Posts from Actaea

2. use wiretapping, read correspondence, detain suspicious individuals.

But there, they were basically tiny terrorist Lilliputians.

-It’s very pleasant to hear that you also sympathize with Thomas’s fate, esteemed Gaston, but at the moment, his life is not in danger. He is under the watchful care of the best doctors in Actaea, as the corporation, unlike its short-sighted competitors, has retained some of its assets in foreign banks in a more reliable and stable currency. This will be quite enough to cover the treatment of our highly respected "colleague."
-As for the funding and your proposal for a merger... You see, at the moment, there is an absolute minority here, only slightly more than a third of the maximum number of company shareholders. Of course, this may seem absurd, but... according to our charter, adopted about fifteen years ago, the board of directors cannot make serious decisions regarding the management of the corporation without submitting such issues to a vote of the company's shareholders, with voting rights held by shareholders who own one percent or more of the corporation's total capital. In turn, for any project to be approved at a shareholders' meeting, an absolute majority of the total number must vote in favor, in other words, in the current situation, this is forty-three percent, calculated from the total number of shares. We have only about thirty-five percent at our disposal, and this is taking into account that absolutely everyone present here agrees with your proposal.
-As you can see, esteemed Gaston, at the moment we can only consider the issues you have proposed, but we can only begin the official implementation of the plan after Thomas recovers. As for voluntary funding, this issue is not so serious, and therefore we will gladly accept your help. In addition, we are confident that this will have a positive impact on the attitude of the other shareholders towards you.

My avatar of Revn makes me want to run away and cry from fear; SHE LOOKS INTO MY SOUL, but he didn't like the harpy.

-- Well, I see that your corporation is managed even better than I could have imagined. It seems you have managed to achieve so much, as much as was generally possible in such a difficult situation. Your shareholder policy also looks reasonable. Well, in that case, as a sign of my good intentions, I am ready to sign a cooperation agreement and provide you with the sum of... Let's say, 50 million marmalade for a start.

-We will gladly accept your... assistance. As for cooperation, it will take some time before we can fully recover from the consequences of this crisis and resume production, as you understand, but in the long term, such agreements will undoubtedly be of paramount importance to our corporation.