Amaya Toman Patangodutsa masiku ochepa kuchokera pa Tsiku la Valentine mu 2004, CEO wa Apple panthawiyo Steve Jobs adatumiza uthenga wamkati kwa ogwira ntchito pakampaniyo kulengeza kuti kampani ya Cupertino ilibe ngongole kwanthawi yoyamba m'zaka.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
"Lero, mwanjira ina, ndi tsiku la mbiriyakale kwa kampani yathu," alemba a Jobs muzolemba zomwe tatchulazi. Zinawonetsa kusintha kwakukulu komanso kwakukulu kuchokera munthawi yovuta ya m'ma 90, pomwe Apple inali ndi ngongole zopitilira $ 1 biliyoni ndipo idatsala pang'ono kugwa. Kukhala wopanda ngongole kunali chizolowezi kwa Apple. Panthawiyo, kampaniyo inali kale ndi ndalama zokwanira kubanki kuti zithe kulipira ngongole yotsalayo. Pofika chaka cha 2004, Apple idatulutsa kompyuta yoyamba ya iMac, laputopu yamitundu yofananira ya iBook komanso chosewerera nyimbo cha iPod. Cupertino adawonanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa iTunes Store, yomwe inali panjira yosintha makampani oimba.
Apple yasintha momveka bwino ndikulowera njira yoyenera. Komabe, kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zokwana madola 300 miliyoni kulipira ngongole yaposachedwa kunatsimikizira kupambana kophiphiritsa. CFO wa Apple panthawiyo Fred Anderson, yemwe anali pafupi kupuma pantchito, adatsimikizira nkhaniyi.
Zithunzi
Apple idawulula mapulani ake obweza ngongole yomwe idatenga mu 1994 mu fayilo ya SEC pa February 10, 2004. “Pakali pano kampaniyo ili ndi ngongole yotsala ya ngongole zosatetezedwa zokwana $300 miliyoni zokhala ndi chiwongola dzanja cha 6,5%, zomwe zidaperekedwa koyamba mu 1994. par, zomwe zikuyimira zokolola zogwira mtima mpaka kukhwima kwa 99,925%. Ndemanga, pamodzi ndi pafupifupi US$6,51 miliyoni ya phindu lochedwetsedwa pa chiwongoladzanja chomwe chinalowamo, chinakhwima mu February 1,5 ndipo chifukwa chake adayikidwa ngati ngongole yachidule kuyambira pa December 2004, 27. Kampaniyo pakadali pano ikuyembekeza kuti idzagwiritsa ntchito ndalama zomwe zilipo kale kuti zilipire ma bond akadzafika. " Imelo ya Jobs kwa antchito a Apple imanenanso kuti kampaniyo inali ndi $ 2004 biliyoni kubanki kuyambira February 4,8. Masiku ano, Apple imasunga mulu wokulirapo wa ndalama zosungiramo ndalama, ngakhale kuti ndalama zake zimakonzedwanso mwanjira yoti kampaniyo imanyamulanso ngongole zambiri.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Mu 2004, Apple inali yopindulitsa pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Kusinthaku kudabwera koyambirira kwa 1998, pomwe Jobs adadabwitsa omwe adabwera ku Macworld Expo ku San Francisco polengeza kuti Apple ikupanganso ndalama. Kuchira kwakukulu kusanayambe, chuma cha kampaniyo chinatsika kangapo ndipo chinakwera kangapo. Komabe, Cupertino adayambanso kupita pamwamba paukadaulo waukadaulo. Kulipira ngongole yotsala ya Apple mu February 2004 kunangotsimikizira izi.
