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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 8549731" data-attributes="member: 4348">My thoughts...1.  The "activist shareholders" will need a lot more support than I currently see them possessing to get their measures passed.2.  Their stated goal seems to be that they feel that Hasbro stock is undervalued and by taking certain actions it could be doubled in value.  I don't agree with their ideas on this as their evidence doesn't seem to support their statements.  I agree that it COULD increase the price, but I think doubling it by doing this is a fairytale dream of theirs to try to garner support of those who don't follow things that much.  This would be appealing more to the retail stockholders that have a bunch of different stocks in various items but don't really follow any of them other than a surface layer of glancing to see if the stock is going up or down.  These types would be very interested in the stocks doubling, but may  not understand how or why that may or may not happen. 3.  IF there are enough of these retail broad stockholders that they can garner by proxy or otherwise, they MIGHT be able to force a change.  I don't think the actual heavy investers are going to go for this in the way they have put it.4.  Meaning no offense, as I know this board is more focused on D&D, but D&D is not what I see as the driving force of money making at WotC right now.  There are other brands that are making WotC FAR bigger money than D&D.  At most I'd say D&D is the relegated sidekick to the major money makers from WotC which is the TRUE focus by Hasbro right now.5.  WotC has been increasing and improving profits for the past few years in the direction its been going.  I'm not sure if the ideas being pushed by these activists really have merit or they could improve something that previously, though it made money, had not seen this type of year over year gains in the past.  I think there are going to be MANY that are doubtful regarding their push for change.  That doesn't mean that change could NOT improve the futures, and it is this consideration (especially those who feel MtG or other brands could be utilized more effectively in sales and retail as well as digital) that MIGHT give this push a life of it's own beyond what I imagine it will go right now.</blockquote>

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