Despite the confusion they create, the number of
share classes offered by mutual fund families will most likely continue to grow.
A fund's per share capital gain distributions are the same for
each share class offered.
A fund's per share capital gain distributions are the same for
each share class offered.
The following overview provides general information about sales charges for Putnam funds, as different
share classes offer different sales charge arrangements.
Not exact matches
Many plans, particularly those at large companies,
offer access to inexpensive R
share classes of mutual funds.
Zillow dropped more major news on Monday, announcing that it plans to
offer 2.5 million
shares of its
Class A common stock in an underwritten public
offering.
The
Class A
shares sold in this
offering will come with limited voting rights — one vote per
share.
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.
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 %).
Incubators and accelerators
share many traits - networks,
classes, mentors - but incubators tend to be longer (one to five years), and they don't frequently
offer funding.
Facebook is
offering 180 million
shares of
Class A common stock and selling stockholders are
offering 241,233,615
shares of
Class A common stock.
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.
When Facebook staged its initial public
offering six years ago, it implemented a dual -
class share structure that means Zuckerberg personally controls a majority of the voting stock even though other investors own the majority of the financial value of the company.
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.
Based on the number of
shares outstanding as of December 31, 2010, upon the completion of this
offering,
shares of
Class A common stock and 88,955,943
shares of
Class B common stock will be outstanding, assuming no exercise of the underwriters» over-allotment option and no exercise of outstanding options.
As part of the listing, which could come as soon as June, Xiaomi will
offer dual -
class shares, which allow for weighted voting rights.
As of December 31, 2010, we had outstanding 45,647,201
shares of preferred stock, all of which will be converted into an equivalent number of
shares of
Class B common stock immediately prior to the completion of this
offering.
Therefore, if you purchase
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering, you will experience immediate dilution of $ per
share, the difference between the price per
share you pay for our
Class A common stock and its pro forma net tangible book value per
share as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering.
In addition, investors purchasing
shares of our
Class A common stock from us in this
offering will have contributed % of the total consideration paid to us by all stockholders who purchased
shares of our
Class A common stock, in exchange for acquiring approximately % of the outstanding
shares of our
Class A common stock as of, 2015, after giving effect to this
offering.
Shares sold by the selling stockholder in this
offering will become
Class A common stock upon such sale.
Furthermore, investors purchasing
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering will only own approximately % of our outstanding
shares of
Class A and
Class B common stock (and have % of the combined voting power of the outstanding
shares of our
Class A and
Class B common stock), after the
offering even though their aggregate investment will represent % of the total consideration received by us in connection with all initial sales of
shares of our capital stock outstanding as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering and
shares of our
Class A common stock to be sold by certain selling stockholders.
We
offer many ways for you to combine your current purchase of
Class A fund
shares with other existing Franklin Templeton fund
shares that might enable you to qualify for a lower sales charge with your current purchase.
Fluctuations in the market price of our
Class A common stock could cause you to lose all or part of your investment because you may not be able to sell your
shares at or above the price you paid in this
offering.
Participants will be able to end their participation at any time during an
offering period and will be paid their accrued contributions that have not yet been used to purchase
shares of our
Class A common stock.
Dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per
share to investors purchasing
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering represents the difference between the amount per
share paid by investors purchasing
shares of our
Class A common stock in this
offering and the pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per
share of our
Class A common stock immediately after completion of this
offering.
Any reserved
shares not so purchased will be
offered by the underwriters to the general public on the same terms as the other
shares of
Class A common stock
offered hereby.
In addition, investors purchasing
shares of our
Class A common stock from us in this
offering will have contributed 29.8 % of the total consideration paid to us by all stockholders who purchased
shares of our common stock, in exchange for acquiring approximately 8.4 % of the outstanding
shares of our
Class A common stock as of September 30, 2015, after giving effect to this
offering.
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.
Zynga, Groupon and GoPro
offered multiple
classes of
shares to their investors and are each down at least 60 percent from their IPOs.
Upon the consummation of the initial public
offering contemplated by the Company, all of the outstanding
shares of convertible preferred stock will automatically convert into
shares of
Class B common stock.
Under the terms of the exchange
offer, Intimate Brands shareholders are entitled to receive 1.10
shares of L Brands common stock in a tax - free exchange for each outstanding
share of Intimate Brands
Class A common stock tendered.
