Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Since its a publicly traded company and all that who is head dick in charge?

In theory, it would be us shareholders...

You're joking right?
It's the Crab people!

Crab people

Crab People

Walk like crabs

Talk like people

Who are the CEO's?

Definitely not gamers. I'd guess a bunch of suits that are majority stock owners who placed themselves in charge of the company.

alright truth be told
i am thats why im raising the price since everyboy complained

JohnHwangDD wrote:In theory, it would be us shareholders...

What?

You mean you own shares in this company?

Why?

Was it a slow day on Wall st? Nothing better available?

Or was it part of a cunning plan. Acquire enough stock to get a seat on the board and eventually a veto vote and then controlling interest, to make them do what you want them to do? Kind of a 'keep the bar stewards honest until you can gut them from the inside' plan?

Board of Directors and CEO.

If it's listed, these should be available (CEO at least. As the 'face' of the board.)

LiterateWolf wrote:Definitely not gamers.

Thank god, that'd be an unmitigated disaster.

I am just kind of curious how GW went to become a private to publicly traded company. Also GW stock is pretty cool gift for a Warhammer 40k player you can buy 50 bucks and theyll give you a stock certificate.

Bookwrack wrote:

LiterateWolf wrote:Definitely not gamers.

Thank god, that'd be an unmitigated disaster.

QFT. Anytime somebody got fired, they'd have to roll a scatter die to see where the head rolled. Then, there's be the REAL Rules Lawyering. How bad would that suck to listen to?



Ghidorah

anyone feel like finding out how much stock you will need to get a place on the shareholders meeting list?

Its probably not voteable stock or some shenanigans.

Satan! Horus! The Ruinous Powers!

Take ya pick.

While it would probably be a bad thing if some gamers were in control of the company (no, let's make Space Marines all drop two points in all stats, because I don't like them!) it might be nice if gamers had a bit more imput with the company and it's creative direction. I.E they got some.

It is either the Mole people,come from the depths to make us work double shifts in their cheese mines!!!

Or GW are still carring on their recruitment at various mental hospitals in Britain.

I vote the Fishmen.

Or the Pan-fo. Surely few beings are more reviled!

Right...

How many Dakka members would we need to buy how many shares in order to heavy-handedly rebuke all attempts by Jervis Johnson to do anything that he thinks is a great, flash idea?

Sounds good to me. We, the gamers should beat GW at their own game(badum-tish), and take control of the company!
Y'know, if I ever have enough money to buy the necessary shares in GW to make them do as I want, I will take great delight in making fishmen, and slann in space real armies.

Arctik_Firangi wrote:Right...

How many Dakka members would we need to buy how many shares in order to heavy-handedly rebuke all attempts by Jervis Johnson to do anything that he thinks is a great, flash idea?

Some sort of cricket bat with 'NO!' written on it in large red letters.

Jervis: "I'm thinking of splitting the rules and the army list entries into separate parts..."
*Thwack!*
Robin: "Imperial Guard sergeants don't need lasguns..."
*Thwack!*

How much is stock right now?

To answer the question (if I may be forgiven for not being funny ).

The CEO is called Tom Kirby. He is a gamer (at least insofar as he has his own Ultramarine army).

Oh, did I just say that GW's CEO has Ultrasmurfs?

Let the conspiracy theories begin!!

I knew the man running the company into the growned had to be a surfs player!!!

Itrs funny because at my table we always make Ultramarines jokes about pretty much everything.
You failed a LD test? failed to many saves? Just CANT win period? Should of been an Ultramarine player. At the start of the game they roll a 1+ on a d6 and automatically win!

On a side note, Id love to have enough cashola to buy a majority stake in GW. My god that would be nice, just to say hey you guys need to play test this CRAP!

Any true company owner should know that the people in charge are the customers. W/out them, you'd have nothing.

-J.

Based on the price increases, I think it's safe to say that the people in charge of the company are idiots. Raise prices in a down economy, that's a great way to jumpstart sales. PP must be loving this.

I find it fascinating that people seem to forget that GW is PLC and therefore has to make money. For all their percieved faults they are still a going concern and making money. Yes it's easy for us to look at the raw materials and the staff discount from the good old days then bemoan the prices they charge us. However we forgot that in the real world, that the price of each item is made up of the cost of the materials, the labour, the packaging, stores, staff, energy, business costs and profit. None of know what the true cost is to produce the stuff, so are we really in a position to say that they are ripping us off?

Before I get called a fanboy, take a look at previous posts of mine. I've not played anything GW for over 2 years now. My only connection to GW models nowadays is to buy the odd model to paint and sell on Ebay.

If you really wanted to control GW, it's very simple:

There are 31.1 Million shares outstanding.

To gain control, you need at least 50% of the shares.

So, you would need to control 15.6 Million shares.

The current stock price is conveniently around 200p / share, or about 2 GBP per share.

So you would only need to spend 31.1 Million GBP to take control of the company.

Anybody got a spare $50M USD in their pocket?

Master Blaster run GW.

Le Grognard wrote:Master Blaster run GW.

^^^FTW! We're just the little piggies creating the stink for them.

Wolfstan wrote:I find it fascinating that people seem to forget that GW is PLC and therefore has to make money. For all their percieved faults they are still a going concern and making money.

I don't begrudge them making a profit. I want to see GW making a profit, because otherwise, they'll go out of business, and not support 40k in any fashion.

But, I have to question jacking up prices 16-18% (on some kits) in a down economy. If it was a 3-5% increase, I wouldn't have an issue with it. Not only is GW in competition with other gaming companies (and some, like PP, see themselves as gaming companies, not minature companies), but they're also in competition with other forms of entertainment.

I know this is a total knee-jerk reaction. I've been building up a stock of Ork models through some purchases and trades over the last two years. But, it's no where close to a full army (mostly just a lot of boyz and some of the elite units). I'm seriously thinking of the pile and wondering, "do I want to sink another $300 into this army to get battlewagons and trukks and kans, or do I just sell off all the boyz?" I'm sure that I'll hold onto everything and build up the rest of the army (since Orks have always been one of my favorites), but now it's no longer a question of "should I finish my tau or start buying some vehicles and work on that ork army?" The answer now is, "finish my tau."

I thought Kirby stepped down as CEO?