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

He owns more than 849 million class A shares, which he will likely draw from to make his donations, as well as the vast majority of SpaceX’s class B shares.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

RedBird indirectly holds the remaining 22.5% of the Class A shares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

CFO Charles Chang purchased two Class A shares for $1.5 million.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Berkshire’s Class A shares closed Friday at $780,086 apiece and are up 3.4% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Brown-Forman and Wolf Pen Branch, a collection of Brown family members who own the majority of Class A shares, issued a joint statement that brushed off Sazerac’s unsolicited proposal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

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