AlterAg
| Company type | In process of listing publicly |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq: (coming soon) HALY (coming soon) | |
| Founded | 1128 |
| Headquarters | Hayward, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Key people | Ron Braatz |
Halydean Corporation is an investment group that is a land-based agricultural holding company in the dairy and beef industries. The company is headquartered in Hayward, Wisconsin, but primarily consists of holdings in subsidiaries. The company CEO is Ron Braatz.[1]
Notable Ownership
Below is a list of past owners of Halydean Corporation, which is curiously diverse.
| Owner | Year | Manner in which held |
|---|---|---|
| The Church | 1128 | Perpetual, tax-exempt ownership & civil rule[2] |
| The State | 1545 | Royal Burgh, held by the Crown[3] |
| Private Property | 1602 | Proprietorship of Barony & Lordship[4] |
| Corporate Shareholders | 2014 | Corporation owned by many shareholders[5] |
Halydean is unique in that it was founded by the Crown, owned by the Catholic Church (rivaled in Scotland only by St. Andrews), then owned by the State (polity), then owned privately,[6] and is now soon to be listed as a publicly traded company.[7] Under feudalism, Halydean had the legal authority of "pit and gallows," which is to say, to carry out the death sentence. The original charter also specified that the organization was tax exempt.[8]
History and age of company
The company only states that it has "more than 100 years of operational history," [9] which may be referring to the age of a subsidiary, however, there are well documented legal records showing that the entity had its establishment in 1128 with its primary holdings being thousands of acres of grazing land.[10][11][12][13][14] This is substantially older than Harvard College, which has been described as the new world's oldest corporation, established in 1636.[15][16] The oldest companies in the world for tea, sake, metalworking, and pharmacy were all established after 1128, the year of Halydean's establishment.[17] Lorillard Tobacco Company is listed as the oldest public American company, having been established in 1760.[18] The Tuttle Farm was established in the 1630s by King Charles II, and is the oldest continually operating business in the US.[19] Based on that information, it can be argued that Halydean is a very old company, although it is unknown whether or not it may hold the claim as the oldest publicly traded company in the world. The company has not made any such claim. The company is on Wikipedia's List of oldest companies. In 1545 Halydean's ownership was appropriated by the Crown, rechartered, and eventually assigned to new owners in 1602,[20][21] and in 2014 Halydean was reorganized as a Delaware corporation.[22]
Today
Halydean Corporation is an agricultural land holding company that specializes in dairy and beef production. The company's focus is to consolidate the dairy industry through vertical and horizontal integration, acquiring farms with a mixture of stock and cash.[23]
References
- ^ Yahoo Finance, http://markets.financialcontent.com/mi.miamiherald/news/read?GUID=31731899
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ Yahoo Finance, http://markets.financialcontent.com/mi.miamiherald/news/read?GUID=31731899
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Page 12. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ Yahoo Finance, http://markets.financialcontent.com/mi.miamiherald/news/read?GUID=31731899
- ^ The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland; Liber S. Marie de Calchou, Registrum Cartarum Abbacie Tironensis de Kelso, 1113-1567.
- ^ (English version)Thomson, J. M., Dickson, W. K., Paul, J. B., & Stevenson, J. R. H. (1984).Registrum magni sigilli regum Scotorum. The register of the Great seal of Scotland. Scottish Record Society in conjunction with Clark Constable.
- ^ Scottish Barony Register (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, & Knightage: Clan Chiefs Scottish Feudal Barons, 107th edition. ISBN 9780971196629
- ^ The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), p. 58-62
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. page 12. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ Herbst, J., (1982). From Crisis to Crisis. American College Government 1636-1819, Harvard University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-674-32345-9.
- ^ Rudolph, Frederick (1961). The American College and University. University of Georgia Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-8203-1285-1.
- ^ Crockett, Z. Why Are So Many of the World's Oldest Companies in Japan? from http://priceonomics.com/why-are-so-many-of-the-worlds-oldest-businesses-in/
- ^ Bullock, D., (2011). America's 10 Oldest Public Companies. From http://www.minyanville.com/special-features/articles/oldest-public-companies-america2527s-oldest-companies/9/23/2011/id/37022
- ^ Brown, R., (2015). 5 Of The World's Oldest Companies. From Invetopedia, http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0711/5-of-the-worlds-oldest-companies.aspx
- ^ Watt, D. E. R.; Shead, N. F., eds. (2001), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries, The Scottish Record Society, New Series, Volume 24 (Revised ed.), Edinburgh: The Scottish Record Society, ISSN 0143-9448
- ^ Moffat, A., (2006). Kelsae: A History of Kelso from Earliest Times. Birlinn Ltd. ISBN 1841584576
- ^ https://icis.corp.delaware.gov/Ecorp/EntitySearch/NameSearch.aspx
- ^ Yahoo Finance, http://markets.financialcontent.com/mi.miamiherald/news/read?GUID=31731899
External links
Company website: http://www.halydean.com