you from other plays.. so
figured would tap you on the shoulder..
may make for some good research over the weekend
brwtrpilot
ROFL... I cannot comment in public...
Only the "bare" minimum ;)
Well, it's a vice stock... they have their own rules.
What a great discussion...however, is there really anything to discuss? If this sells, we're bound to see about $15.00 based on the scuttlebutt at these watercoolers....bottom line is that Playboy sells a standard, that standard defines the line between art and pornography, or so their mantra would boast. Still, never the less, none the same, and all things considered; this magazine has a large effect on the moral of forward based troops.
There are two bidders, which means there is really four or five, now that the sharks know it's really for sale, they are going to swim in....I see Playboy selling of $500,000,000.00. NO LESS! Ask any Marine or Soldier, it's worth that at least...sometimes in the field, an issue of Playboy is the only thing that reminds of what we're really fighting for.
ICONIX( own many brands such as Ocean Pacfici) is about to buy Playboy... but i advice u to sell, if u have a low PPS.
Because if they dont buy it will drop a LOT, if u think they will really buy it, do your own DD, and keep it.
See ya
Im all in on this one...anyone have a clue what caused the "rise"?
just bought in bigtime. this is a buyout that will rocket to nine. its worth so much more than this if sold. some russian billionaire will come soon. good wishes to all
LOL... Well, I know booze, women, sex, food, and cleaning products (for after all the previous selections) sell. So, yes, I think the publication sector will recover like retail will in later 09. But I do expect their online facilities to increase and some mgt restructuring.
As with any company, grow or die; change or be left behind.
The investors report says they think PLAYBOY will jump from mid $2's to $5.00. Do you think that is plausible? I mean the article says that the playboy mansion and artwork alone is worth about $3.00 a share.
I guess, it's a long shot, but this stock has potential. Maxim and other magazines are all swanked out....men are going to want more bang for their buck, and I agree we are going to want class and quality before quantity and economy. With all the porn someone could want for free on the internet I see magazines like Swank, Penthouse, and Hustler going down the tubes...however, most guys still want something to read on the can, and it will be Esquire or Playboy. Just a hunch, but if we men and a few women can get all the smut we want on the internet for free, why would anyone buy porn in print? Thus, what used to be a large market share of magazine subscriptions going to porn, will now go to classier magazines that aren't really porn, and more like art or style, like Playboy....as long as Playboy keeps it's pants on and shirts off, we're in for a rise in PPS to $5.00, that's my theory. America is becomming more liberal, but likewise, at the same time on the other side its going to be a compromise; a "conservative-liberal", like the baby-bear's porage, Playboy isn't too hot, and isn't too cold....it's Just Right!@
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Form 8-K for PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC
6-Jul-2009
Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Regulation FD Disclosure, Fina
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 6, 2009, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Jerome Kern has resigned from the Company's board of directors, effective immediately, in order to focus on other business opportunities. With Mr. Kern's resignation, the Company's board now has five outside directors and two executive directors.
UPDATE:Playboy Shopped To Potential Buyers For $300M -NY Post
Last Update: 5/22/2009 11:44:53 AM
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
(Updates with denial from Playboy spokesman that it is being shopped)
Playboy Enterprises Inc. (PLA) is being shopped to potential buyers of the adult
entertainment company with a price tag of $300 million, the New York Post
reported Friday on its Web site, citing people familiar with the situation.
Apollo Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners were among those
approached. A Playboy spokesman, however, told Crain's ChicagoBusiness Friday
that the company is not being marketed to potential investors. "No, it is not
being shopped." a spokesman told Crain's.
Full story at
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05222009/business/playboy_in_market_for_a_sugar_daddy_with_170437.htm
and
ttp://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=34141
-Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5500
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
May 22, 2009 11:44 ET (15:44 GMT)
LOL. It's a low volume swing when the chart is right.
Sooo this is where you hide your ducks at night..
Time to flip out -- hit the UBB. Wait for next swing.
Nothing new to report... PRs say it all for now.
