2012 wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:2012 wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:@GordonGekko - I will recommend that KK stops giving lunch. Why waste money on lunch when KK can pay a higher dividend or use the cash it saves to pay down debt!
I assume you're talking about lunch at the AGM? Or is it lunch to staff?
I'm sure only 100-300 people attend the AGM and I'm sure the attending owners of the company (shareholders) will not agree with you. I don't think this cost constitutes to a big amount. Don't forget that others if not most have travelled from far and this is an African gesture.
"Lunch" for shareholders should be eliminated since the benefits neither the firm nor the other shareholders who cannot attend. As for 'gestures' that is nonsense... It's recommended but NOT compulsory to attend. And the questions should be about the firm not the lunch it provides. Look at Safaricom which clarified that lunch is NOT on the menu at its AGMs. And it has worked out well for them.
I can guarantee you that if each shareholder [not just those who attend] was asked whether to pay for lunch for the attendees... most would say NO. I would & I try to attend these AGMs.
I agree with you but let's face it, most of us don't attend AGM. KK is not Safaricom so why would they want a hostile AGM that will play out negatively even to their future suitors just because of a plate of food? What they need to cut down in my opinion is the Directors perks. AGMs in Kenya are ceremonial PR events.
How do hostile minority shareholders affect the opinion of future suitors? As is, most suitors want to buy out the minority shareholders and couldn't be bothered.
Access, CMC, etc... the ones who matter are those who can cumulatively provide the 50%, 75% then 90% of the shares... For KK, that is first & foremost biwott & family.
Access - It was the Somens & the rest of the top 20 shareholders.
CMC - Ndungu, Kibe, Mobicom, Muthoka & Andy [Add Njonjo & Kiereini]
Rea - Robinows + the others in the top 20
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett