Christmas in the Heir (A Locktime Holiday Original)
"You know that long-term project? Christmas-Air Fragrance Co.?"
You knew alright. You'd been personally holding a position of 46% of this company's public stock, with incremental buys basically since the company started. It left you spread somewhat thin, and really hurt your portfolio's diversity, but Kenzie was *certain* it was poised to explode as soon as the current CEO leaves the company, because you'll be able to do a leveraged takeover.
"Gus Saloma is retiring this year, and he's leaving everything to the only child of *his* only child, Max," she explains.
"Gus owns ALL the stock that we don't own. Your 46% and my 3% –– he owns the other 51%. It's why we never vote on company choices or anything, to look like silent partners. But Gus is sick and retiring, and his GRANDDAUGHTER is only 21. She has _no_ idea how to run a company like this!"
You had to admit you were getting excited. This would free up an obscene amount of money for you, and, if the "inside info" that Kenzie had about the company was true, it would be well worth the wait.
"Here's the problem: Gus never wanted to expand their government contracts," she says, "or that's what people tell me. But they have a small contract with the Federal Government because apparently their fragrance concentrate has some use. I haven't been able to find out more, but ... here's where you come in."