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Article: Quantifying the Valuation Discount for Lack of Voting Rights and Premium for Voting Rights
- Article from:
- American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright American Bankruptcy Institute Mar 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The valuation of equity securities without voting rights or with supernormal (i.e., superior) voting rights is a common occurrence in a bankruptcy environment. This is true with regard to a debt restructuring where creditors may wind up as nonvoting or supervoting shareholders. It is also taie in the design of a reorganization plan that results in multiple classes of stockholders. These multiple classes of stockholders often have varying voting rights.
Empirical evidence indicates that the stock market price for publicly traded voting common shares is generally greater than the stock market price for comparable publicly traded non-voting common shares. Empirical evidence also indicates that ...