Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (MindTap Course List)
Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition (MindTap Course List)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781305635937
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 10Q

(a)

Summary Introduction

To explain: T is ordinary shareholder or not.

Direct Stockholder’s Intervention: Most of the shares are owned by institutional investors such as insurance companies pension funds, and rather than individual. These institutional investor control over the firm’s operation and oversee the management operation.

(b)

Summary Introduction

To explain: The manager should vote its shares or should pass those votes on a pro-rata basis, back to its own shareholders.

Direct Stockholder’s Intervention: Most of the shares are owned by institutional investors such as insurance companies pension funds, and rather than individual. These institutional investor control over the firm’s operation and oversee the management operation.

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