Lytse Pier Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Meeting for the first monthly public financial statement of -XIX- July 2nd, 1716, Willemstad, Curaçao - at the Colonial office of the Heeren XIX. - The prominent figure of the chairman rose from his chair. On the red curtain behind the large table an emblem was embroidered depicting the corporate signature of the Compaignie des heeren XIX. As he stood up, he saw the freshly baked cookies from Willemstad’s famous “Bakkerij Bussing” still went around in the audience that was already enjoying a hot cup of excellent English tea, acquired through some recent friendly and profitable contacts with British traders. Heer Jon ‘t Ven toe Raay, obviously of noble blood with a difficult name as such, was accompanied by the other members of the board and all sat behind that large table facing the audience. The board members were wearing their best set of clothes and wigs and were looking quite dandy. He started his speech. It was a pleasant voice to listen to. “Ladies, gentlemen, as heer der Heeren of the Compaignie des heeren XIX, I welcome you to our very first public financial presentation. As all of you are aware we are doing business under Octroy of the Republic and are therefore a public company obliged to make these public announcements. The first one we wanted to do in style.” He smiled and saw a satisfied audience chewing their cookies in anticipation of things to come. Heer Evertsen de Oude will probably be correct that investing in cookies can be profitable in the end. “As for the order of the meeting I’ll first say something about the focus of our company, then the esteemed Heer of the Rekenkamer, Pier Donia, will announce the financial results of the last month. Lastly we are happy to talk to you personally about some of our investment opportunities and shareholder options if you would be interested in that.” He took a sip of his own tea and almost burnt his tongue. “The recent agreed truce, the Treaty of the Antilles at Montserrat, saw to it that Willemstad prices plummeted as demand went down. Our company, despite those hostilities in the Eastern parts of our colonies, was earning quite well with spoils of war and the high prices. However, we are in agreement with the Dutch Consortium on the necessity of a truce. A change of focus and market is henceforth being taken care of. Our newly erected fishing squadron will see to it that profitability remains and new markets around Haiti and Cuba are currently explored. Our recently renewed defensive fleet to combat piracy around the northern parts of the Caribbean has been vigilant and profitable. In regard to trade and construction, our shipyards are continuously building new ships and our warehouses are filled abundantly with materials to trade. The focus in the coming months will be to establish trade agreements with other companies of all the nations active throughout the Caribbean. Furthermore, our company will be active in hiring more employees the coming months who will be offered a great working environment in professional surroundings, with an actual share in the company. Pier, can I hand the attention of the audience to you for the financial statements?” New cookies arrived quickly, as guiding audiences through financial statements would certainly not be an exciting part for most people in this meeting. Heer van de Rekenkamer, Pier Donia, started his oratory. “Yes, thank you Heer. I shall keep it as brief and quick as possible. We have provided copies of the statements, which clearly shows a profit of a little over 26 million Guilders last month. Some benefits are directly cash related and some were to build our assets. To strengthen the value of the company, our board has decided to assign 16 million guilders to the equity by adding it to the Capital Reserve giving our company a worth of just over 45 million Guilders. This increased the value of the shares two point three times, with …, .... blablablabla ..., …, and thus 50.000 Guilders per share in dividend is reserved to an amount of 9,5 million Guilders and to be payed out to shareholders. With the current activities deploying, profitability should rise further in the coming months.” There were no more cookies left and Heer Jon ‘t Ven toe Raay quickly took over. “Thank you heer van de Rekenkamer, the public statements looks excellent! Ladies, Gentlemen, thank you for your patience and attention. We now can take some of your questions and if you would like to discuss our investment and job opportunities, please feel free to do so. All of our Heeren are available to you.” You can find more information about the Octroy of our company here: http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14593-octroy-voors-compaignie-heeren-neegentien-xix/?p=270412 You can find more information about the Treaty of Montserrat here: http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/14809-preliminary-treaty-of-the-antilles-commerce-and-free-navigation-valid-as-soon-as-the-four-nations-sign/?p=274607 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornelis Evertsen de Oude Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 The cookies where quit astonishing my Lord. I wish everyone goodluck with your endevours in the next week. For I will be so free, to enjoy some more cookies, purchased from my share. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lytse Pier Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 Heer van de rekenkamer, to what extend do you deem it representational that unsold stock is already activated under short term assets, whilst there is no indication of emission of shares in the near-future? One only inflates his balance sheet this way and creates a distorted report. I was looking for an off-balance explenation, yet sadly i was unable to acquire one.. Thank you good sir for this excellent question. We are following the model of the VOC in this and are somewhat bound by the rules of the Octroy. It is the intent, and our obligation, to have the stock sold by the end of this year, hence already activating it. It furthermore creates a hidden reserve for our company, as the focus is on adding value to the stock in the first year of our existence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knobby Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Hulde! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelSandwich Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 To add to my previous question, it seems strange that in the current economical climate there aren't any production buildings in this enterprise. Has none of the current directors considered a private deposit of this type of asset? When looking at the growing and changing envoirement of the medical sector i am slightly worried no timely action is/will be taken to jump on-board this trend. Not only that, what guarantees are in place the proclaimed trade stocks, amongst other short term assets, do actually exist? Have we not all heard about the tragic Pincoff affair? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lytse Pier Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 To add to my previous question, it seems strange that in the current economical climate there aren't any production buildings in this enterprise. Has none of the current directors considered a private deposit of this type of asset? When looking at the growing and changing envoirement of the medical sector i am slightly worried no timely action is/will be taken to jump on-board this trend. Not only that, what guarantees are in place the proclaimed trade stocks, amongst other short term assets, do actually exist? Have we not all heard about the tragic Pincoff affair? Again excellent questions. Under the current Law and Plantation Act of 1714 that was ratified by the Republic, shortly after the Spanish War of Succession, the plantations in the Curacao area and Surinam became private properties, and available easier to men of non-noble bloodlines. Although the current Heeren do hold wharfs and plantations privately, it is not possible to have them under the conditions of the Octroy yet fr the company, I'm afraid. Their labour is however used for the companies benefits and valued accordingly. We are still looking into starting legal procedures into owning these facilities as a company. I've heard of you, good sir, and your relations with the court in The Hague, perhaps you could assist us in making this plea to have those facilities available for companies under Octroy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 i do enjoy all of this fun read, But starting to sound a lot like that Dutch guy i bought a Tractor from. ps The tractor was a lemon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kloothommel Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 This stuff is pure gold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 so anyone want to buy some rice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Blackthorne Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Love this RP! The tractor was a lemon So who was the fool? The one trying to pass off a citrus as a vehicle, or the one who bought the sell? so anyone want to buy some rice? Got rice? Got food, got soup, got spice? AZN PRIDE! hehe https://youtu.be/v1Yd8g1kV3Y 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praefect Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) @XIX Edited July 3, 2016 by praefect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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