Back a few months Jo said on the Microsoft owning Apple share thread;

“There is no evidence that Microsoft ever sold off the common stock shares. The initial investment was for non-voting prefered stock shares which are handled differently than common stock, in 2000 and 2001 they were converted to common stock as Jonathan Lehr pointed out. The total amount of shares is less than 5% of Apple’s common stock, so they would not be listed as a major holder of 5% or more, Microsoft is not a trading institution, so they wouldn’t reported as owners under that heading. Basically, without having direct access to Microsoft’s stock portfolio, there is no way to know whether they sold the stock or not.”

1). What does it he mean Microsoft “is not a trading institution” …surely its VERY traded on NASDAQ and Dow Jones Index?

2). It sounds as if Mircrosoft had 2 tranche of shares, some sold 2000 and 2001 but someone said MS sold some shares officially in 2002 too. Anyone know if MS orginally had 25% and then sold some, keeping just below 5% which remained under the ‘must report a stakeholing’ rules?

Much appreciate your help on the above. Thanks

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