Mel Content, a disgruntled stockholder of the Penultimate Corporation, desires representation on the board. The Penultimate Corporation,

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Mel Content, a disgruntled stockholder of the Penultimate Corporation, desires representation on the board. The Penultimate Corporation, which has 10 directors, has 1 million shares outstanding.
a. How many shares would Mel have to control to be assured of 1 directorship under a plurality voting system?
b. Recomputed Part (a), assuming a cumulative voting system.
c. Recomputed Parts (a) and (b), assuming that the number of directors was reduced to 5.
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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Fundamentals Of Financial Management

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Authors: James Van Horne, John Wachowicz

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