Originally Posted by
dibble
Seriously? This worries you?
Recurring theme it seems...the DRP cash doesnt evaporate, it stays inside the company. If you dont take up the DRP you have some dividend cash and own a slightly smaller piece of a slightly larger pie. A DRP discount is typically less than a share price oscillates in a week so it doesnt seem fruitful to get uptight about it until e.g. a broker gets a 20% discount on a placement.
Politically though your voting power indeed decreases. I wonder how many everyday stockholders really care about voting rights shrinking by 1%. Maybe they do, certainly if one aspires to taking control of the company one ought take up the DRP.