common stock

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The digital infrastructure company guided for weaker first-quarter revenue than Wall Street was expecting and said it would raise $900 million to fund data-center construction with a common stock offering priced at $19 a share.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Under terms of the agreement, Globalstar shareholders could either receive $90 in cash for each share of common stock they own or trade their shares in for a slice of Amazon stock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Leggett & Platt shareholders will receive 0.1455 share of Somnigroup common stock per share, owning about 9% of the combined company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The big blow came last September, when the company said the debt restructuring included the issuance of up to 326.2 million shares, as well as new notes that could be converted into common stock.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

Often the capital stock is of two kinds, preferred and common, as in the case of the Union Pacific R. R., which has $200,000,000 of authorized preferred stock and $296,178,700 of authorized common stock.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose