Comments on: A peek inside Apple's shareholders meeting

By: steve ballmer, redmond WA

steve ballmer, redmond WA — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:30:23 +0000

The MS meeting is always a hoot people! Join us!

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By: Alan Phila, PA

Alan Phila, PA — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:16:23 +0000

Joe, what Apple does works. If it makes you nervous dump your shares. The rest of us will snap them up. They disclose just enough… and the bits they don't disclose gives the management team an advantage over other companies.

By: John, Abilene, Tx

John, Abilene, Tx — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:43:05 +0000

Fed up of secret backroom deals? they seem to be keeping the stock you own quite healthy! Stock owners in the US, big or small are mostly interested in the flip they'll be able to make. Any pretense to the contrary is a sham

By: spinnakerjksc

spinnakerjksc — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:29:27 +0000

Apple will prevail in this down economy. What with PC crashing and the economy, people are going to be looking for a good product at a good price. Mac is the way to go!

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By: Joe, Livermore, CA

Joe, Livermore, CA — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:58:58 +0000

I was in the meeting, first one ever, just a simple 100 share owner. It was clear that no matter how many people got up to speak about their opinions on the proposals or the board of directors, the votes had already been counted ahead of time and all millions of shares owned by insiders were always going to determine the end result (YES on all directors and NO on all proposals). Next year, I suggest that anyone wanting to get directors or management to actually hear the root issues to say something like "your votes have already been cast against this important issue, but this is the only forum in which we are ever able to communicate and challenge you to respond … so we will".

There were folks that were clearly "institutional investors" that controlled thousands or millions of shares, but there were many more senior citizens clearly individual investors, many for a very long time. Next time, someone should say something like "the value of one of your cars is greater than the home value of some of your investors … we believed in your ability to increase our wealth and we enjoy it when it works, but need more transparency and accountability from you when we ask for it". Otherwise, enough of us might not keep buying your stock or might just sell our shares because we're fed up with secret backroom deals.

By: mark, boston, ma

mark, boston, ma — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:29:33 +0000

Was Eric Schmidt there? Anyone question additional conflicts between Apple and Google?

ex ped: No and no.