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The first comprehensive collation of the international history of, and evidence on, dual-class stock, and their relevance to UK policy.
List of contents
Introduction: 1. The cult of dual-class stock in the era of big tech; 2. A tale of two cities and beyond; 3. First among equals? Other methods of creating a divergence between voting and cash-flow rights; 4. Shareholder democracy, and corporate purpose; 5. From controlling shareholders to dual-class stock; 6. Theoretical benefits and detriments of dual-class stock; 7. The empirical evidence on dual-class stock; 8. The existing constraints; 9. A balanced protection package for inferior-voting shareholders; Epilogue; Appendix: The proposed enhanced inferior-voting shareholder protection package for the UK's premium-tier with a comparison to other major dual-class stock exchanges; Index.
About the author
Bobby Reddy teaches Company Law and Corporate Governance at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance and a Fellow of Churchill College. He is a former corporate partner at the global law firm Latham & Watkins LLP and was a director and trustee of the charitable corporate governance think-tank Tomorrow's Company.
Summary
Straddling the disciplines of company law, economics, business and finance, this book explores dual-class stock, one of the hottest corporate governance topics, in the context of founders and the UK tech-scene, as well as comprehensively covers the subject's international breadth as a guide for lecturers, academics, practitioners and policymakers.
