The top three are index funds basically which is not really private equity in the colloquial sense. A lot of people’s retirements and savings are held by vanguard, blackrock and state street.
You can’t restrict the sale of stock, typically, but there are some provisions that can be adopted to make things more resilient. Check out “Poison Pills” on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco#Ownership
Oops. All Private Equity.
I’m starting to think these private equity firms are bad eggs! /s
It’s just bad apples. Landfills and landfills of bad apples. Not even compostable, that’s how bad they are.
The top three are index funds basically which is not really private equity in the colloquial sense. A lot of people’s retirements and savings are held by vanguard, blackrock and state street.
Is there any legal way a company can prevent the sale of their stock to a private equity?
You can’t restrict the sale of stock, typically, but there are some provisions that can be adopted to make things more resilient. Check out “Poison Pills” on Wikipedia
Go private and don’t have stock traded on the secondary market?