Is this going to Bounce off $1.77 or whate.
Someone has been sitting on $1.77 BID all day.
Can it break trend? Stay tuned. (Close!)
I'd like to update the iBOX.
Playboy Enterprises Inc.
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Phone: 312-751-8000
Fax: 312-751-2818
Web Site: http://www.playboyenterprises.com
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Index Membership: N/A
Sector: Services
Industry: Broadcasting - TV
Full Time Employees: 801
BUSINESS SUMMARY
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. operates as a multimedia entertainment and lifestyle company primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, and Israel. The company operates through three segments: Entertainment, Publishing, and Licensing. The Entertainment segment develops, produces, acquires, and distributes various adult television programs for domestic and international TV networks, pay-per-view, pay-per-month, video-on-demand, and subscription packages; owns, operates, and licenses adult television networks; Web-based entertainment experiences; wireless content distribution; and e-commerce, DVD products, and satellite radio under the Playboy, Spice, and other brand names. The Publishing segment publishes Playboy magazine, special editions, and books and calendars, as well as licenses international editions of Playboy magazine. The Licensing segment licenses consumer products carrying one or more of the company�s trademarks and/or images, third-party owned and operated Playboy-branded retail stores, and location-based entertainment venues, as well as involves in certain marketing activities. Its licensed product lines include men's and women's apparel, men's underwear and women's lingerie, accessories, collectibles, cigars, watches, jewelry, fragrances, shoes, luggage, bath and body products, small leather goods, stationery, music, eyewear, barware, home fashions, and slot machines. The company also operates PlayboyGaming.com, a Playboy-branded online casino and poker site. Its branded merchandise is marketed primarily through retail outlets, including department and specialty stores, as well as through the company�s and other e-commerce Web sites and catalogs. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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About PLA:NYSE
Playboy is one of the most recognized and popular consumer brands in the world. Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) (NYSE: PLA, PLA.A) is a media and lifestyle company that markets the brand through a wide range of media properties and licensing initiatives. The Company publishes Playboy magazine in the United States and abroad and creates content for distribution via television networks, websites, mobile platforms and radio. Through licensing agreements, the Playboy brand appears on a wide range of consumer products in more than 150 countries as well as on retail stores and entertainment venues. The Company's three business groups are Entertainment, Print/Digital and Licensing.
Entertainment
The Entertainment Group develops, produces, acquires and distributes a wide range of high-quality lifestyle and adult programming for domestic and international television networks, which are primarily pay services. The original network, Playboy TV, was launched in 1982 and helped pioneer the premium TV market in the United States. Today, Playboy TV's original productions include magazine-format shows, reality-based and dramatic series, live events and celebrity and Playmate programs. The Company also has a range of adult-movie channels. Through networks, joint ventures and licensing deals, Playboy's television programming is available in more than 100 countries and, in the United States alone, is accessible in more than 65 million households.
PEI's Alta Loma production company develops, co-produces and licenses content for third-party networks and mainstream motion pictures. Recent initiatives include E! Entertainment Television network's popular multi-year reality series "The Girls Next Door," "Kendra" and Sony Pictures' "The House Bunny."
The Entertainment Group also includes Playboy Radio, which was launched in 2002 as the first premium service in the history of satellite radio. Today, the 24-hour Playboy-branded radio channel is available on both SIRIUS and XM satellite radio to more than 20 million subscribers. The channel features new and exclusive Playboy content and expands our audience of Playboy consumers to the satellite radio platform. Aimed at the mature, sophisticated audience that Playboy magazine helped to create and define, Playboy Radio offers a sexy listening alternative nationwide.
Print/Digital
The Print/Digital Group includes the U.S. and 27 international editions of Playboy magazine and various media extensions including special editions and calendars as well as free and pay websites, and the licensing of content for mobile and other distribution platforms.
