{"id":1955,"date":"2025-09-30T07:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraudulenttimes.com\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:48:24","slug":"oddity-tech-ltd-reveals-plan-to-hold-2025-agm-on-mars-to-accommodate-growing-shareholder-ambivalence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fraudulenttimes.com\/pt\/oddity-tech-ltd-reveals-plan-to-hold-2025-agm-on-mars-to-accommodate-growing-shareholder-ambivalence\/","title":{"rendered":"Oddity Tech Ltd. Reveals Plan to Hold 2025 AGM on Mars to Accommodate Growing Shareholder Ambivalence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London \u2014<\/strong> In a move described by company officials as \u201cboldly responsive,\u201d Oddity Tech Ltd. announced Thursday that its 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held on the surface of Mars, citing persistent and \u201cdeepening\u201d shareholder apathy as the driving factor behind the decision. CEO Barb Coltrane characterized the relocation as \u201can innovative solution to meaningful absenteeism,\u201d in a press release distributed to increasingly indifferent recipients.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows a record-low turnout at the 2024 AGM, where only 11 of the 317,000 registered shareholders logged in to the virtual session, with four remaining logged in past the third minute. An internal white paper from the company\u2019s Department of Shareholder Experience indicates a majority of shareholders now experience \u201chovering indifference,\u201d a phrase coined in a 2023 company-wide sentiment audit after several investors responded to surveys exclusively with the shrug emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Felix Hovermark, Oddity\u2019s Head of Stakeholder Engagement and Space, described the Mars AGM Initiative as \u201cthe next logical escalation in avoiding inconvenient feedback.\u201d Despite technical hurdles, Hovermark insisted, \u201cWe believe that by providing an AGM location 56 million kilometers away, we honor the clear preference for distance and disengagement that our investors have consistently demonstrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planning is already underway for the interplanetary event. The company has allocated a preliminary budget of \u00a3240 million for one-way tickets, limited-oxygen amenities, and a tent. To facilitate participation, Oddity Tech has commissioned Tesla-Boeing to design \u201cremote absentee modules,\u201d which will allow shareholders\u2019 avatars to appear as translucent errors on the Martian landscape, occasionally updating with transactional data in lieu of human expressions. When quizzed about whether this would limit voting rights, Oddity\u2019s General Counsel simply replied, \u201cAbstentions will be presumed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional measures are being developed to ease the burden of involvement. According to Board Secretary Mandy Rhule, \u201cWe will issue shareholders commemorative \u2018Meeting Not Attended\u2019 badges, redeemable for loyalty points on select telecommunications satellites.\u201d In a pilot test, 98% of surveyed shareholders reported that they \u201cdid not notice,\u201d with one respondent describing the badge as \u201can unmarked envelope I have chosen not to open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investors wishing to submit questions from Earth may do so by etching their query onto a pebble and leaving it in a designated stream before 1 March 2025. Company representatives say they cannot guarantee collection or response, but noted the process honors Oddity\u2019s commitment to environmental stewardship and \u201cambient engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, shares rose slightly, potentially due to algorithmic confusion over the Martian stock exchange\u2019s time zone. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time for shareholder democracy,\u201d Coltrane observed, emerging briefly from the company\u2019s Disengagement Pod. \u201cWe look forward, in whatever sense remains available to us, to this milestone event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No further questions were anticipated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London \u2014 In a move described by company officials as \u201cboldly responsive,\u201d Oddity Tech Ltd. announced Thursday that its 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held on the surface of Mars, citing persistent and \u201cdeepening\u201d shareholder apathy as the driving factor behind the decision. 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