To: jim geis who wrote (3206 ) 4/9/1999 2:44:00 PM From: esecurities(tm) Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 4231
>>the only thing that can blow this up is the Rabins' and >>Steve Schneider's relationship with the "street". ...this is correct...5,400 shares and -1/16 today given existing news is pathetic(.)...and reflects squarely on management and their ability to maximize shareholder value, credibility with 'the street'...if q1 numbers represent a substantive positive earnings/revenues surprise and unequivocal turnaround two things may be valid...1) the Rabins indeed pulled off a very difficult turnaround given the realtime 'JIT' nature of their decisions to shift entire corporate mission statements focus from a dying SoftQuad sq.com to Alpha Software alphasoftware.com ...and from a dying Alpha Software to NewKidCo newkidco.com ... Management by Chaos Theory (MCT) ...but perhaps the right thing to do in the short to intermediate-term is for the Rabins to assume the role of Co-Chairmen of NewKidCo, strengthen the NKC(IF) Board of Directors, and allow Hank Kaplan and Jeffrey Harber to assume the roles of CEO/COO/Investor-Financial-Street Relations/Stock Price VPs? of NewKidCo...given they have earned it and they are now responsible for 95% of NKC(IF)s revenues, and 100% of NKC(IF)s [regained] credibility with the street...this should only occur, of course, given a q1 '99 blowout with certainty of a fiscal '99 blowout, NKC(IF) exercising their right to acquire all of NewKidCo LLC [the remaining 25%] [and], NKC(IF) reaching >= $7/share, NKC(IF) relists NASDAQ NMS [and] Kaplan and Harber exercising all their options in NKC(IF) ... [and the Rabins, Schneider, Drassinower...] repaying their non-recourse' loans pursuant to their fiscal 97/98 SWEBF/SKI common stock purchases...this is simply what should transpire and simply what the street will expect or NKC(IF) management already/most likely? has themselves taken out by (NYSE:TLC)(.) at some predetermined hurdle(s)?...