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		extraduder_ire 80 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one ... Is there a minimum percentage of voting stock you have to issue in US law? IIRC, google is split in half into voting and non-voting shares with a clause in their incorporation to buy back shares to keep their prices roughly equal.

sehansen 79 days ago [–]

There isn't. Snapchat went public by issuing only non-voting shares to the open market.

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