RE: From the Turner Pope Paper….7 Feb 2023 10:39
HH although the early settlement scenario was different to the prospects for a trial, what I find baffling is how BT had the nerve to describe it as a good or transformative outcome.
Like you're saying, if our expectations for a post-trial outcome based on the two models presented were unrealistic, BT should have corrected this beforehand.
Or
If something changed in the discussions that led them to believe such an outcome was less likely, that should have been explained.
To present an obviously devastatingly disappointing outcome as anything other than that is a lame attempt to pull the wool over our eyes.
To me it looks at ridiculous as being offered $90m now or $1bn in 3 years time and they've taken $90m now.
This is based on increased US sales since the trial was announced. A multiplier applied for willful infringement.
The Chinese and German trials with an EU injunction. The last point being the real pressure point for Samsung.
Sure US appeals are never-ending but the EU appeals aren't and the injunction is issued after trial.
So I reiterate my point that if these prospects were correctly reported by BT himself (which they were) and still in play, then it's mad to take $90m. By the way, I think something probably did change in the discussions though, but that's what we're not being fed and instead we were treated like children, who BT/Nanoco thought wouldn't be able to see the obvious disappointment.
It's no wonder investors on here have called for BT to step down.