Mellanox employees: "Eyal Waldman knocked us all in the transaction. We didn't get anything "Mellanox was sold to anbidia for $6.9 billion, founder and ceo of the company is expected to cut a coupon of about $230 million–but not everyone left happy. • in contrast to many high-tech companies, Mellanox did not issue options to its employees even in recent years and gave them a unadvertised sale • company: Mellanox workers, including students, are enjoying the success of the company and are entitled to the same remuneration elements "not everyone is satisfied with haksit of Mellanox technologies sold this week to anbidia (Nvidia) for $6.9 billion. ל"גלובס" testimonies on anger and frustration among employees. One of them even said: "the Director Eyal Waldman screwed us all. We didn't get anything. " Waldman himself is one of the major benefit of the deal and is expected to cut a coupon of about 230 million dollars. Waldman said at the press conference that followed the acquisition work will have "a lot of money, I think over 7% of the company is held by employees. He added that "this is not a purchase of buildings or products but of people, and they are obliged to care for people. Mellanox's boyfriend also enjoy economic and technological merger. " Is there any real claims of employees? Mellanox's report suggests that in contrast to many high-tech companies, Mellanox technologies all did not issue options to its employees in recent years. In fact, the last assignment was in 2014-divided Mellanox to approximately 50 thousand employees options. In the past four years, from 2015 to 2018, don't rule assigned options. However, Mellanox assigns employees blocked stocks annually, and for the last four years have been assigned to work nearly 6 million shares are blocked. At the end of 2018, Mellanox employees hold about 3.3 million shares are blocked, their fair value on the day the assignment was on average $65 (compared to the sale price to anbidia which is $125). We should note that although the company stopped assigning options, remained in the hands of employees at the end of 2018 about 495 thousand options only, the average price is $50.7 These options are deep inside. We note that the blocked shares are held by employees is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. We should note that upon completion of the deal, employees will sell stocks they have mlanox, the market price and pay for it. The blocked shares, which have matured yet, anbidia convert to shares in the same stock worth $ mlanox that hold the blocked. Apart from the rise in stock price if the deal successful, proven Mellanox employees don't get to enjoy the haksit, because most have no options that can be exercised. As is known, did not receive a bonus as a result of the purchase. More about Mellanox sales to anbidia