dual-class – CapitalXchange https://capx.cooley.com Legal insight for the capital markets Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://capx.cooley.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-pattern-wide-13-blue-32x32.png dual-class – CapitalXchange https://capx.cooley.com 32 32 238415165 Why We Believe the UK Should Look Again at Dual-Class Structures and Ways in Which Core Investor Protections Can Be Maintained https://capx.cooley.com/2020/05/21/cooley-insight-why-we-believe-the-uk-should-look-again-at-dual-class-structures-and-ways-in-which-core-investor-protections-can-be-maintained/ Thu, 21 May 2020 17:06:41 +0000 https://capitalxchange.wpengine.com/?p=1515 A dual-class structure involves two different classes of shares with differential voting rights. This means that founders and other pre-IPO holders are able to maintain voting control of the publicly listed company through holding shares with enhanced voting rights compared to the shares held by public shareholders. For example, the shares held by founders may have 10 votes per share…

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