guelahpapyrus69

jkichline said:

There's got to be some reason why not just Apple, but other manufacturers are on the outs with Qualcomm.

I don't have links to various articles I've read handy. But it is my understanding that besides double-dipping accusations.

Qualcomm has been charging licensing fees based on the value of the finished product even though the part is the same. Apple has stated that every time they add new tech to their products (3D touch, AR, oled etc) that adds value or higher selling price, Qualcomm wants more licensing fees.

Apple has been paying more for a 7+ than a $200 commodity phone even if they have the exact same chips. This would be like other manufacturers charging you more for your furniture, appliances, tv's etc if your house was worth $1 million instead of $100,000.

If that aspect is true. I can see why they don't want to pay anymore. It doesn't work like that for any other FRAND licensing and apple is arguing that Qualcomm is capitalizing on apples innovation/design which allows them to maintain higher ASP's.

Mikeymike said:

guelahpapyrus69 said:

yojimbo007 said:

Timing is kind of interesting.. Why sell just a few days before earnings...? What are the rules of the game.... I dont know about you... but to me its not very comfortable that he is selling now... Rather than after earni gs report... Any thoughts? Thanx

There are quite a few rules regarding the sale of stock by an executive of a publicly traded company.

http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/rule144.htm

Among them is any stock issued has to be held for a year, the corporation has to sign off on it, it has to be sold by a broker etc..

Due to the "process" these sales are scheduled a year or more in advance. They are essentially put into a trust with the broker and they are sold on the scheduled dates no matter what. Whatever the price is that day is what they are sold at, I'm not sure you could stop the sale. Once it's scheduled it's going to happen on that day.

i read in another article. The recent sales were originally scheduled from a 2015 filing. So this was planned 18+ months ago. 

You are confusing Company buyback with individual's holdings.

Tim can sell his shares anytime he wants after a specified period of holding (probably a year)
He chose to sell now for whatever reason he chose.

I don't think I'm confusing the 2. That SEC regulation addresses stock sales of stock awards by a executive from a company.

I'm not an expert by any means. But C-level stock sales can't be done on a whim. I don't think Tim could wake up and sell shares even if they doubled in price overnight. If it wasn't already a scheduled sale meeting the criteria listed in rule 144.

maybe I'm wrong but for my own knowledge can you direct me to the rule that allows a c-level exec sell their company awarded stock any time they please? I've always understood it to be otherwise. 

yojimbo007 said:

Timing is kind of interesting.. Why sell just a few days before earnings...? What are the rules of the game.... I dont know about you... but to me its not very comfortable that he is selling now... Rather than after earni gs report... Any thoughts? Thanx

There are quite a few rules regarding the sale of stock by an executive of a publicly traded company.

http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/rule144.htm

Among them is any stock issued has to be held for a year, the corporation has to sign off on it, it has to be sold by a broker etc..

Due to the "process" these sales are scheduled a year or more in advance. They are essentially put into a trust with the broker and they are sold on the scheduled dates no matter what. Whatever the price is that day is what they are sold at, I'm not sure you could stop the sale. Once it's scheduled it's going to happen on that day.

i read in another article. The recent sales were originally scheduled from a 2015 filing. So this was planned 18+ months ago.