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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

How exactly is owning a 9% share of Twitter stock a “passive” stake? Isn’t there still 91% of Twitter owned by others?


2 posted on 04/04/2022 4:25:01 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

Why do this?


4 posted on 04/04/2022 4:26:34 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: JonPreston

Not enough to get any directors elected?

But surely enough to earn him a quick profit for today. Maybe instructed to buy so as to restore the “credibility” and value of our intel agency and others’ investment in the mass influence property?


6 posted on 04/04/2022 4:29:17 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: JonPreston
Isn't there still 91% of Twitter owned by others?

Yes but does any one individual own 9% or more of of Twitter? I don't know.

9 posted on 04/04/2022 4:31:38 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: JonPreston
How exactly is owning a 9% share of Twitter stock a “passive” stake?

9% so far....and it's probably enough to land him a seat on the Board of Directors.

12 posted on 04/04/2022 4:39:30 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: JonPreston

Hedge funds are the biggest shareholders.now probably over 50 percent is owned by 5 or six groups


25 posted on 04/04/2022 5:07:47 AM PDT by RummyChick ( )
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To: JonPreston

If he can get a load of the 91% with him they can change everything


33 posted on 04/04/2022 6:43:04 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: JonPreston

It’s passive stake because it’s not a controlling amount, i.e. 51%. But his 9.2% is tied with Morgan Stanley as largest shareholder and I have to wonder if Musk has funds there or personal influence. I don’t think it will be very hard for him to put together a majority coalition.

He’s bought himself a very big stick to beat the wokesters with.


40 posted on 04/04/2022 7:34:40 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: JonPreston

9 percent is a big enough stake to get the boards attention and he can tender for more

It’s significant

It’s impossible to acquire a majority stock ownership through market purchases

I’d imagine majority is institutionally owned


44 posted on 04/04/2022 8:19:00 AM PDT by wardaddy (Free Republic land of the earnest headline readers )
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To: JonPreston

Passive and Active are SEC designations for ownership of large blocks, as I understand it - there are specific rules for each category


63 posted on 04/04/2022 10:52:14 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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