You want a seat on the board of directors of Four Keys, Inc. The company has 265,000 shares of stock outstanding and the stock sells for $76 per share. There are currently 5 seats up for election. If the company uses cumulative voting, how many shares do you need to guarantee that you will be elected to the board

44,167.67 shares

Explanation:

Given that

Number of shares of stock outstanding = 265,000

Sale value per share of stock = $76

Number of seat for election = 5

So by considering the above information, the number of shares needed by using the cumulative voting is

= {shares outstanding : (number of seats + 1) + 1}

= { (265,000 shares : (5 + 1) + 1}

= 44,167.67 shares