Dual - class shares refer to the ownership structure of a company, where one
class of shares holds some sort of voting power over the other.
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.
From a financial standpoint, these changes had the effect of benefiting Wilson and Black as shareholders, while simultaneously diluting the value of
the class of shares held by Alharayeri in a significant way.
Not exact matches
Stock market Stronach had little incentive to eliminate its dual -
class share structure, which allowed him to control the company despite
holding less than 1 %
of its equity.
Kalanick's large
holdings of Class B
shares, which awarded him 10 - to - 1 voting power, will transform so each shareholder has one vote per
share, The New York Times reported.
Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc announced a follow - on offering
of $ 800 million
of Class A
shares, with its chief executive saying he plans to sell a portion
of his
holdings in the company.
In the case
of Bombardier, the controlling families
hold a 53 % voting stake through
Class A
shares.
SABMiller's strategic shareholders, who
hold 41 %
of the company's stock, would receive a lower offer worth 37.49 a
share paid overwhelmingly in the form
of a new
class of unlisted
share with a five - year lock - up period (a premium
of only 28 %).
Nonetheless all the directors were reelected by wide margins at the company's annual meeting last year, reflecting how Redstone controls a supermajority
of the company's
Class A voting
shares through his
holding company, National Amusements.
The total number
of shares issued and outstanding as
of March 31, 2018 was 327,690,428 including 289,805,769
Class A
shares, 37,884,658
Class B
shares, and one Priority
share and excluding 2,625,886
Class A
shares held in treasury and all
Class C
shares outstanding solely as a result
of the conversion
of Class B
shares into
Class A
shares.
Consists
of shares of Class C capital stock to be issued upon exercise
of outstanding stock options and vesting
of outstanding GSUs that were distributed as a dividend to the issued and outstanding
Class A stock options and GSUs in April 2014 in connection with the Stock Split under the following plans which have been assumed by us in connection with certain
of our acquisition transactions: the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of DoubleClick Inc. in March 2008; the 2006 Stock Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of AdMob, Inc. in May 2010; and the Motorola Mobility
Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of Motorola Mobility
Holdings, Inc. in May 2012.
Consists
of shares of Class A common stock to be issued upon exercise
of outstanding stock options and vesting
of outstanding restricted stock units under the following plans which have been assumed by us in connection with certain
of our acquisition transactions: the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of DoubleClick Inc. in March 2008; the 2006 Stock Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of AdMob, Inc. in May 2010; and the Motorola Mobility
Holdings, Inc. 2011 Incentive Compensation Plan assumed by us in connection with our acquisition
of Motorola Mobility
Holdings, Inc. in May 2012.
As
of June 30, 2015, there were no
shares of our
Class A common stock and 291,005,896
shares of our
Class B common stock outstanding,
held by 611 stockholders
of record, and no
shares of our preferred stock outstanding, assuming the automatic conversion and reclassification
of all outstanding
shares of our convertible preferred stock into
shares of our
Class B common stock effective immediately prior to the completion
of this offering.
As
of December 31, 2010, we also had outstanding options to acquire 15,202,015
shares of common stock
held by employees, directors and consultants, all
of which will become options to acquire an equivalent number
of shares of Class B common stock, immediately prior to the completion
of this offering.
The fund is referred to as «aggressive» because the composition
of the fund does not necessarily reflect the composition
of its benchmark index: it may invest in preferred
shares issued by Split
Share Corporations, for instance, and is not required to
hold such
classes of shares as floating rate issues, which are expected to underperform for the foreseeable future.
As
of September 30, 2015, there were no
shares of our
Class A common stock and 297,294,713
shares of our
Class B common stock outstanding,
held by 665 stockholders
of record, and no
shares of our preferred stock outstanding, assuming the automatic conversion and reclassification
of all outstanding
shares of our convertible preferred stock into
shares of our
Class B common stock effective immediately prior to the completion
of this offering.
This discussion assumes that a non-U.S. holder
holds shares of our
Class A common stock as a capital asset within the meaning
of Section 1221
of the Code (generally, property
held for investment).
Accordingly, prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local, non-U.S. income, and other tax considerations
of acquiring,
holding, and disposing
of shares of our
Class A common stock.
Persons that for U.S. federal income tax purposes are treated as a partner in a partnership
holding shares of our
Class A common stock should consult their tax advisors.
Following the reorganization transactions, (1) each
of SLP III, SLTA III, and SLP Technology will
hold a number
of LLC Units equal to its pro rata allocation
of the number
of LLC Units previously
held by SLP GD, and (2) SLKF I will
hold a number
of shares of Class A common stock equal to its pro rata allocation
of the number LLC Units beneficially owned indirectly by SLP III Kingdom Feeder Corp..
This is for mutual funds with
share classes decided when shareholders pay the fund's load or sales charge,
Class - B
shares carry a deferred sales charge during a five - to 10 - year
holding period intended from the time
of the initial investment.
Consists
of 65,799,720
shares of Class B common stock and 65,799,720
shares of Class A common stock
held by Benchmark Capital Partners VII, L.P. Benchmark Capital Management Co..
In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, in connection with this offering, we adopted a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to
hold shares of our
Class A common stock with a value equal to at least one times the fair value
of the director's annual equity award.
Consists
of 293,638,510
shares of Class A common stock, 79,034,360
shares of Class B common stock, and 215,887,848
shares of Class C common stock
held by our current directors and executive officers, 3,373,332
shares of Class A common stock and 3,373,332
shares of Class B common stock issuable under outstanding stock options exercisable within 60 days
of December 31, 2016, and RSUs for 3,609,706
shares of Class A common stock and RSUs for 3,501,718
shares of Class B common stock which are subject to vesting conditions expected to occur within 60 days
of December 31, 2016.
