| Business Summary | | Meade
Instruments
Corp.
(Meade)
is
a
multinational
consumer
optics
company
that
designs,
manufactures,
imports
and
distributes
telescopes,
telescope
accessories,
binoculars
and
other
optical
products.
Meade
produces
what
it
believes
to
be
the
broadest
and
most
complete
line
of
telescopes
and
telescope
accessories
available.
The
Company
offers
more
than
50
different
telescope
models
with
several
different
optical
configurations,
as
well
as
more
than
250
accessory
products.
The
Company's
telescopes
range
in
aperture
from
2
to
16
inches
and
in
retail
price
from
less
than
$100
to
more
than
$15,000.
The
Company
also
offers
a
complete
line
of
binoculars
from
small
aperture
theater
glasses
to
full-size
waterproof
models
at
retail
price
points
from
approximately
$10
to
more
than
$300. | More
from
Market Guide: Expanded
Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Meade
Instruments
Corp.
is
a
multinational
consumer
optics
company
that
designs,
manufactures,
imports
and
distributes
telescopes,
telescope
accessories,
binoculars
and
other
optical
products.
For
the
three
months
ended
5/31/01,
revenues
decreased
29%
to
$16.1
million.
Net
loss
totalled
$798
thousand
vs.
income
of
$1.4
million.
Revenues
reflect
lower
sales
of
less-expensive
imported
telescopes.
Net
loss
also
suffered
from
unrealized
currency
exchange
losses. | More
from
Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| | | | FY2001
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| John Diebel, Ph.D., 57 Chairman,
CEO | $933K | -- | Steven Murdock, 49 Pres,
COO, Sec., Director | 781K | -- | Brent Christensen, 42 CFO,
VP-Fin. | 399K | $547K | Joseph Gordon, Jr., 51 Sr.
VP of North American Sales | 424K | -- | Mark Peterson, 39 VP,
Gen. Counsel | 419K | 614K | Dollar
amounts are as of 28-Feb-2001 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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