Class C common stock
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Class C common stock is a non-voting share class of Snap Inc. typically held by its founders and insiders to preserve control while allowing public investment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Class C common stock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2413271 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class C common stock Context triple: [Snap Inc., hasClassOfShares, Class C common stock]
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A.
Class A common stock
Class A common stock is the publicly traded share class of Snap Inc. that typically carries limited or no voting rights compared to the company’s higher-vote share classes.
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B.
H-shares
H-shares are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China that are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and denominated in Hong Kong dollars.
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C.
A-shares
A-shares are renminbi-denominated ordinary shares of mainland Chinese companies that are listed and traded on stock exchanges within mainland China, such as the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
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D.
NASDAQ:CMCSA
NASDAQ:CMCSA is the stock ticker symbol for Comcast Corporation, a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate.
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E.
NASDAQ:CSCO
NASDAQ:CSCO is the stock ticker symbol for Cisco Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Class C common stock Target entity description: Class C common stock is a non-voting share class of Snap Inc. typically held by its founders and insiders to preserve control while allowing public investment.
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A.
Class A common stock
Class A common stock is the publicly traded share class of Snap Inc. that typically carries limited or no voting rights compared to the company’s higher-vote share classes.
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B.
H-shares
H-shares are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China that are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and denominated in Hong Kong dollars.
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C.
A-shares
A-shares are renminbi-denominated ordinary shares of mainland Chinese companies that are listed and traded on stock exchanges within mainland China, such as the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
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D.
NASDAQ:CMCSA
NASDAQ:CMCSA is the stock ticker symbol for Comcast Corporation, a major American telecommunications and media conglomerate.
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E.
NASDAQ:CSCO
NASDAQ:CSCO is the stock ticker symbol for Cisco Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
equity security
ⓘ
non-voting stock ⓘ share class ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Snapchat platform ⓘ |
| capitalStructureRole | allows public investment without diluting founder control ⓘ |
| controlMechanism | non-voting structure concentrates control in other share classes ⓘ |
| corporateGovernanceImpact | enhances founder and insider control via dual-class structure ⓘ |
| currency | USD ⓘ |
| exchangeCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasTicker | SNAP ⓘ |
| hasVotingRights | no ⓘ |
| issuer | Snap Inc. ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| primaryHoldersInclude |
institutional investors
ⓘ
public investors ⓘ retail investors ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction | U.S. securities law ⓘ |
| relatedShareClass |
Snap Inc. Class A common stock
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Snap Inc. Class B common stock ⓘ |
| rightsExclude |
right to vote for directors
ⓘ
right to vote on most corporate matters ⓘ |
| rightsInclude |
economic interest in Snap Inc.
ⓘ
right to receive dividends if declared ⓘ right to share in residual assets upon liquidation ⓘ |
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| tradingVenueType | regulated stock exchange ⓘ |
| underlyingCompanyFounders |
Bobby Murphy
ⓘ
Evan Spiegel ⓘ Reggie Brown ⓘ |
| underlyingCompanyHeadquarters |
Santa Monica, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Monica, California
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| underlyingCompanyIndustry |
social media
ⓘ
technology ⓘ |
| underlyingCompanyLegalForm | public company ⓘ |
| votingPower | 0 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Class C common stock Description of subject: Class C common stock is a non-voting share class of Snap Inc. typically held by its founders and insiders to preserve control while allowing public investment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Snap Inc.