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Yahoo! Shareholders Unite for Plan B

2085776 Shares
  • Start Date:
    1-9-2007
  • Last Pledge:
    6-2-2008

Issue:

It's been a terrible last two years for Yahoo, in terms of its stock price. YHOO is down 32% while the S&P500 is up 17%; the NASDAQ is up 11%; GOOG is up almost 150%. YAHOO management has been slow to capitalize on opportunities and poor in implementing effective strategies on partnerships and acquisitions.

Belief:

I believe that shareholders can force change at Yahoo and increase the value of its shares. As a Yahoo! shareholder, I am proposing Plan B, which includes the essential changes necessary to be made by Yahoo to increase shareholder value. If 10% of all shareholders pledge to support Plan B our proposal must be considered. Join me in pushing for a change. Lets take back control of one of the greatest Internet companies in the world and see the stock price grow.

I pledge to...

support the Yahoo 'Plan B' proposal. I commit the following number of shares
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I have 5000 shares (acquired 1400) since Plan B started. The widget won't let me change my holdings.

I am a loyal Yahoo user. i would love to see a company like Microsoft help monetize all the traffic Yahoo gets.

Thanks! Your shares have been updated to 5,000!

my 2000 shares at $40

Yahoo board likes the perks of making money and doing almost nothing. It makes sense for MSFT to want to buy YAHOO and challenge GOOG if MSFT ever wants to keep doing business. Packaged software business is declining and MSFT is looking to the future. So should we and selling shares is the first step, although I would be willing to exchange share as well.

Well said Eric, and I pledge my shares in agreement.

I thought $31/share was a good price and with the obvious synergies, will field a better product to compete with Google. Google was rightfully nervous. I was actually interested in converting to MSFT stock since I consider it a better value than "yahoo alone". Count me in for the PLAN-B!

I pledge to hold out, and not run with my money. Once again, shareholders speak on behalf of their wallets, not the users, those who truly believe in the brand and Yahoo!. At the end of the day, does selling Yahoo! to MSFT mean people will stop Google'ing

Once again, shareholders speak on behalf of their wallets, not the users, those who truly believe in the brand and Yahoo!. At the end of the day, does selling Yahoo! to MSFT mean people will stop Google'ing?

was an early yahoo, now i've lost all confidence in some folks i still call 'friend.' it's not personal, it's business and i've lost my patience. SELL.

Tried to pledge 10K shares...didn't click on.

hey all you idiots who want to sell. whats stopping you? sell your shares on the open market. its a free country and a free market. why should you care who buys your shares?

Yahoo continues to drag their feet on making decisions throughout the company. They are unable to make quick decisions on opportunities. The groups seem to be working autonomously without a clear strategy.

Take the Microsoft bid or any other bid greater than the current offer. Removing Semel was only the start. With the same team in place we should expect the same performance. Let's move on!

Yahoo has had MORE than enough time to monetize their traffic and make moves to bring the company back to the top. They simply can not execute! I would like them to do their duty and search for the highest/ best bid.. but they they need to SELL!

Eric, you're once again doing a great job standing up for the individual shareholder. I look forward to this being another successful 'grass-roots' shareholder campaign

Congratulation, Eric, on the one year anniversary of you Yahoo! Plan B. What a great message for small investors making their voice heard.

Yahoo used to be king. They've handed Google half their business and rewarded the executives for a "job well done". I'm picking up shares as it falls back... Yahoo's advertising cost structure is better/cheaper than Google's. They need to market it! Kudos to those who created this campaign.
I am wirting this to congratulate Eric Jackson, the sponsor of the YouChoose "Yahoo! Plan B" campaign, on the great job he did promoting his campaign. He was hard to miss: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC. The list goes on and on. And the effects were real. The Yahoo! shareholders meeting yesterday produced one of the largest votes withheld for a board of directors. Congratulations Eric!
oops.. could the owner of this pledge delete mine or change it to 1500 i have spastic cerebral palsy and my figere went crazy on the key.
Well, here we go again. Google out bid Yahoo for the purchase of Double Click. With Google's purchase, all other advertising publisher stock went up. ONe as much as 13%. Now if Yahoo acts on the purchase of any of these other company's it will now cost more! Change is needed!
We're excited to be hosting Eric's 'Yahoo! Plan B' Pledge Campaign on YouChoose. Eric raises a lot of good points and provides his solutions to increasing Yahoo shareholder value. You may agree - you may not. But that's what YouChoose is for. Debate your position here.

Eric, you're once again doing a great job standing up for the individual shareholder. I look forward to this being another successful 'grass-roots' shareholder campaign!

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