IntroductionWhy Microsoft?
Corporate America spends nearly $1 Billion annually degrading morality. While all of this needs to change, AGN is focusing initial efforts on our neighbor, Microsoft.
Why Microsoft Shares?
When you purchase a share in a corporation you are purchasing a small piece of ownership in that company. As an owner, in addition to standing to gain financially from profits and increased company value, you also have voting power on corporate policy. While AGN would greatly prefer to work together with corporations to improve society, many have no such concern. For those that don’t, beginning with Microsoft, we will use our collective voting power to vote down corporate measures that legislate immorality.
Why Buy 3, Donate 1?
Although there are several ways to participate, we encourage buying three shares, donating one to AGN and keeping two. By doing this, AGN will be able to speak at the shareholder’s meeting with very significant voting power and Microsoft leadership will know that for every one vote cast by AGN, two more will be cast by like-thinking shareholders. This will also allow you to realize the profit potential of share prices going up as a result of Microsoft refocusing their efforts on their core business of software production.
Participating
The simplest way to participate is by donating cash to AGN’s brokerage account. 100% of this fund will be used to purchase Microsoft shares for AGN.
General Stock Purchasing Steps
The general steps you’ll need to take to purchase Microsoft stocks are:
1) Set up an account with a brokerage
2) Fund your new account
3) Purchase stocks
The entire process takes about 15 minutes and you will need your social security number, employment information (including address) and banking information.
Set Up an Account with a Brokerage
Before you can purchase shares you need to set up an account with a broker. If you are planning on donating shares to AGN we strongly recommend using the same brokerage as AGN. Doing so will greatly simplify the donation process for you.
AGN’s broker is Ameritrade. The following steps will guide you through the process of setting up an account with Ameritrade. However, if you’d prefer to use another brokerage, feel free as transfers can still be done. You will need to contact your broker for guidance in setting up your account and transferring the shares to AGN’s Ameritrade account.
Following are specific Ameritrade account setup steps:
1) Go to www.tdameritrade.com, click “open an account” 2) Click “apply online” 3) Click “individual” and “Next” 4) Click “Cash” radio button, check the privacy statement box, and “Next” 5) Click “Next” 6) Fill out personal information
A. Under the section titled “Document Delivery Preferences” select “Monthly Electronic” for Statements and “Electronic” for Trade Confirmations and make sure the box for “Send me shareholder information on positions…” is checked.
7) Click “Next” 8) Answer” Yes” or “No” affiliation questions 9) Click “Next” 10) Enter Employment & Financial information. Under “Earn Interest on Cash Balances, select “TD Ameritrade Cash” 11) Click “Next” 12) Verify all information entered so far and click “Next” 13) On “New Account Bonus” page, click “Next” 14) Enter information on Create Account Access Information page and click “Next” 15) Agree to all terms and policies and click “I Agree” 16) Complete IRS information, click “Next” 17) E-sign your application, click “Next”
Fund Your New Account
Before you can purchase shares, you need to “fund” your new account, which simply means depositing cash in to your new account with which your broker will then use to make stock purchases later as you direct him.
1) On “Fund Your Account” page next to “Electronic Funds Transfer”, click “Select”.
Note that to use Electronic Funds Transfer you will have to fund with a minimum of $500. If you would like to fund with a lesser amount, select “Mail a check” and follow the instructions
2) Enter account information, click “Next” 3) Check the authorize checkbox, click “Authorize” 4) Verify transaction verification page, click “Continue to Next Page” 5) Review new account information, click “Log On” 6) Enter login information, click “Log On” 7) Under “Is your account professional”, click “No”, then “Submit” 8) Under “Would you like to sign the exchange agreements now”, click “no”, then “Submit”
Purchase Stocks
You are now ready to purchase shares of Microsoft! To specify which company you’d like to purchase shares of, you’ll use what is known as a “ticker”; an abbreviated form of the company’s name. Microsoft’s ticker is “MSFT”.
1) Under “Get Quotes”, enter “MSFT”, then “Go”
2) Click “BUY”, enter quantity, symbol (“MSFT”), price (choose a price anywhere between “BID” and “ASK”), click “Review Order”, then “Place Order”
Congratulations, you now have voting authority on Microsoft corporate policy! Read on to learn what to do with that authority…
Participating in AGN’s Stock Plan
There are three possible ways you can participate in AGN’s Microsoft Stock Plan. They are:
1) Donating cash
2) Donating shares
3) Voting
Donating Cash
The simplest way to participate is by donating cash to AGN’s brokerage account. 100% of this fund will be used to purchase Microsoft shares for AGN.
To donate, mail a check made out to “TD Ameritrade /FBO account # 788540029“ to the following address:
Ameritrade
P.O. BOX 2229
Omaha NE 68103
Donating Shares
If you have never purchased common stock before, go to the top of this page for detailed information on how to set up and fund an account with Ameritrade and purchase stocks.
If the shares you own are through Ameritrade, download, print and fill out the following form: http://www.tdameritrade.com/forms/TDA490.pdf. Then fax or mail the filled out form using the contact information specified on the form.
If the shares you own are through a broker other than Ameritrade you’ll need to execute a “DTC transfer”. Contact your broker to find out the specifics of how to do this and be prepared to provide them with AGN’s account information.
Voting
Each share has one vote associated with it but is only able to participate in voting if the share was purchased 9 months prior to the ballot. Therefore it is important to buy your shares now if you intend to vote yourself.
At the next shareholder’s meeting AGN will put a measure on the ballot for you to vote on. At that time AGN will provide further instructions on how to vote with your shares on this site. So be sure to check back frequently.
