MegaCorp Has Five Directors

question 45

Essay

MegaCorp has five directors.The company has 1,050 shares of voting stock.Jessica would like to purchase enough stock to elect herself to the board of directors.The company allows for cumulative voting.Explain the concept of cumulative voting and also state how many shares of MegaCorp stock Jessica will need to own to assure herself a place on the board of directors.

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Definitions:

Profit-Oriented Enterprise

An organization that operates with the primary goal of earning profits, as opposed to non-profit organizations.

Not-for-profit Organization

An entity that operates for purposes other than generating profit for owners or shareholders, focusing instead on a mission or specific group of people.

Equity Method

An accounting approach used for recording investments in associate companies where the investment is initially recognized at cost and adjusted thereafter for the post-acquisition change in the investor's share of the net assets of the investee.

Profit-Oriented Entity

A business whose primary goal is to generate profits rather than focusing on other goals such as social impact or environmental sustainability.