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Cable & Wireless plc

Cable & Wireless plc

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Oct 5, 2026

RandyHOST
31:26
Like I said, usually once a big shareholder votes, that's it.
RandyHOST
31:30
Except, uh, a gentleman, when Cable and Wireless, which used to be listed, did the same thing, meaning their m- majority owner was taking them private.
RandyHOST
31:40
They did the same thing, and one shareholder held out, and he sued them, and then the, the, the lawsuit went all the way to the Privy Council, and the gist of it is that, um, Cable and Wireless lost.
RandyHOST
31:55
What did they lose? The change that it caused in precedence, legal precedence is that now if a company is going to be taken private, so you know, the, a buyout is being done.
RandyHOST
32:10
If the buyout is being done by a ma- a majority shareholder, well, that majority shareholder's vote can...

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