Michael SmedleyNortel ASNTEL.TODON'T BUYJan 19, 2005
Doesn' think it will get into any deeper water than what it has been already. Expects it will be stuck around this price for some time. Will have to get faith restored again.
If you own the stock, you are playing that there is some value in the assets they own. The company is not a going concern. Have a huge deficit hole in their pension plan. Individual parts of the company may be better being sold off.
Has about $4 per share in cash. They are thinking of selling an asset that would raise about another $1 billion, which would add another $2 per share in cash. However, the overall quality of the balance sheet is as bad as he has ever seen it. Speculative.