Monthly Archives: December 2010

Biglari Holdings Ups Offer For Fremont Michigan to $31

By | December 30, 2010

Image by c r i s via Flickr Two days after sending a letter to the Fremont Michigan Insuracorp(FMMH.OB) board reiterating its $29 cash offer, Biglari Holdings(BH) issued a press release this evening, increasing its offer to $31 per share in cash. Though it was disclosed that the companies had met on December 1, Fremont has not publicly… Read More »

Biglari Continues Pursuit of Fremont, Fremont Offers Homeowners Wood-Burning Unit Maintenance Advice

By | December 29, 2010

Biglari Holdings(BH) released a letter today, filed with an amended 13-D, reiterating its interest in acquiring Fremont Michigan(FMMH.OB) for $29 per share in cash, and indicated a willingness to discuss a higher transaction value with Fremont’s Special Committee. The Special Committee has been entirely silent since Fremont’s initial offer, watching the stock’s price fall back to significantly below… Read More »

Biglari Holdings Proposes The Creation Of Non-Voting Class B Shares

By | December 29, 2010

Image via Wikipedia In the latest step in his effort to mimic Warren Buffett, Sardar Biglari of Biglari Holdings(BH) has proposed to create a new, non-voting class of shares, which existing class A shares could be converted to at a rate of somewhere between 20 to 1 and 50 to 1. The disclosure came in an otherwise unremarkable… Read More »

Consolidated Tomoka(CTO)- The Stock That Launched A Thousand Blogs

By | December 8, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Consolidated Tomoka(CTO) was the first stock we discussed at Inelegant Investor back in 2006. The price was higher back then, not surprising given the company’s primary asset is Florida real estate. That said we think it’s very cheap currently and have bought more in the past six months. Chris at Navigating Markets agrees, and has,… Read More »