	fairchild president seeking management buyout fairchild semiconductor corp president donald brooks said he intends to take a management buyout proposal to the company s parent at some point in the future and substantial funding is available for such a purchase fairchild is owned by schlumberger ltd slb brooks also told a press conference that if management is successful it may later attempt to take the company public i am sure that if such a management buyout is to occur and i am hopeful that it does the public market is one of the avenues we will ultimately have to use to raise capital brooks said brooks also said the company would continue to attempt an exchange of technology and manufacturing agreement with fujitsu ltd if successful in its buyout bid futjitsu withdrew an offer to uire some pct of fairchild a semiconductor maker after u s government officials expressed opposition to the transaction brooks told the news conference that any purchase would be in the form of a management buyout and not a leveraged buyout he also said the transaction could be financed through a debt issue or conventional financing from investors brooks said management is pleased by a number of investment proposals bought to them but he added the investors must be willing to invest in the future growth of the company and not just selling off assets brooks also said he was not aware of any direct intervention by the u s in an attempt to block the merger i am not aware of any direct contact between washington and fujitsu but that doesn t mean it doesn t exist brooks said he also said fujitsu executives remain enthusiastic about a link with fairchild reuter 
