  rit56
join:2000-12-01 New York, NY | how much stock?
60% ? well it's still Verizon. |
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| said by rit56 :60% ? well it's still Verizon. Exactly.. They will now be the controlling entity.... -- FWD#: 223611 |
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join:2004-11-21 London, ON | reply to rit56 I'm also confused by this. If they'll own 60% then aren't they actually buying rather then selling? |
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join:2002-04-10 Milford, NH | Verizon shareholders get Fairpoint stock not Verizon itself. So if you own 20 shares of Verizon, you will be issued Fairpoint stock as part of the spinoff. |
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join:2000-08-28 Milford, NH clubs: | reply to biznatch11 VZ will not own the shares, VZ shareholders are getting the shares. |
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| reply to rit56 said by rit56 :60% ? well it's still Verizon. DING DING DING!!!! WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!!!
Now they can dump the stock for a loss should something happen. Sixty percent of the stock = controlling interest.  |
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join:2002-02-18 Willingboro, NJ | reply to rit56 thats the same thing i said. |
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join:2006-02-25 Pittsburgh, PA | reply to daslog Actually, it's 1 share of Fairpoint for every 55 Verizon shares. For some people, barely worth the commission to dump it. |
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| reply to rit56 said by rit56 :60% ? well it's still Verizon. Actually it won't be. Verizon's shareholders will get 60% of FairPoint stock - not Verizon. Fairpoint will be an independent company not under Verizon control.
Of course, the same rich people that own most of Verizon will own most of FairPoint, but that is not the same thing as Verizon owning it. -- -- My BLOG My Web Page |
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| reply to wev567 This is not true according to Fairpoint's Website.
"Verizon's local exchange and related business assets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will be transferred to entities owned by a newly organized, wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon." which is from the "merger" page of Fairpoint. VZ will STill OWN the company. Just not the debit. |
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  TKJunkMail Enjoy the sun Premium join:2002-03-03 Avalon, NJ
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| said by hottboiinnc :This is not true according to Fairpoint's Website. "Verizon's local exchange and related business assets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will be transferred to entities owned by a newly organized, wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon." which is from the "merger" page of Fairpoint. VZ will STill OWN the company. Just not the debit. You conveniently left out the rest of that paragraph and the next that shows the combined company won't be under Verizon control. Nice try though.
»www.fairpoint.com/merger_press_release.html
Verizon's local exchange and related business assets in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will be transferred to entities owned by a newly organized, wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon. This new subsidiary will incur $1.7 billion of newly issued debt and will then be spun off to Verizon's stockholders and immediately merged with and into FairPoint.
When the merger is completed, the companies conducting the Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont telephone and related business operations will be subsidiaries of FairPoint. The combined business will be managed by FairPoint's executive team. -- -- My BLOG My Web Page |
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| reply to TKJunkMail said by TKJunkMail :said by rit56 :60% ? well it's still Verizon. Actually it won't be. Verizon's shareholders will get 60% of FairPoint stock - not Verizon. Fairpoint will be an independent company not under Verizon control. Of course, the same rich people that own most of Verizon will own most of FairPoint, but that is not the same thing as Verizon owning it. Every one that owns stock is not rich, far from it. Especially when the stock is worth less then it was when the company was Bellatlantic.
Perhaps Teletruth can supply broadband to the great unwashed. |
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