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WhyDRS jackofspades123 5 months ago 100%
Does GameStop Allow Fractional Shares

*This is heavily inspired by Consistent-Reach-152* **Background** **GME Certificate Of Incorporation:** https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1326380/000132638022000080/a31-certificateofamendment.htm - There **is no** mention of fractional shares **Truck Hero, Inc Certificate Of Incorporation:** https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1648189/000119312515346140/d17828dex31.htm - There **is a** mention of fractional shares **Delaware Code:** https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-8-corporations/de-code-sect-8-155.html - If fractional shares are not mentioned in the by laws, then there are no fractional shares **JP Morgan:** https://www.sec.gov/divisions/investment/noaction/2016/jpmorgan-041416-206(3)-incoming.pdf - Fractional shares are not issued by the issuer but rather are account entries meant to represent the portion of a whole share (held by a broker or another party) that an accountholder would be entitled to (including ongoing appreciation and depreciation) if fractional shares existed and could be traded in the marketplace. **SEC:** https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/fractional-share-investing-buying-slice-instead-whole-share - The way you buy and sell fractional shares differs between brokerage firms that provide this service to their customers. - You may not have voting rights if you own fractional shares. Your ability to exercise proxy voting will depend on how your brokerage firm’s fractional share investing program works. Some brokerage firms allow it, with special procedures, and some firms do not allow it at all. Ask your brokerage firm whether you will have any voting rights associated with fractional share purchases. While there have been times in the past that GameStop or what would become GameStop have issued fractional shares (ie mergers), those are one offs **Taken together, we get the following conclusions** - Only whole shares are allowed by GME - Fractional shares are happening between the individual and the financial entity.

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drs_your_gme DRS Your GME GME rejects shareholder proposals, debunks heat lamp...DismalJellyfish
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    jackofspades123
    6 months ago 100%

    Did he ask you to post it? Do you have his permission to share it? He is certainly welcome here.

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    jackofspades123
    6 months ago 100%

    "There is no wrong way to hold GameStop. PERIOD. FULL STOP.

    That is such a wrong statement. By now we should agree being record holder is better than a beneficial owner.

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    jackofspades123
    6 months ago 100%

    Great write up! Really informative and love the court cases as citations.

    One thing to add is around the concept of anti hedging rules for executives. In the older days, executives would short against their current positions. This is part of the reason section 1259 for taxes exists https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1621&context=wmlr

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME Larry Cheng, GameStop board member, gives a brief interview with Bill Pulte on the PP Show - December 14, 2023
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME SS mods ban someone from SS for "malicious content history" towards meltdowners.
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    whydrs WhyDRS Corporate Voting Charade by B. Drummond || "... found evidence of overvoting—the submission of too many ballots—in all 341 cases."
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME Jim Cramer's infamous interview about market manipulation (2006)
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME Someone over at SS calling for change
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    jackofspades123
    11 months ago 100%

    I get the pushback on it is wrong to sign up yet again for another place. The only reason I suggested it is so you can read the logs and decide for yourself how good or how bad they are. I didn't want to share my perspective on how I think they are

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME SEC.gov | Short Sale Disclosure: Striking the Right Balance
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    jackofspades123
    11 months ago 100%

    I am really happy with this. I think there are still some gaps, but overall, I am quite happy.

    The video talk was good especially to see the commissioners talk/argue their points. I also must say, I like the staff getting to respond to questions from commissioners.

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    jackofspades123
    11 months ago 100%

    I don't think the rules are perfect, but it is a start. I am happy to see some progress in this area.

    Anything that can be done to ensure compliance with the rules seems like a great thing to me. If that causes stress on the markets, then the markets were not fair to begin with.

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME Someone over at SS calling for change
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    jackofspades123
    11 months ago 100%

    I'd like to believe SS can get better and improve. I hope the SCC does that, but only time will tell.

    Personally, I think there are some big issues that need to be addressed as resolved to splinter some of the groups.

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME Dole Case Illustrates Problems in Shareholder System (2017)
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    jackofspades123
    12 months ago 100%

    The judge said the record holders would get paid and how beneficial owners were compensated was out of scope. They (beneficial owners) knew the risks of being beneficial owners.

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME (per Google) companies with largest cash holdings compared to GME as % of market cap
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME How Easy & Inexpensive Is It To Buy Votes
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME How Easy & Inexpensive Is It To Buy Votes
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    jackofspades123
    1 year ago 80%

    Of course you're paying for those votes. In addition, yes it's true the options expire. 0.65 cents is substantial for options?

    The purpose of this is to show what empty voting is and how one could enter it easily.

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME How Easy & Inexpensive Is It To Buy Votes
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    jackofspades123
    1 year ago 75%

    Are you saying voting rights don't matter?

    This is showing how easy it is to get into empty voting positions.

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    DRS Your GME jackofspades123 1 year ago 93%
    How Easy & Inexpensive Is It To Buy Votes

    I wanted to show a few examples with pictures to illustrate how inexpensive it can be to buy 100 votes I am going to show pictures of each ticker with me going long 100 shares, short a call, and long a put. The call and put will be for the same strike and the same expiration. At the very end will be a summary table of upfront costs, losses/gains, and then some additional comments. Please note: * This assumes no early exercise, which is a risk to this. * This assumes what is displayed on the ticket can be filled. Technically, it will not fill as optimally, but the gist of this is the key. * This is all based on data from thinkorswim pulled around 11:30am on 3/30/2023. **Examples** ![](https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/pictrs/image/f412518c-2122-49c8-9508-c3a82099d0a2.png) ![](https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/pictrs/image/f92ce006-8fb4-4b33-a87b-1f279c5ea8d5.png) ![](https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/pictrs/image/b1efd8d4-4b55-48bf-bf68-1a37def456f7.png) ![](https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/pictrs/image/7fe3a6fe-dc36-42c0-9f10-e814aa6f2d24.png) ![](https://lemmy.whynotdrs.org/pictrs/image/bc837dba-727f-49c4-a833-8f7558570b53.png) **TLDR Summary** * GME: for $2.4k, you can buy 100 votes and you’ll lose is $88 * Robinhood: for $1.1k, you can buy 100 votes and you’ll gain $13 * AMC: for $0.7k, you can buy 100 votes and you’ll lose $138 * Apple: for $16.8k, you can buy 100 votes and you’ll gain $194 * Microsoft: for $27.4k, you can buy 100 votes and you’ll gain $141 For 5 different tickers, this shows how you can shed some or all of your economic risk and have full voting rights. This is empty voting!

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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME The New Vote Buying: Empty Voting and Hidden (Morphable) Ownership
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    jackofspades123
    1 year ago 100%

    This is THE paper that convinced me voting perfectly highlights the issues with shorting in the US markets.

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    jackofspades123
    1 year ago 100%

    It has been tough to hold the mods accountable. I try to call them out on their inconsistent applications of the rules.

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  • drs_your_gme DRS Your GME "When you place a market order - 90-95% do not go to the 'lit' exchanges - do not go to NASDAQ or NYSE, they go to wholesalers and they don't have order by order competition and part of that is beca..
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    drs_your_gme DRS Your GME International Record Holders for GameStop (3 images)
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    jackofspades123
    1 year ago 100%

    Per Wikipedia there are 195 countries. 70% of all countries have at least 1 record holder of GME.

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