Other than David Lieberman's article at Deadline.com which is reposted in several places as it was by Karl, there doesn't appear to be any credible confirmation of this.
Karl's confirmation of "an all hands manager meeting" could just be a meeting to discuss their end of year results, what raises and bonuses folks are going to get, etc.
This is the time of the year they do their annual reviews as I work for them. Nothing has been said and the company has made a large investiment in our facility. Over $1M in upgrades in the last 2 months.