Is Now the Time to Send WOTC a Real Message?

[Wicht]

Realistically speaking, how many shares would we have to buy to even be noticed?

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Realistically speaking, how many shares would we have to buy to even be noticed?

Well, their top institutional holder of stocks is Ariel Capital Management, Inc.- they have 17.1 million shares.

Start saving those bottle returns.

FD

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

Just to paint the picture a bit more-

They have a total of 173.1 million shares outstanding.

Each share is one vote.

For those curious-

Alan Hassenfeld
Chairman, CEO
2001 Pay: $1.1M

FD

 

[Khan the Warlord]

Just to paint the picture a bit more-

They have a total of 173.1 million shares outstanding.

Hmm... so if every share was purchased *today*, it would cost $226,761,000.

Hmm... and Hasbro paid $325 million to Peter for the company a couple of years ago.

Anyone have an idea what the shares were worth at that time? Or, were there even shares of WotC stock before Hasbro?

 

[Wicht]

So if 1000 of us buy shares we would only have to buy 1730 shares each in order to have a 1% interest in the company.

That's not as bad as I thought it might be

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Anyone have an idea what the shares were worth at that time? Or, were there even shares of WotC stock before Hasbro?

If you can give me a date, then I can probably figure it out.

And just to be clear- those are the numbers for Hasbro shares that are currently in the public for purchase/holding.

FD

 

[Wicht]

Hmm... so if every share was purchased *today*, it would cost $226,761,000.

Maybe I calculated wrong but I get 2 billion when I multiply 13 times 173 million. Or am I calculating this wrong?

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Maybe I calculated wrong but I get 2 billion when I multiply 13 times 173 million. Or am I calculating this wrong?

You are correct, it would be 2.25 billion. Not that all of the current holders would sell.

FD

 

[Khan the Warlord]

Maybe I calculated wrong but I get 2 billion when I multiply 13 times 173 million. Or am I calculating this wrong?

ACK.

LOL.

Yep, it helps when you multiply by millions and not hundreds of thousands, like I mistakenly did.

 

[Xeriar]

No, but I know the states, and even some of the harder stuff such as that Miami isn't the capitol of Florida, and the difference between Washington and Washington DC. (ie. 5000 Km ). The Netherlands is a state. With nearly 16 million people. 13th richest country in the world. It has the largest harbour in the world. The US liberated the southern part of it in WW2 (The Canadians liberated the Northern part). We were the first country in the world to recognise the USA as an independant state. The Netherlands (note the plural) was the first republic in the world.

Now, most Dutchmen will know where Missouri lies. The state and the river.

Errrr.... Sorry. I guess this is a bit of a pet peeve.

Rav

The problem with the Netherlands is that it is never mentioned outside of school or a map. Advertising always refers to it as Holland. So people don't knnow that one place is the other.