Prediction: Apple uses Liquidmetal in some form in this next product launch, October 22nd, and buys Crucible/Liquidmetal
It fits the facts I see unfolding. The insider buys and conversions earlier this year, the 200 million extra shares (not needed per the up to 500 million shares not yet issued except for a bargaining chip/possible poison pill to get the best price for the company in negotiations), the silence - no blogs or PR's for approximately 2 months (unusual per past PR's and Blogs), the dancing/down playing by Steipp on easy questions like patent ownership in the last conference call, the location of this years' annual shareholder meeting (headquarters instead of a hotel - the previous years' shareholder meetings were booked at a hotel), SEC filings...it all adds up to Apple buy out.
I have seen some here write in general - why would LQMT management be keeping quiet or take orders from Apple when they only received a one time payment from Apple for a perpetual agreement with no other revenue associated with it. I would say..."gentleman's agreement" - we know Steipp has friends at Apple - you would certainly take orders from your "new or soon to be boss" who holds your separation compensation/future money in their hands.
It seems to me this has all been orchestrated and the sale of Crucible/LQMT has already been negotiated. The 200 million shares (they already know with all insiders including Visser, Materion, etc... they have the votes they need to make this happen) - they used this to negotiate the price of the buy out and to avoid a "hostile take over" at a cheap price.
We will all know after the Apple event on the 22nd and the shareholder meeting on the 24th (at headquarters, not booked at a hotel and easily canceled - I heard some mention here the board members would not be attending the meeting...maybe because the meeting is not going to happen).
Even Glenton Jelbert's stalling with his blog responses such as, "Tri, please download our canard case-study. The challenge we face is to do with customer confidentiality, but we are trying to get press-releases and more detailed studies approved for release.
Posted @ Tuesday, October 01, 2013 2:52 PM by Glenton Jelbert"
Really? Like you could not change some of the information on PR's or Blog's to protect the confidentiality like they did on previous Press Releases or Blogs - which were cryptic as far as who products shipped to and who the study was completed for? Seems more like a stalling tactic...they could write a PR or Blog as cryptic as they did in the past in order to obscure the name of the client.
All seems very orchestrated to me. It seems to me the only question is...what was the final price of negotiation for sale of Crucible/LQMT?
Maybe I am reading a lot into this...but it seems there are too many things that have been lining up in the last many months that all leads me to this final conclusion.
Open for debate...but it seems to me this company has been sold and we are waiting for the announcement/PR until after Apple's next event.
