The Green Bay Packers, Inc., is a publicly-owned, non-profit corporation. A total of 4,748,906 shares are owned by 110,812 stockholders - none of whom receives any dividend on the initial investment. The Corporation is governed by directors and a seven-member executive committee.
Breakdown of Shareholders by State
A LOOK AT THE PACKERS STOCK OFFERING OVER THE 17 WEEK OFFERING PERIOD
NOVEMBER 1997 - $9.5 million raised In the first 11 days of the sale, about one-third - or $7.8
million - of the $24-plus million total is sold. Paid orders for stock pour in at a rate of over 3500 per day -
38,895 total over the 11-day period - generating about $700,000 per day or an average of $4.9 million per week!
During the week of November 25, following the Packers key victory over the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field, an
additional 8315 shares are sold - generating nearly $1.7 million or about $238,000 per day.
DECEMBER 1997 - $9.3 million raised Between December 2 and 8, 21,770 shares are sold as fans think gift giving
for the holidays. This generates $4.4 million or about $726,000 per day.
From December 9 to 15, 16,165 shares are sold, raising an additional $3.2 million or about $539,000 per day.
During the two weeks from December 16 to 29, 8700 shares are sold, raising $1.7 million or about $124,000 per day.
By December 29 - just six weeks into the sale - over 80 percent of the $24-plus million total is sold. That amounts
to nearly $19 million.
JANUARY 1998 - $3 million raised From December 29 to January 5, 2345 shares are sold, raising $487,000 or about
$70,000 per day.
From January 6 to 12, 2870 shares are sold, raising $574,000 or about $82,000 per day.
From January 13 to 19, 2350 shares are sold, raising $470,000 or about $67,000 per day.
From January 20 to 26 - the week surrounding the Super Bowl - 4085 shares are sold, raising $817,000 or about $117,000
per day.
From January 27 to February 2, 3290 shares are sold, raising $658,000 or about $94,000 per day.
FEBRUARY / MARCH 1998 - $2.2 million raised In the six weeks from February 2 to March 16, 11,225 shares are sold,
raising $2.2 million - over $370,000 per week or about $53,000 per day.
The sale ended March 16, with sales figures at 120,010 shares sold to 105,989 new stockholders. Funds raised are
over $24 million - an average of nearly $200,000 per day or about $1.4 million per week for the offering's 124-day
selling period.