Facilitating corporate tenders/Dutch auction tenders and computer-implemented methods and computer systems thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9009062
APP PUB NO 20140278836A1
SERIAL NO

14217197

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In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a programmed system having a computer programmed with software instructions that include at least: code to receive an electronic Tender voting request to conduct a Tender voting; where the Tender voting is limited to a plurality of employees who has owned shares of an issuer at a record date via at least one of: i) at least one 401K plan, and ii) at least one employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); where the Tender voting is selected from the group of Tender voting types consisting of: i) a Tender offer, ii) an All-or-None Tender offer, and iii) a Dutch Tender auction; code to identify the plurality of employees; code to generate a plurality of programmed visual computer screens to allow the plurality of employees to submit Tender votes; and code to dynamically output a report identifying a progress of the Tender voting.

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BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC2 GATEWAY CENTER 15TH FLOOR NEWARK NJ 07102

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crespo, Edwin Edgewood, US 7 1
Mannino, Joseph Edgewood, US 13 70

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