Founded by Mr. Hefner in 1953, Playboy magazine is the best-selling monthly men's magazine in the world based on the combined circulation of the U.S. and international editions. The U.S. edition has a rate base of 1.5 million, approximately one in ten men in the U.S. age 18 to 34 reads the magazine. As a general-interest magazine, with a reputation for excellence for its high-quality photography, entertainment, humor, cartoons, and articles on current issues and trends, the magazine plays a key role in driving the continued popularity and recognition of the Playboy brand. It also serves as a source of content, a connection to celebrities who appear in the magazine and a publicity generator.
The company has 27 licensed foreign editions, all of which are profitable and serve as regional brand drivers. An estimated 9 million adults read Playboy's international editions each month, bringing the magazine's global readership to more than 18 million readers.
In addition, the company publishes approximately 25 special editions each year. These are thematic-based pictorials that are sold via newsstand and include such titles as Playboy's Lingerie, College Girls, and Fresh Faces.
Playboy.com is one of the world's most popular men's websites, with more than five million unique global visitors and nearly 45 million page views monthly. It generates revenues from pay sites, advertising and e-commerce. The robust free site features a range of content that expands upon the editorial heritage of the magazine and includes humor, style, games, entertainment and advice. Through a dazzling array of original video, animation, and interactive content, combined with a wide variety of opportunities to personalize content, users can create their own customized experience.
The primary source of online revenues is a range of premium clubs, which are thematically grouped and can be purchased at a variety of price points and for varying periods of time. The quality of the literary and video content available is a critical differentiating factor from competitive websites.
The third major online revenue stream is Playboy-branded e-commerce websites. Playboystore.com and ShopTheBunny.com, combined with their respective catalogs, offer customers the ability to purchase Playboy-branded fashions, calendars, DVDs, jewelry, collectibles, and back issues of Playboy magazine and special editions, as well as some select non Playboy-branded products. The Company outsourced e-commerce functions beginning in 2008.
In addition, PEI creates and distributes content for mobile platforms and operates and licenses international websites. Playboy Mobile offers the classic Playboy lifestyle through engaging wireless content including Playboy-themed games, images, video clips and mobile TV. Playboy offers wireless entertainment services through licensees and carriers in over 40 territories around the globe including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States.
Licensing
Through deals in Asia, Europe and the Americas, Playboy's trademarks and images appear on a wide range of consumer products including apparel, accessories, footwear, lingerie, jewelry, fragrances and home fashions. Playboy's licensed products business now generates more than $900 million in global retail sales in more than 150 countries and territories. In addition, the Licensing Group generates revenues from location-based entertainment venues and Playboy-branded retail stores.
Capitalizing on the Company's powerful brand name and its Rabbit Head logo - one of the most recognized symbols in the world - Playboy licenses its trademarks, including the Playboy name, Rabbit Head design, other images, and artwork owned by the Company, for worldwide manufacture, sale, and distribution of products. PEI works with licensees to develop, market and distribute high-quality Playboy-branded merchandise that includes men's and women's fashion apparel, men's underwear, women's lingerie, accessories, collectibles, cigars, watches, jewelry, fragrances, shoes, luggage, bath and body products, small leather goods, stationary, music, eyewear, barware, home fashions, energy drinks and slot machines.
The Company owns and operates a Playboy-branded retail store in Las Vegas. Playboy also licenses similar retail stores with locations in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Las Vegas and Melbourne. The stores offer customers the opportunity to purchase Playboy-branded merchandise around the world.
In October 2006, Playboy opened a multi-faceted entertainment venue in conjunction with the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The property includes a Playboy Club casino, Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, nightclub and Playboy store in addition to the stunning 30-foot tall Rabbit head on the exterior of one of the towers. Additional venues, which are currently under development in Mexico and South Beach, will allow consumers to further interact with the iconic Playboy brand and experience the Playboy lifestyle.
The Playboy Jazz Festival and Playmate Promotions are company-wide marketing activities. Since 1979, Playboy has produced the Jazz Festival on an annual basis in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl. Playmate Promotions represents the Playmates in advertising campaigns, trade shows, endorsements, commercials, motion pictures, television and videos.
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