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If the company were required to get the vote of 50% of disinterested shareholders, Elliott would need to have its position in common stock to vote.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
During the fourth quarter, the company repurchased approximately 36,000 shares of Class A common stock at an average price of $391.04 a share for $14 million.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
The company has not declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
The company declared common stock dividends of $2.90 per share, totaling $859 million, and repurchased approximately $1.3 billion of its common stock.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
During the fourth quarter, the company repurchased approximately 36,000 shares of Class A common stock at an average price of $391.04 a share for $14 million.
—Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
The company has not declared or paid any cash dividends on its common stock and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
The company declared common stock dividends of $2.90 per share, totaling $859 million, and repurchased approximately $1.3 billion of its common stock.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Common stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20stock. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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