the "Increase of Capital" I believe the question to be about, is a Mandrakesoft run stock purchase plan, allowing a much smaller investment than is customary in purchacing stock thru a broker. a normal stock purchace is a min. of 1000 shares, while the mandrake "increase of capital" program allows a purchase of around 250 shares (if I remember correctly, I am sure there is more info on the Mandrakesoftwebsite). it takes a little while to complete the transaction, but is (IMNSHO) worth it.
On Tuesday 31 December 2002 11:15 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > Capital refers to cash or cash-like instruments. The message implies that > M is having a problem meeting its cash requirements to keep the business > operating...for example paying salaries and bills (electricity, phone > service, etc.). They have essentially five options. > 1. Reduce expenses (reduce the number of employees, stop buying things, or > ask employees to wait a bit for the salary payments > 2. Increase revenue (sell more products or services) > 3. Borrow cash (from a bank or private lender) > 4. Sell stock (this is usually done in large chunks, say by issuing 5-20% > more shares in the company and diluting the ownership position of the > existing shareholders/owners by that amount). > > All of these take time to organize and complete and impact the financial > status. > > A fifth option is to be creative as M has done. In M's case by appealing > to loyalists such as ourselves to contribute directly to the company > coffers in return for a service (M Club) that is (presumably) low cost to > operate. Feel free to contact M directly and ask how you can help. I'm > sure they won't be shy in telling you how to. > > IMHO, I think in the end, M will use a combination of these options, > re-focus on how things are done inside the company, and will likely come > out of the crisis in a stronger position than going in. They certainly > have a good core product. > > Paul > > On Tuesday 31 December 2002 06:36 pm, Revenant wrote: > > As someone who's never really looked into investment, how does this > > Increase of Capital thing work? > > > > Thanx. > > > > --------------- Revenant [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] ------------------ > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the > > unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to > > himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable > > man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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