The Beasley Corporation has been experiencing declining earnings but has just announced a 50 percent salary increase for its topexecutives. A dissident group of stockholders wants to oust the existing board of directors. There are currently 13 directors and 40,000shares of stock outstanding. Ms. Wright, the president of the company, has the full support of the existing board. The dissidentstockholders control proxies for 19,801 shares. Ms. Wright is worried about losing her job.a-1. Under cumulative voting procedures, how many directors can the dissident stockholders elect with the proxies they now hold?Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer down to the nearest whole number.Number of directorsa-2. How many directors could they elect under majority rule with these proxies?○ One○ TwoO ThreeO Four○ Noneb. How many shares (or proxies) are needed to elect seven directors under cumulative voting?Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer up to the nearest whole number.Number of shares

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FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

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65. XYZ is a stock corporation that wishes to elect 12 directors. Stockholder C, owns 10,000 shares out of 50,000 outstanding shares of XYZ corporation. Now, Stockholder C intends to know whether his shares of stocks are enough to secure the two slots of his desired directors to run said corporation. Is the shares of stocks owned by Stockholder C sufficient? A. Yes. Since Stockholder C own 10,000 shares out of the 50,000 outstanding shares of XYZ Corporation. Therefore, he can cast 5,000 shares each to his two desired directors to form part of XYZ's Board of Directors. B.No. Since Stockholder C owns 10,000 shares out of the 50,000 outstanding shares of XYZ Corporation, his share is insufficient to secure two slots of his desired directors. Hence, with the shares of stock he owns, he may only secure one slot in the Board of Directors to run XYZ Corporation.
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