-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JdyUlS4p5WiLU7BoTl4c9YCnuY82+UlYJLoCF+4O+KCJFPV05DacjL48WpE5apDg GgRHyW76EZAAlFpNiG3YhQ== 0000950123-06-006905.txt : 20060524 0000950123-06-006905.hdr.sgml : 20060524 20060524162052 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-06-006905 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060524 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060524 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PALM INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100389 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER TERMINALS [3575] IRS NUMBER: 943150688 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0603 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-61107 FILM NUMBER: 06864488 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 950 W. MAUDE AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94085 BUSINESS PHONE: 4086177000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 950 W. MAUDE AVENUE CITY: SUNNYVALE STATE: CA ZIP: 94085 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PALMONE INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031029 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PALM INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991203 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sagio Investments SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001344850 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: V8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 COURS DE RIVE CITY: GENEVA STATE: V8 ZIP: 1204 BUSINESS PHONE: 41223103715 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 COURS DE RIVE CITY: GENEVA STATE: V8 ZIP: 1204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sagio Invesments SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20051118 SC 13G/A 1 y21694a2sc13gza.txt AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO SCHEDULE 13G UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 2) Palm, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 696643105 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) May 23, 2006 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [X] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). CUSIP NO. 696643105 1. Names of Reporting Person. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above person (entities only). Sagio Investments SA - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a)......................................................................... (b)......................................................................... - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. SEC Use Only................................................................ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Switzerland - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of 5. Sole Voting Power -0- Shares Bene- ficially Owned 6. Shared Voting Power 6,487,740** by Each Reporting 7. Sole Dispositive Power -0- Person With: 8. Shared Dispositive Power 6,487,740** - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 6,487,740** 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)............. 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9) 6.3% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instruction) OO - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Neither the filing of this Schedule 13G nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by Sagio Investments SA that it is the beneficial owner of any of the Common Stock of Palm, Inc. referred to herein for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership is expressly disclaimed. Item 1(a) Name of Issuer: Palm, Inc. Item 1(b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 950 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Item 2(a) Name of Person Filing: Sagio Investments SA Item 2(b) Address of Principal Business Officer or, if none, Residence: 11 Course De Rive, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland. Item 2(c) Citizenship: Switzerland Item 2(d) Title and class of Securities: Common Stock. Item 2(e) CUSIP Number: 696643105 Item 3. Type of Reporting Person: N/A. The Reporting Person is a Swiss entity regulated by Swiss authorities, including the Association Romance des Intermediaries Financiers, a self-regulating body, and subject to all Swiss laws and regulations. Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount beneficially owned: 6,487,740** (b) Percent of Class: 6.3% (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: -0- (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 6,487,740** (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: -0- (iv) Share power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 6,487,740** Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class: If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [ ] Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person: The Reporting Person manages the Titanium Fund, Longview Fund and Sniper Fund as well as personal accounts for and on behalf of clients and investors located outside the United States who have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities referenced herein. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person: N/A Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group: N/A Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group: N/A Item 10. Certifications By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the Issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: May 24, 2006 SAGIO INVESTMENTS SA By: /s/ Gualtiero Giori ------------------------------------ Gualtiero Giori Administrateur and Investment Manager FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SAGIO ASSET MANAGEMENT INCREASES OWNERSHIP OF PALM, INC. Internal report indicates PALM Misunderstood and Underestimated BELLEVUE, WA-May 24, 2006-Sagio Asset Management announced today that earlier this week it increased its ownership of PALM, Inc. (NASDAQ:PALM) from 5% to 6.3% following the recent weakness in the stock. The investment manager will issue its internal research report on PALM later today at http://www.sagioinvest.com. The decision to increase its exposure to PALM was precipitated by the market's trust on poorly informed sell-side research. While the weak markets have certainly not helped over the past few weeks, it was yesterday's downgrade by Bear Stearns coupled with the launch of Moto Q from Motorola (NYSE:MOT) that has hit PALM the hardest. The analysts now attacking PALM are the same ones who warned of soft May quarterly guidance prior to the February earnings call. It may be instructive to recall that PALM beat consensus in February and then guided above Street's expectations for May. Sagio Asset Management believes that the same dynamic is at play here. PALM is once again being misunderstood and underestimated. With few notable exceptions, PALM has been consistently underestimated by the sell-side over the past few years. Yesterday's report treated option expensing without any attention to PALM's cash tax rate. Sagio believes that PALM's cash flow expansion will significantly outpace EPS growth thanks to sizeable deferred tax assets. As a result, Sagio would encourage management and the sell-side community to focus on cash flow-based valuation metrics. Sagio would be sorely disappointed if PALM's management did not offer clear FY07 guidance in the upcoming May '06 (4Q06) earnings report. Since management has repeatedly ignored requests for a stock buyback on the basis of strategic considerations and has not