RFID Industry Reaction to Checkpoint-OAT Deal, Part 1 (RFID Update)


Checkpoint Systems Deems OAT Acquisition Strategic
(RFID Journal)

One thing that surprised me about this acquisition was that the price was as low as it was ( $37 million). A recent article in Xconomy,
a Boston tech business blog, put the VC investment in OATSystems at $25 million. If that's correct, it means the return on that
investment was probably close to zero (after taking out whatever stake the principals had left), and really a loss considering the time value
of money.
I thought it would be worth more, not so much because of its financial fundamentals, but for the value of its technology to
a strategic buyer like Checkpoint. But obviously, it wasn't.



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