If the deal to sell Imprimis Technology Inc to Seagate Technology Corp goes through, Control Data Corp will end up with about 18% of the Scotts Valley, California disk drive maker, and will have the right to take its stake up to 22%; the enlarged Seagate will have about 35% of the US disk market; CDC’s Lawrence Perlman will take the firm’s seat on Seagate’s board; the sale does not include CDC’s 49% stake in its joint venture with Philips NV on optical disks, but Seagate may want to negotiate to take on that shareholding as well.
