Axam

That means the payments to the advisers, which the report identified as Axam Investments Ltd. and Axes America LLC, came to more than a third of what Olympus had paid for Gyrus itself.

Olympus Deals Faced Scrutiny at the Company Phred Dvorak 2011

Efforts to reach Axam, which is listed as based in the Cayman Islands, and New York-based Axes, have been unsuccessful.

Olympus Deals Faced Scrutiny at the Company Phred Dvorak 2011

The SFO's investigation will focus on fees paid to a small, and now defunct, Cayman Islands-based advisory firm called Axam Investments.

Evening Standard - Home Jim Armitage 2011

Olympus later doled out the bulk of the $687 million to a Cayman Islands company linked to Axes, a firm called Axam Investments.

NYT > Home Page By BEN PROTESS 2011

According to the report, Axes asked Olympus to issue the shares to Axam Investments Ltd., which is based in the Cayman Islands.

Olympus Defends Deals; Chairman Resigns Phred Dvorak 2011

According to the report, Axes asked Olympus to issue the shares to Axam Investments Ltd., which is based in the Cayman Islands.

Olympus Defends Payments to U.K. Firm Phred Dvorak 2011

The panel concluded its investigation before Olympus's final negotiations with Axam and Axes, in which Olympus agreed to repurchase the shares for $620 million, after their value had increased.

Olympus Defends Payments to U.K. Firm Phred Dvorak 2011

Axam told Olympus it had investors who wanted to pull out their money and so needed to sell the preferred shares it had bought two months before, according to the report.

Olympus Defends Payments to U.K. Firm Phred Dvorak 2011

The panel concluded its investigation before Olympus's final negotiations with Axam and Axes, in which Olympus agreed to repurchase the shares for $620 million, after their value had increased.

Olympus Defends Deals; Chairman Resigns Phred Dvorak 2011

Axam told Olympus it had investors who wanted to pull out their money and so needed to sell the preferred shares it had bought two months before, according to the report.

Olympus Defends Deals; Chairman Resigns Phred Dvorak 2011