In a message dated 9/7/01 10:22:31 AM, fyzycyst_at_home.com writes:
<< To raise an issue/question at the stockholder's meeting? Certainly to
force
a change on the company would require sufficient shares to win the vote, but
to just raise an issue I don't see where that would require anything other
than being a stockholder. I *suppose* them that presides over a meeting can
set forth the rules under which the meeting gets conducted, but they have to
balance a draconian control of the agenda with the risk of a class of
shareholder taking them to court. >>
To attend a shareholders meeting you must own at least one share of stock and
then once at the meeting you usually have to register to ask a question, this
would be prior to the start of the meeting. You can basically ask anything
you like. Another interesting tack to take is this: If you are a shareholder
of Apple or any company for that matter you can have inserted into the annual
proxy statement any item on which you wish shareholders to vote on. This is a
legal right that all shareholders have. You give a statement of why you think
your proposal should be supported and then the company makes a statement of
why they think the proposal should either be supported or voted down. Most of
the time these shareholder proposals are always soundly defeated. If nothing
else it is cool to see your proposal in the proxy.
Cheers,
William
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