Subject: Re: Brk, it's time to declare a 1$ quarterly
I don't understand WANTING a dividend. You can sell enough each year.

Bear in mind that the OP wasn't so much interested in the income from a dividend. His thesis is that the dividend will increase demand for the stock such that there will be a (permanent?) bump up in the stock price.

If it is true that 90% of shareholders voted against a dividend then I would question whether there would be a net increase in demand for the stock.

Maybe it would be win-win in the sense that a temporary bump up in the stock price would incentivize those who are pissed about the dividend to sell their shares.