i understand your position. i just strongly disagree. again - i have never invested in a company where this would even be a consideration, but i just think its a terrible idea implying the company is too deeply beholden to its (foreign) shareholders and doesnt have confidence and vision to weather challenges to perception... i would much prefer a CEO with his energy focused on ambitions in his market and towards future markets then his need to keep me happy and the stock price stable. what great CEO or great company in times of difficulty sits and nurses the stock price... Jobs, Buffet, Gates - i dont think so. They move forward with their vision despite perception; and its the vision that you invest in. im lost why its even being entertained so heavily and it worries me that somehow someone is going to press it to the management as a future tactic... its self-serving to the board at the expense of many other things...??? defending their name and the veracity of their reporting through the appropriate channels and keeping promises will do more it seems...
and these arent meant to be inflammatory comments - i just have a strong opinion here.