You want a seat on the board of directors of Red Cow, Inc. The company has 295,000 shares of stock outstanding and the stock sells for $64 per share. There are currently 3 seats up for election. The company uses straight voting. How much will it cost you to guarantee that you will be elected to the board?

$‭147,501‬

Explanation:

Since the company uses straight voting whereby each share gets only one vote per seat, the cost to guarantee that one will be elected to the board is;

Cost = Share price*( (shares outstanding/2) +1 )

= 64 * (( 295,000/2) + 1)

= 64 * ‭147,501‬

= $‭147,501‬

This is the cost of owning more than 50% of the shares and it will guarantee that you can vote yourself in for a seat as you will have the majority to do so.