A shares

British

plural noun

those ordinary shares in a company which carry restricted voting rights or other restrictions

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A shares

Brown-Forman Class A shares closed at $26.71 on Friday, giving the company a market value of some $12 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

As I reported last week, Musk will own a mere 12.3% of the Class A shares, but 93.6% of the Class B shares, which have 10 votes each.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The acquisition involves $96.00 cash and 0.9693 Fox Class A shares per Roku share; Roku shares rose 2.8%, while Fox shares fell 13%.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Antonio Gracias and his firm Valor Equity Partners will own 6.7% of SpaceX’s Class A shares, a stake valued at $68 billion, making him the second-largest shareholder after Elon Musk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

He owns more than 849 million Class A shares and more than 5.2 billion Class B common shares, or 91.6% of all Class B shares.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

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