supervoting

Spencer Rascoff , chief executive of Zillow Inc., doesn't hold shares with extra voting rights, known as supervoting shares, in the company.

Corrections & Amplifications 2011

That's the difference between what Sotheby's paid for the Taubman family's 14 million "supervoting" shares last week and the market price of 14 million regular shares.

A Gm Discount For Kerkorian? Nope. 2008

Trade regular Neiman and Gartner shares back to those companies in return for "supervoting" shares that will elect 80 percent of the companies 'boards.

Leaping Through The Loopholes 2008

My board didn't want to sell to Comcast because the family had 88 percent voting control by owning "supervoting" shares that were less than 3 percent of the company's stock.

MIKE TO MIKE: HEY, I FEEL YOUR PAIN 2007

Times Co. is controlled by a family trust whose 1.5 percent stake includes "supervoting" shares that let it name a majority of the board.

Will The Bosses Pay? 2007

In exchange for 21.8 million supervoting shares, he got 26.5 million ordinary shares — an uplift now worth nearly $200 million.

Investors Buyings Votes at Viacom Martin Peers 2011

More egregiously, Frank Stronach , founder of Canadian automotive supplier Magna International , gave up his supervoting shares in that company in exchange for regular shares equivalent to 7.4% of those outstanding and $300 million in cash.

Investors Buyings Votes at Viacom Martin Peers 2011

Magna said that represented a premium of 1,799% per supervoting share over the regular shares.

Investors Buyings Votes at Viacom Martin Peers 2011

The Sulzberger family retains control of the company through its ownership of a separate class of supervoting shares.

Times Co. Seeks to Repay Slim Ahead of Schedule Russell Adams 2010

Such moves can involve a big sweetener for supervoting shareholders.

Investors Buyings Votes at Viacom Martin Peers 2011