Class A shares?

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rich12

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Tuesday 24th April 2018
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I've Googled to my hearts content but I can't quite work it out.

What exactly does primary A class shares mean with regards to a normal Ltd company?

I don't want to go into too much detail but I just can't work out what this means.
If an investment company wanted to invest X amount for x% of primary A class share equity, what exactly does that mean?

Is it just a complicated way of saying that they want 50% of the business or does it give them something else?

rich12

Original Poster:

3,465 posts

155 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Thank you all for the great replies.
Basically from what I understand, the business is only a small normal Ltd company with 2 directors.

Investment group want to invest high sum of money in return for 50% of the business defined as primary A share class equity.

Just trying to work out (mainly for my own satisfaction) what that means in real terms as to whether they will be in control and/or get a higher share than the current directors owning 50% each.