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- From: duel@shell.portal.com (Omid M Farr)
- Subject: Re: street name vs delivery
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- References: <rlcarr.09ab@animato.network23.com> <20427@ksr.com> <1992Dec26.225559.21164@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 23:45:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.225559.21164@cbnews.cb.att.com> ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:
- >>OK guys, then explain to me what's wrong with the following scenario:
- >
- >I assume this is a joke, right?
- >
- >Just in case someone might take you seriously:
- >
- >>I want to take over the XYZ Corp. XYZ is public and is controlled by
- >>an entity holding 55% of all shares. I go and buy the remaining 45%
- >>of all shares. I hold it in a street name so that it can be shorted.
- >>I subsequently short one third of my shares against the box and have
- >>my partner buy it. Now I own 45% of XYZ, and my partner owns 15% of XYZ.
- >
- >Your partner (assuming this was legal -- it isn't) owns 15% of XYZ
- >short.
-
- No. His partner owns 15% of XYZ. It just happens that the shares he bought
- were shorted by him.
- The partner still gets the dividends (although the shorter, himself, will end up
- paying them).
-
- I'm not sure if it is legal or not to do this in a takeover.
- But it is possible for a shareholder vote to have more than 100% of the
- shares accounted for because some of the owners have bought shares that
- were shorted by someone else (rather than liquidating a long position).
-
- A more realistic scenario (which could work as long as the partners kept
- quiet):
- Partner A buys 45% of the company
- Partner B sells short 15% of the shares that A has in his margin account
- Partner C buys the 15% that partner B sold short
- A & C (owning 60%) can now complete the takeover.
-
- I know it is possible for shareholder votes to have more than 100% ... but
- I have never heard of a takeover happen like the above.
-
- It sounds possible (legal? maybe not).
-