>They don't have to value the company at $0 to fuck you over once you're gone. The current board can depreciate all of the shares by 50% and then issue themselves twice their original shares so they break even.
Mark Zuckerberg tried a variation of that game to cut out Eduardo Saverin's shares when they changed the company from a Florida LLC to a Delaware Inc. Well, Saverin sued and Facebook lost that lawsuit; they settled. Saverin got ~4% ownership worth $5+ billion at the time.
Mark Zuckerberg tried a variation of that game to cut out Eduardo Saverin's shares when they changed the company from a Florida LLC to a Delaware Inc. Well, Saverin sued and Facebook lost that lawsuit; they settled. Saverin got ~4% ownership worth $5+ billion at the time.
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