Chapter 9 - Corporate Board Members Plot a Hostile Takeover Attempt
Behind closed doors in a downtown Manhattan law firm, Arthur Vance met with three major corporate shareholders.
Spread across the walnut conference table were financial projection charts and proxy voting authorization forms.
“Jonathan Whitworth is deliberately tanking our stock value by prioritizing charity over profit,” Arthur argued persuasively.
“If we invoke Article Seven of the corporate charter, we can temporarily strip him of executive authority.”
The primary shareholder, a ruthless venture capitalist named Harrison Cole, tapped his fountain pen against the table.
“And what happens to Elizabeth’s Closet and the charitable mandates once we seize control?” Harrison asked.
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“We dissolve the foundation, liquidate the community warehouses, and return our focus strictly to luxury margins,” Arthur smiled coldly.
The conspirators nodded in unison, signing their names to the hostile takeover petition.
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