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Shareholder Abuse and Defences against

An SI Board Since May 2000

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Emcee: Madharry	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

G-d help me I have decided to start my first thread. I have just gotten tired of seeing the appalling treatment given to
sharholders by management and directors of many companies who seemingly couldn't care less about the individual investor.
In conjunction with this thread each month I will award a "Bend-Over " citation for particularly disgusting decisions made by the powers that be. The May award is given to the Board of Directors of Mattel who according to news sources generously awarded over $100MM of shareholders funds to Ms. Jill Barad as severance for a job well done. When Ms. Barad took over as CEO shares of Mattel were $29. They are now $12. She also gets to keep 6 million options. Suggests for future awards may be posted on this thread or PMed to me.
We will also discuss measures to make directors a little bit more aware of out ire such as letters, resolutions for shareholders to vote upon, etc. Please share your suggestions and views and feel free to whine and vent.

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15	Goodness! Thanks for the heads up! That brings to 15, the number of mining com	hubris33	-	2/15/2007
14	Aaron Brown, a finance prof, and others have started a corp gov. focused fund c	Bob Rudd	-	5/22/2000
13	Thats the exact way to stop this mess. Get the large shareholders to start doin	BWAC	-	5/13/2000
12	We're not only ones offended by MAT: biz.yahoo.com Perhaps one approach to	Bob Rudd	-	5/13/2000
11	I seem to recall a similar situation with the management of Bema Gold. There wa	Madharry	-	5/4/2000
10	There is no end to it. Message 13559084 R	Condor	-	5/3/2000
9	In depth description of MAT Barad dole by compensation expert Graef Crystal: M	Bob Rudd	-	5/3/2000
8	Another recommended read is "Chainsaw" by John Byrne amazon.com This	Bob Rudd	-	5/3/2000
7	<<People have got to start reading those proxies>>The people that m	Bob Rudd	-	5/3/2000
6	<Most of this is available in Proxy Not an exhaustive list..just a starter,	BWAC	-	5/3/2000
5	I tend to think it's not cost effective, in most cases, for individuals to	Bob Rudd	-	5/2/2000
4	More Corp goverance resources: lens-library.com	Bob Rudd	-	5/2/2000
3	Here's some stuff on Corporate Governance: thecorporatelibrary.com thecorpo	Bob Rudd	-	5/2/2000
2	A thread for discussion on the unconscionable, undeserved "dipping into s	Condor	-	5/2/2000
1	<Shareholder Abuse and Defences against> Until shareholders actually sta	BWAC	-	5/2/2000

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