"And btw one more thing. Creating shareholder value is not only getting up the profit or the NTA. Part of creating shareholder value is also to get your stock up to a reasonable level."
That are not the CEOs responsibility as a firsthand priority, as a secondhand effect to his priorities yes of course its a benefit with a raising pps aswell, the whole point of taking the costs and burdens of a public listing are to tap in to a equity market,and to get interestfri loans against a bit of the profits... Most companies would be pleased to be rid of additional owners no doubt if they could finance it all anyway... Regards