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by dandrews 3766 days ago
You may be mistaken: there's at least one shareholder that wishes Apple all the best. ;-)
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maerF0x0 3766 days ago
Unless you're holding a massive chunk of apple and vote at meetings, you dont count.
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rakel_rakel 3766 days ago
Regardless of how cynical that sounds I actually think you're right here.

Your pretty broad assumption that being able to vote automatically makes you an opponent to fighting this battle seems flawed though. If the majority of the decision makers were against it, fighting it wouldn't be on the agenda in the first place, right?

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maerF0x0 3764 days ago
> If the majority of the decision makers were against it, fighting it wouldn't be on the agenda in the first place, right?

Good point. Though from my limited understanding of how companies function, often the the CEO is chosen by the board and has the freedom to do most what (s)he wants but with knowledge that the board can step in at anytime if the CEO is offbase/course.

So it simply could be that Cook is standing up for something he believes and if it negatively affects the quarter/year then he's out.

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