How many shares of stock is Hasbro authorized to issue and how many have they issued?
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From the latest 10-Q (4/2/06):\n\nCommon stock of $.50 par value.\n             \n      Authorized 600,000,000 shares;\n             \n      issued 209,694,630
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Start with the acquiring company.  They should be able to provide you with the info that you need.  Check their website or call them directly.  You need the investor relations department.\n\nGood luck!!
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Need more info to answer.\n1) what country you in\n2) what was cash and stock received for and from whom
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Yes, there are a limited number which is usually established by investment bankers and accountants based on the valuation of the company. A company can stop issueing new stock, but existing stock can always be traded on the open marked. Once sold, the company no longer owns the stock. They use the stock sale to raise money, usually for capital expansion. Companies sometimes decide to buy shares back, in which case they act just like a person or institution buying stock. Stocks are bought and sold on the market at the price which the market and the companies profitability (or prospects) dictate.
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I don't believe the company exists, but that doesn't mean the stock is worthless.\n\nSee if your library has one of these:\n\n"Financial Stock Guide Service" - a directory of active stocks (addressing currently traded, actives issues), and a directory of obsolete securities (providing a brief profile of companies whose original identities have been lost through actions affecting their outstanding stock) updated annually and through monthly supplements.\n\nAlso, either "Robert D. Fisher Manual of Valuable & Worthless Securities" or "National Stock Summary" may be of use.
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Could not find specific info on your 100 shares but the certificate could have some value to collectors on ebay. Baker Oil Tools is a division of Baker Hughes, so check out before you go that route.
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According to Yhaoo Finance and The Wall Street Journal Online Sprint/Nextel (NYSE:S) has 59,900 emplyess. \n\nCorporate information like this needs to be disclosed to share holders, so the information is made public. \n\nWhen looking for publicly traded company statistics search the company name on yahoo and when the name comes up with the companies stock symbol (example: "NYSE:S")click the symbol, then look for the info on the page.
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Technically I don't think you can "buy" directly from iShares unless you get a block of the creation units, again, highly unlikely. If there is a brokerage function available in conjunction with iShares website, it is a subsidiary/affiliate. You gotta buy them thru your brokerage account.\n\nThe expenses shown above are calculations mandated by the SEC showing what your returns would actually be AFTER the IRS takes its whack, at the top bracket, if you have zero ways of reducing that bracket. The numbers are there for worst case illustration purposes only; your returns will almost certainly be different, and higher than their after tax numbers.
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I would guess Nike is a publicly traded company and has shareholders to answer to. Thus shares of stocks.
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Look up stock symbol  BBBB\nThey have evrything.
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SEC Rule 144 - Selling Restricted and Control Securities \nForms 3, 4, 5 - Statement of ownership.\n\nBasically, if anyone owns more than 10% of a company, it must be disclosed to the SEC and to other investors. This is easy to find on Yahoo Finance. Simply go to the "Major Owner" link for a company. See link
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She may own stock in them but Piggly Wiggly has been a part of Bruno's for many years. Bruno's was once controlled by KKR, I don't know if KKR still has a stake in them or not.
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They might have it in the footnotes somewhere, or it might be listed in the text, but that's kind of rare.  Worse case, you could probably email/call up their investor relations department and just ask.
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Most libraries carry old newspapers on microfiche, so if you can know a date you can go back and get the actual pricing for that date.\n\nBut that information may not be entirely useful.  Because of stock splits, taxable spinoffs, acquisitions, etc., the share price on any given day in the mid-80's may not be comparable to the current price.\n\nSempra's Investor Relations department would be able to help you out in that regard:\nhttp://www.shareholder.com/sre/
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You need to report the lost shares to the company's transfer agent.  You should be able to find who it is and a phone number on the company's website.  Look for a link to  investors relations.
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They have 38 public and 2 private. Let me know if this helps.
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I guess this is 2 questions -- (1) How does one get information on a corporate acquisition and (2) how does one contact former shareholders.  \n\n(1) How does one get information on a corporate acquisition?\nWell, if you were a shareholder of that corporation (public or private) and the transaction required shareholder approval (and most major acquisitions or dispositions do), by law they would have to send you an information statement or proxy statement informing you of the details of that acquisition, including a copy of the definitive agreements.\nIf you are not a shareholder, what I would do is go to WWW.SEC.GOV and search the company.  The company needs to file at least an 8-K for all material acquisitions and if it truly a major agreement, it will need to file an actual copy of the acquisition document with that 8-K.  There will be multiple 8-Ks on the site so look for one filed at the time the acquisition was first announced (also note that this assumes its a public company -- if its a private company there will be no filings).\n\n2) How does one find out former shareholders and get information on trades by insiders and major holders?\n\nFor all public companies, (A) officers, directors and holders of 10% or more must make Section 16 filings (and SOX requires these to be public at the company's website and they are also available at the SEC's website as Forms 3, 4 and 5) everytime they acquire or dispose of securities, and (B) all holders of 5% or more of a company's securities must make a Schedule 13D filing.  Finally, you can just pull the company's most recent 10-K (annual report) or proxy statement and there will be a table in there that shows the 5% or greater shareholders and the shareholdings of all executive officers and directors.