But there are 50 members of the jury, and we all get equal voting power.
The new constitution, after all, gives bigger states, Germany in particular, more voting power.
The voting power of small countries, though still disproportionately large, has been diluted a little.
In total, holders of Class B stock control approximately 98% of the voting power of outstanding stock.
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Major shareholders are New Enterprise Associates with 37.9% of voting power and Meritech Capital Partners with 6.4%.
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Better to pass than a meaningless stock dividend that does nothing for shareholders but sterilize voting power.
"Shareholder voting power in more traditional capital structures affords shareholder considerable protection against these situations, " he said.
Major shareholders are New Enterprise Associates with 37.0% of voting power and Meritech Capital Partners with 6.31%.
Frink will have 44.7% of the B shares, giving him 37.8% voting power.
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He can surely get his way: mighty Germany wields the same voting power in the ECB as tiny Malta.
They will demand their entitlements, which by 2038, given their voting power, may include free Segways, plastic surgery and personal trainers.
After the offering, Barton will have 0.2% of the A shares, 55.3% of the B shares, and 46.8% of the voting power.
After the offering, Barton will have 0.2% of the A shares, 55.3% of the B shares, and 46.7% of the voting power.
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That historic change was achieved through the democratic process and resulted in a dilution of the voting power of the male-only electorate.
The Class A shares offered to the public carry one-tenth of the voting power of the Class B shares held by team ownership.
The German-led threat to curtail EU subsidies may not be enough to force Poland and Spain to accept cuts in their voting power.
Class B shares have ten times the voting power of Class A shares, however only the latter can be publicly traded on the Nasdaq.
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Both companies will be under Murdoch's control through a family trust that owns nearly 40 percent of a special stock that wields extra voting power.
The Sulzberger family controls 88% of the voting power at the New York Times Co. while owning only 17% of the company's class A shares.
Technically, if America falls behind on two years' worth of payments, it will lose its voting power: that is on course to happen in January 1999.
Together, Duffield and Bhusri, control 67% of the voting power.
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When the corporation adds more shares, but excludes the existing shareholders from buying enough new shares to maintain their prior percentage of the total, their voting power is diluted.
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With family members contributing about 38% voting power to support the deal, News Corp. must still win over the remaining shareholders, who control 29% of Dow Jones's voting power.
On the one hand these managers may be some of the largest, if not the largest shareholder of a large corporation and as such may ostensibly hold great voting power.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Ana Palacio, meanwhile, has said provisions in the text which dilute the voting power Spain and Poland won at the Nice summit three years ago are "unacceptable".
New rules are also needed to make the voting power of each country in the council more proportionate to its size: the present system gives small countries a disproportionately big say.
Although they own just 4% of Ford 's (nyse: F - news - people )common stock, the family controls 40% of the voting power through its Class B shares.
Major shareholders are Bessemer Venture Partners with 22.1% voting power, Elevation Partners (which is an investor in FORBES) with 22.0%, Benchmark Capital with 15.9% and Max Levchin with 13.5% and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman with 11.1%.
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