You may have different classes of shares in the company with different strings attached to them, depending on the deals made with the investors at the time. (money.stackexchange.com)
That said, several tech companies that have gone public with a single class of shares have also suffered. (cnbc.com)
Issue a dividend to shareholders A dividend is a share of after - tax profit of a company, distributed to its shareholders according to the number and class of shares held by them. (visualcapitalist.com)