GoPro sold 17.8 million
Class A
shares in its initial public
offering in June, excluding over-allotment options.
2,816,100
shares of our
Class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of options to purchase
shares of our
Class A common stock granted after September 30, 2015 under our 2015 Equity Incentive Plan, with an exercise price per
share equal to the public
offering price set forth on the cover page of the final prospectus for this
offering;
The purchase price of the
shares will be 85 % of the lower of the fair market value of our
Class A common stock on the first trading day of each
offering period or on the exercise date.
After the completion of this
offering, the holders of up to 248,396,604
shares of our
Class B common stock (including
shares issuable pursuant to the exercise of warrants to purchase
shares of our capital stock that were outstanding as of September 30, 2015) will be entitled to certain «piggyback» registration rights.
The
offering of
Class A common
shares is expected to start in the next couple of weeks and close by November, a company spokesman told Reuters.
Advisor
Class,
Class M,
Class R,
Class R6 and
Class Z
shares are only
offered to certain eligible investors as stated in the prospectus.
Most Franklin Templeton funds
offer multiple
share classes.
The fund
offers multiple
share classes, which are subject to different fees and expenses that will affect their performance.
As if revenue
sharing wasn't confusing enough, the mutual fund companies that pay these hidden 401 (k) fees tend to
offer their funds in multiple
sharing classes — with each paying different fees.
For
Class C
shares, generally the inception date is the first day the fund commenced
offering such
shares.
Franklin U.S. Government Money Fund
Class R6 inception date is the first day it commenced
offering such
shares.
Conversion Rights — All convertible preferred stock will be automatically converted into common stock upon (i) the closing of an underwritten public
offering of
shares of common stock of the Company at a public
offering price per
share that provides at least $ 100 million in aggregate gross proceeds or (ii) approval of at least (a) holders of 66 % of the Series A convertible preferred stock, voting as a single
class on an as - converted basis; (b) holders of a majority of the Series B convertible preferred stock, voting as a single
class on an as - converted basis; (c) holders of a majority of the Series D convertible preferred stock, voting as a single
class on an as - converted basis; and (d) the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding
shares of convertible preferred stock (voting together as a single
class and not a separate series, and on an as - converted basis).
The company raised about $ 731.5 million by selling 22.4 million of the 36.6 million
class A
shares offered.
He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which
offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual -
class voting
shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.
Returns at public
offering price (after sales charge) for
class A and
class M
shares reflect the current maximum initial sales charges of 5.75 % and 3.50 % for equity funds and Putnam Multi-Asset Absolute Return Fund, and 4.00 % and 3.25 % for income funds (1.00 % and 0.75 % for Putnam Floating Rate Income Fund, Putnam Absolute Return 100 Fund, Putnam Fixed Income Absolute Return Fund, and Putnam Short - Term Municipal Income Fund), respectively.
In technology start - ups, the
class of
shares offered to investors is typically created as part of the financing and will be tailored to the investors» needs.
In connection with this
offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, which involves making bids for, purchasing and selling
shares of
Class A common stock in the open market for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the
Class A common stock while this
offering is in progress.
on a pro forma basis, giving effect to (i) the automatic conversion of all of our outstanding
shares of convertible preferred stock other than Series FP preferred stock into
shares of
Class B common stock and the conversion of Series FP preferred stock into
shares of
Class C common stock in connection with our initial public
offering, (ii) stock - based compensation expense of approximately $ 1.1 billion associated with outstanding RSUs subject to a performance condition for which the service - based vesting condition was satisfied as of December 31, 2016 and which we will recognize on the effectiveness of our registration statement in connection with a qualifying initial public
offering, as further described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, (iii) the increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and an equivalent decrease in additional paid - in capital of $ 187.2 million in connection with the withholding tax obligations, based on $ 16.33 per
share, which is the fair value of our common stock as of December 31, 2016, as we intend to issue
shares of
Class A common stock and
Class B common stock on a net basis to satisfy the associated withholding tax obligations, (iv) the net issuance of 7.6 million
shares of
Class A common stock and 5.5 million
shares of
Class B common stock that will vest and be issued from the settlement of such RSUs, (v) the issuance of the CEO award, as described below, and (vi) the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation which will be in effect on the completion of this
offering.
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.