Mr. Frost controls proxies for 32,000 of the 60,000 outstanding shares of Express Frozen Foods Inc. Mr.

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Mr. Frost controls proxies for 32,000 of the 60,000 outstanding shares of Express Frozen Foods Inc. Mr. Cooke heads a dissident group that controls the remaining 28,000 shares. There are seven board members to be elected and cumulative voting applies. Frost does not understand the cumulative voting and plans to cast 90,000 of his 224,000 votes for his brother, Jack. His remaining votes will be spread evenly for three other candidates.
How many directors can Cooke elect if Frost acts as described above? Use logical numerical analysis rather than a set formula to answer the question.

Cumulative Voting
Cumulative voting is the procedure followed when electing a company's directors. Typically, each shareholder is entitled to one vote per share multiplied by the number of directors to be elected. This is a process sometimes known as proportional...
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Foundations of Financial Management

ISBN: 978-1259024979

10th Canadian edition

Authors: Stanley Block, Geoffrey Hirt, Bartley Danielsen, Doug Short, Michael Perretta

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