The table above does not include (i) 5,952,917
shares of Class A common stock reserved for issuance under our 2015 Incentive Award Plan (as described in «Executive Compensation — New Employment Agreements and Incentive Plans»), consisting
of (x) 2,689,486
shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise
of options to purchase
shares of Class A common stock granted on the date
of this prospectus to our directors and certain employees, including the named executive officers, in connection with this offering as described in «Executive Compensation — Director Compensation» and «Executive Compensation — New Equity Awards,» and (y) 3,263,431 additional
shares of Class A common stock reserved for future issuance and (ii) 24,269,792
shares of Class A common stock issuable to the Continuing SSE Equity Owners upon redemption or exchange
of their LLC Interests as described in «Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — SSE
Holdings LLC Agreement.»
The SSE
Holdings LLC Agreement will also reflect a split
of LLC Interests such that one LLC Interest can be acquired with the net proceeds received in the initial offering from the sale
of one
share of our
Class A common stock.
The SSE
Holdings LLC Agreement will also reflect a split
of LLC Interests such that one LLC Interest can be acquired with the net proceeds received in the initial offering from the sale
of one
share of our
Class A common stock, after the deduction
of underwriting discounts and commissions.
In addition to the non-employee director compensation policy, we intend to adopt a director stock ownership policy encouraging non-employee directors to
hold shares of our
Class A common stock with a value equal to at least one times the fair value
of the director's annual equity award.
SSE
Holdings will enter into the SSE
Holdings LLC Agreement and, subject to certain restrictions set forth therein and as described elsewhere in this prospectus, the Continuing SSE Equity Owners will be entitled to have their LLC Interests redeemed for
shares of our
Class A common stock.
Adjusted pro forma net income represents net income attributable to Shake Shack Inc. assuming the full exchange
of all outstanding SSE
Holdings, LLC membership interests («LLC Interests») for
shares of Class A common stock, adjusted for certain non-recurring items that management believes do not directly reflect their core operations.
Rule 701 generally allows a stockholder who purchased
shares of our
Class A common stock pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract and who is not deemed to have been an affiliate
of our company during the immediately preceding 90 days to sell these
shares in reliance upon Rule 144, but without being required to comply with the public information,
holding period, volume limitation or notice provisions
of Rule 144.
As noted above, each
of the Continuing LLC Owners will also
hold a number
of shares of our
Class B common stock equal to the number
of LLC Units
held by such person.
However, these provisions may have the effect
of delaying, deterring or preventing a merger or acquisition
of our company by means
of a tender offer, a proxy contest or other takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including attempts that might result in a premium over the prevailing market price for the
shares of Class A common stock
held by stockholders.
Investors participating in this offering will, by contrast,
hold equity in GoDaddy Inc., a Delaware corporation that is a domestic corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in the form
of shares of our
Class A common stock.
When a LLC Unit is exchanged by a Continuing LLC Owner (which we would generally expect to occur in connection with a sale or other transfer), a corresponding
share of Class B common stock
held by the exchanging owner is also exchanged and will be cancelled.
As described below, each
of the Continuing LLC Owners will also
hold a number
of shares of Class B common stock
of GoDaddy Inc. equal to the number
of LLC Units
held by such person.
Obviously past performance
of these companies does not mean they will continue to outperform in the future and the analysis does not mean that investors should only
hold equities with a dual -
class share structure.
«Common
shares» is the legal term that typically refers to the corporation's
class of shares that
holds the minimum rights described above (right to vote, right to receive dividends, right to residual value
of the corporation's assets upon the corporation's liquidation).
The lack
of energy
holdings in the list
of dual -
class shares does help but it is not without poor performers in the form
of names such as Bombardier, Torstar and AGF Management.
Coupled with its quality
holdings, below average fees make RVFIX (and other
share classes of the fund) more attractive.
The whole point
of holding common
shares (over say a dual -
class share) is that the investor gets a say in how the company is run.
We do believe that the material outperformance
of the dual -
class basket does make a very strong case for
holding these types
of companies in a portfolio and in the least should give pause to investors that want to paint with a broad brush and ignore all companies with this
share structure.
Coupled with its quality
holdings, below average fees make RSEIX (and the other
classes of shares) more attractive.
Yuan's suit — which represents a
class of unknown size — alleges that failures to disclose the ongoing situation with Cambridge Analytica has reduced the value
of shares he and others
hold in the company.
On the distribution date each Marriott International shareholder will receive one
share of Marriott Vacations Worldwide common stock for every ten
shares of Marriott International
Class A common stock
held by such shareholder on the record date.
Per the filing, Tiger Global now
holds 6.3 %
of the company with over 13.18 million
shares (via over 2.16 million ADR
shares and over 8.84 million
class A ordinary
shares).
Government bonds are historically one
of the hardest hit asset
classes when rates rise, and yet they're often the lion's
share holding in many fixed income portfolios.
This brief article will be my last on the subject — at least unless or until one word
of gratitude for an unprecedented
share of life's blessings, along with a promise to
hold themselves to a standard worthy
of respect, issues from the community
of America's middle -
class women.
As one
of the very first Prenatal Yoga Instructors in Chicago, Jenny and her team
of Sweet Pea's trained teachers
hold space in these
classes for
sharing, childbirth and parenting education, ensuring all
classes are accessible and therapeutic for all stages
of pregnancy and level
of skill.
The MTA needs to invest the lion's
share of its resources in upgrading a signaling network that predates World War II — and our gutless political
class needs to
hold the MTA to account.