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Post by topoftheridge on Oct 13, 2010 6:31pm

90%

anyone think Severstal is going for 90% ownership?

I googled 90% ownership and found this in an old article

"In passing the 90% ownership threshold, Sears Holdings has the right to acquire the remaining 10% under the Canada Business Corporations Act"
thus once 90% is bought they could force a buyout at any price.

i know someone posted about the 90% rule earlier, and I believe it would take them another 150 million shares to reach that level.  is my math correct?

is this something we should be concerned about?




Comment by grafikspeak on Oct 13, 2010 7:28pm
No!  for a couple of reasons.  first off it would take them over 100 trading days( 5 months), at todays avg. daily trade volume, and then they would have to be buying every single share.  Secondly, a lot of us here plus the institutions, ie: Sprott et al, would have to sell, and speaking just for me i can assure you I am not selling any time soon.On  a different note.  can ...more  
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