answered Mark Nelson's call for a sale of the company, we firmly believe PALM's senior executives should share their view of the future more explicitly than they have until now. Sagio Asset Management has an expectation of 34% top-line growth in FY07 and believes that management will have plenty of wiggle room if it guided for 20% to 25% top line growth. It believes that PALM is worth $30/share by the end of '06 on conservative shipment scenarios, with very reasonable outcomes supporting a $50 stock price. PALM'S GROWING PRODUCT LINE Investors have been warned for over two years that PALM will succumb to intensifying competition from Motorola, Nokia, and other large handset vendors. Reality has been quite different from those warnings. Since the introduction of the revolutionary Treo 600, PALM has unveiled three completely new Treo platforms (i.e. 650, 700w, and 700p), running two different OS platforms, supporting 3G speeds, and spanning all major geographies and air interface standards. Later this year, PALM will unveil the Hollywood to target Europe with a GSM-based 3G smartphone in an attractive, antenna-less, Windows Mobile-powered package. PALM will also start selling the Low Rider to extend the appeal of the Treo's brand, power, and ease-of-use to the mass market. By contrast, NOK took until now to introduce the E61 messaging phone, and the MOTO Q was delayed numerous times in its two-year saga. 254% RISE IN PALM'S SHARE PRICE SINCE '04 Despite continued warnings by pundits that PALM would be unable to compete effectively, the period starting in Jan '04 has been one of unprecedented improvement in PALM's financial performance and extraordinary returns for shareholders. In particular: 1. Sales will have increased to over $405M in May '06 from $271M in November '03. 2. Cash from operations improved to $76.1M in February '06 from a burn of $23.8M in November '03. 3. PALM's share price has grown 254% to $18.11 yesterday from $5.12 in January '04. Relative to yesterday's closing price, PALM trades at a valuation completely disconnected from reality. Adjusting for PALM's $537m in cash and investments and $60m in land-for-sale, PALM's FY07 P/E is just 6.2x (i.e. using cash taxes/8.8x using GAAP taxes). PALM is trading at a significant discount to peers. For instance, RIMM is trading at 19.5x the FY07 EPS consensus. Sagio believes there is no logical justification for the wide divergence in valuations, and we fully expect PALM's multiples to expand. The recent drop in price (down 24.5% since the $24 peak on April 6) has created a unique opportunity for investors. Sagio expects a string of positive catalysts to boost the company's stock price through out the remainder of the year: 1. Q4Y06 earnings call in June - Sagio believes that PALM will offer FY07 top-line guidance ahead of the 16.3% growth consensus expectations. 2. The launch of the Hollywood in CY3Q06 - this antenna-less, 3G, Windows-powered smartphone will allow PALM to significantly grow its unit shipments by finally offering a compelling European phone. 3. The announcement of major European carrier partnerships - the launch of the Hollywood will be an event ala 700w at Verizon Wireless with Microsoft and PALM. Sagio believes that Vodafone will become the Hollywood's first strategic carrier distributor. 4. The launch of the Low Rider in CY3Q06/CY4Q06 - This launch will allow PALM to break into the mass-market with a price point around $200, reaching a broad swath of the consumer market, while squashing those critics who argue that price competition will lead PALM's downfall. 5. Strong May, August, and November earning reports - Sagio believes that PALM will beat consensus estimates and guide above expectations for the August quarter. Moreover, success of the 700p at Sprint and Verizon, the launch of the Hollywood in Europe, and the introduction of a North American Hollywood in late '06 could add significant upside relative to current expectations. PALM's strong start in '06 should only get better as new devices help PALM to significantly expand volumes. Sagio believes that the 700p will be as, if not more popular, than the 700w due to the superior LCD and the ease-of-use of the PALM OS. As the Hollywood starts to move through the carrier distribution network and the Low Rider breaks into the consumer mass market, PALM's unit shipments could expand significantly above current levels. Finally, Sagio expects ultra-thin Treos to appear in 2007, allowing PALM to capture the fashion-conscious buyer. Sagio believes that the expansion of PALM's product line will allow the company to not only show very strong top-line growth but also enjoy expanding margins. Sagio believes that PALM's revenues will grow between 30% and 34% in '07 and a further 22% in '08, after growing 26% in '06. Operating margins should jump from 8.2% in FY06 to 11.3% in '07 and 13.1% in '08. Needless to say, Sagio believes that a forward P/E of only 13x or less is unreasonable given our expectations for PALM's growth profile. Fundamental research is the driving force behind Sagio's investment process. An updated internal research report available later today http://www.sagioinvest.com is not intended to offer investment advice or to recommend any shares. Sagio already owned 6.3% of the company as of the time of this release. Sagio always strives to gain access to the best research. As such, we are taking a first step by sharing our work with the investment community. ABOUT SAGIO: Headquartered in Geneva (Switzerland), Sagio is an investment adviser specialized in alternative investments. Sagio manages three funds (Sniper, Longview and Titanium) and managed accounts for an international clientele. They seek above average gains (both capital appreciation and current income) by employing a value-oriented, "bottom up" approach to investing in event-driven financial instruments perceived to be inefficiently priced as a result of business, financial or legal uncertainties. Sagio's trading approach also applies principles of cognitive and evolutionary psychology to financial market behavior. It can be found at www.sagioinvest.com DISCLAIMER This material is solely for your information and use. It is not a solicitation or an offer to buy or sell any security. The information is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but Sagio does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. The information, opinions or quotations may change without notice and may be condensed or summarized and Sagio is under no obligation to ensure that updates are brought to the attention of any recipient of this material. 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In addition and without prejudice to the foregoing, to the extent to which this information relates to packaged products for which a Sagio entity is a provider firm that entity would in any event only be able to give advice on investments to private customers about the packaged products of that entity or of its marketing group and about adopted packaged products. If an investment is denominated in a currency other than your base currency, changes in the rate of exchange may have an adverse effect on value, price or income. The levels and basis of taxation may also change from time to time. Additional information is, subject to duties of confidentiality, available from Sagio upon request. Press Contact: Pablo A. Perez-Fernandez, Ph.D. Director of Research Sagio Investments +1 (310) 928-3151 (H,W) +1 (917) 881-4621 (M) E-mail: pablo@sagioinvest.com -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----