Facilitating corporate tenders/dutch auction tenders and computer-implemented methods and computer systems thereof

Abstract

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a programmed system having a computer programmed with software instructions that include at least: code to receive an electronic Tender voting request to conduct a Tender voting; where the Tender voting is limited to a plurality of employees who has owned shares of an issuer at a record date via at least one of: i) at least one 401K plan, and ii) at least one employee stock ownership plan (ESOP); where the Tender voting is selected from the group of Tender voting types consisting of: i) a Tender offer, ii) an All-or-None Tender offer, and iii) a Dutch Tender auction; code to identify the plurality of employees; code to generate a plurality of programmed visual computer screens to allow the plurality of employees to submit Tender votes; and code to dynamically output a report identifying a progress of the Tender voting.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving, by a specifically programed processing computer system, an electronic voting request to conduct at least one voting;   based on the electronic voting request, identifying, by the specifically programed processing computer system, a plurality of users who own the shares of the at least one issuer on the record date;   generating, by the specifically programed processing computer system, for each user of the plurality of users, a vote invitation to submit a vote in the at least one voting;   wherein the vote invitation comprises a vote control number encoded within the vote invitation;   in response to the receiving the vote control number, generating, by the specifically programed processing computer system, a plurality of programmed visual computer screens to allow such respective user to submit the vote.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vote invitation is based on at least one of the following criteria:
 i) a security name,   ii) a job number,   iii) an election date,   iv) an election time,   v) a CUSIP,   vi) at least one class,   vii) an account number,   viii) a number of shares,   ix) a percentage tendered, or   x) any combination thereof.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vote invitation is based on at least one of the following:
 i) historical information regarding all instructions for every vote control number, or   ii) cumulative information regarding a final instruction for every vote control number.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of programmed visual computer screens are further configured to at least:
 generate at least one error message when at least one submission of such respective user violates at least one pre-determined vote rule, at least one pre-determined vote calculation, or both.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vote invitation comprises at least one URL encoded with the vote control number. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , comprising:
 receiving the vote control number in response to an activation, by such respective user, the at least one URL encoded with the vote control number.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the vote invitation comprises at least one visual presentation code encoded with the vote control number. 
     
     
         8 . A computer system, comprising:
 at least one programmed computer, having a non-transient computer tangible readable medium having stored thereon software instructions executable by at least one processor of the computer, wherein the software instructions comprise:   
       code to:
 receive an electronic voting request to conduct at least one voting; 
 based on the electronic voting request, identify a plurality of users who own the shares of the at least one issuer on the record date; 
 generate, for each user of the plurality of users, a vote invitation to submit a vote in the at least one voting; 
 wherein the vote invitation comprises a vote control number encoded within the vote invitation; 
 in response to the receiving the vote control number, generate a plurality of programmed visual computer screens to allow such respective user to submit the vote. 
 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the vote invitation is based on at least one of the following criteria:
 i) a security name,   ii) a job number,   iii) an election date,   iv) an election time,   v) a CUSIP,   vi) at least one class,   vii) an account number,   viii) a number of shares,   ix) a percentage tendered, or   x) any combination thereof.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the vote invitation is based on at least one of the following:
 i) historical information regarding all instructions for every vote control number, or   ii) cumulative information regarding a final instruction for every vote control number.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the plurality of programmed visual computer screens are further configured to at least:
 generate at least one error message when at least one submission of such respective user violates at least one pre-determined vote rule, at least one pre-determined vote calculation, or both.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the vote invitation comprises at least one URL encoded with the vote control number. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the software instructions comprise:
 code to receive the vote control number in response to an activation, by such respective user, the at least one URL encoded with the vote control number.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the vote invitation comprises at least one visual presentation code encoded with the vote control number.