HTC Corp (宏達電), the world’s No. 5 smartphone brand, is upbeat about its second-half performance, and said business prospects shouldn’t be judged by stock prices in response to investor concerns over its recent stock fall.
HTC chairwoman Cher Wang (王雪紅) and chief executive Peter Chou (周永明) told shareholders yesterday that they were confident about HTC’s prospects and investors shouldn’t be jittery about its recent share tumble.
Chou said this would be a “great year” for HTC.
He also said the problem of a components shortage following Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11 had been solved and that the company was not rushing into securing component supplies.
HTC has seen its shares tumble in the past few days after the stock was removed from Goldman Sachs’ “Conviction Buy List” last week, amid concern over intensifying competition in the smartphone and tablet markets.
HTC shares yesterday dropped by the 7 percent daily limit to NT$1,070, the lowest since March 29.
Shareholders yesterday also approved the election of a new board.
The addition to the seven--member board is David Bruce Yoffie, a Max and Doris Starr professor of international business administration, as well as senior associate dean and chair of executive education at Harvard Business School.
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