Question

You want a seat on the board of directors of Red Cow, Inc. The company has 260,000 shares of stock outstanding and the stock sells for $51 per share. There are currently 5 seats up for election. The company uses straight voting. How much will it cost you to guarantee that you will be elected to the board

Answer 1

$2,210,051

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the cost that would be guaranteed is shown below:

first find the number of shares controlled which is

= (S x N) ÷ (D + 1) ] + 1

Where,

S = the total number of shares

N = the number of directors required

D = total number of directors i.e. elected

So,

= (260,000 × 1) ÷ (5 + 1) + 1

= 43,334

Now the cost is

= 43,334 × $51

= $2,210,051