Originally Posted by DeadHead

That would literally be the definition of cutting one's nose to spite their face. Right now, as it stands, the company has to give away a 20% of every dollar made above $2.5 billion. When considering the amount of profit the company is forecast to make over the next 2-3 years, dragging out this negotiation puts nothing but money in our pocket while management drags their feet.

The company is not about to eliminate profit dramatically while our industry counterparts bring in record profits. The stock price would get a kick in the pants and we all know how investment grade we want to be.