Question

Midland Petroleum is holding a stockholders’ meeting next month. Ms. Ramsey is the president of the company and has the support of the existing board of directors. All 14 members of the board are up for reelection. Mr. Clark is a dissident stockholder. He controls proxies for 30,001 shares. Ms. Ramsey and her friends on the board control 50,001 shares. Other stockholders, whose loyalties are unknown, will be voting the remaining 28,998 shares. The company uses cumulative voting.
a. How many directors can Mr. Clark be sure of electing? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Number of directors ___

b. How many directors can Ms. Ramsey and her friends be sure of electing? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Number of directors ___

c-1. How many directors could Mr. Clark elect if he obtains all the proxies for the uncommitted votes? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Number of directors ___

c-2. Will he control the board?

• Yes

• No

d. If ten directors were to be elected, and Ms. Ramsey and her friends had 58,001 shares and Mr. Clark had 38,001 shares plus half the uncommitted votes, how many directors could Mr. Clark elect? Assume the same number of total shares as the original question. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round down your answer to the nearest whole number.)

number of directors _____

Answer 1