Shopify shareholders give CEO 40% voting stake
Shareholders of Shopify
The company, which in May reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2015, will also carry out a 10-for-one split of the company’s class A and class B shares after investors voted for it, the person familiar with the matter said.
Shopify announced the stock split in April, joining a growing list of companies that have split their shares to make them more attractive for investors.
Other stock split announcements this year came from e-commerce giant AmazonGoogleApple
U.S.-listed shares of Shopify were up 4.7% at $377.5.