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I don’t understand this. If you don’t want other people to have a say in your company, why would you make it public? If you own shares of a company, you have c
by jakobegger 8y ago
I don’t understand this. If you don’t want other people to have a say in your company, why would you make it public?
If you own shares of a company, you have certain rights, and I don’t see anything wrong with making use of them.
- yreg 8y ago>why would you make it public? $$$
- kelnos 8y agoIf making use of those rights ends up being a distraction to the company that hurts it more than leaving well enough alone, then you're only losing money for yourself. Just because a shareholder has decided to exercise shareholder rights, it doesn't mean it's actually a good idea. Sometimes activist investors have the right idea. Often they don't. > * If you don’t want other people to have a say in your company, why would you make it public?* It's a trade-off. You get money in return for greater public transparency and oversight. You don't have to like it to see the need to go for it.
- walshemj 8y agoNot if you have the multiple share classes with wildly different voting rights - though in the UK that will get you kicked out of the FTSE index if you take the piss that way.