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Comcast shareholders received one share of Versant Class A common stock or Versant Class B common stock for every 25 shares of Comcast Class A common stock or Comcast Class B common stock, respectively.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
The deal, which has been unanimously approved by a special committee of DigitalBridge’s board of directors, will see SoftBank acquire all the outstanding common stock of DigitalBridge for $16 per share in cash.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
For Paramount’s hostile bid to prevail over the Netflix agreement, both the board of directors of WBD and WBD stockholders would be required to approve it — unless Paramount receives at least 90% of the outstanding shares of WBD common stock voted in favor of the proposal.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Paramount confirmed that the Ellison family trust owns about 1.16 billion shares of Oracle common stock and that all material liabilities are publicly disclosed.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
The deal, which has been unanimously approved by a special committee of DigitalBridge’s board of directors, will see SoftBank acquire all the outstanding common stock of DigitalBridge for $16 per share in cash.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
For Paramount’s hostile bid to prevail over the Netflix agreement, both the board of directors of WBD and WBD stockholders would be required to approve it — unless Paramount receives at least 90% of the outstanding shares of WBD common stock voted in favor of the proposal.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Dec. 2025
Paramount confirmed that the Ellison family trust owns about 1.16 billion shares of Oracle common stock and that all material liabilities are publicly disclosed.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Common stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20stock. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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