Adelson group reports 59.7% stake in Las Vegas Sands
Las Vegas Sands Corp. has updated large-shareholder information.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Las Vegas Sands Corp. has updated large-shareholder information. An investor group led by Miriam Adelson and Irwin Chafetz now reports beneficial ownership of 386,728,789 common shares, representing 59.7% of the company’s 647,701,184 shares outstanding as of July 22, 2026.
Within this group, Dr. Adelson beneficially owns 341,442,911 shares (about 52.7% of outstanding common stock), and Mr. Chafetz beneficially owns 337,960,838 shares (about 52.2%), largely through family trusts and related entities over which they hold varying voting and dispositive powers. Annabelle Sivan Dumont is added as a new reporting person with beneficial ownership of 57,136,031 shares (about 8.8%), primarily through ESBT S Trust and Pine Meadow Trust.
The filing also records an internal trust restructuring: on August 7, 2026, ESBT S-II Trust transferred 43,859,460 shares to ESBT S Trust for no consideration, leaving ESBT S-II Trust with 0 beneficial ownership and causing it to fall below the 5% threshold. The group’s percentage interests increased passively due to Las Vegas Sands’ share repurchase program reducing shares outstanding.
Filing Explained
The August 7 transfer leaves ESBT S Trust with shared disposition control; Chafetz holds voting authority, Dumont reports none, and no other transactions were reported.
This Schedule 13D/A, filed on
Schedules 13D and 13G track ownership above 5% and stated control-related information; this amendment reports the group’s existing beneficial ownership and adds ESBT S Trust and Annabelle Sivan Dumont as reporting persons.
ESBT S Trust directly owns
The filing states that, apart from the described transfer, there were no other reporting-person transactions in common stock disclosed in this amendment; it attributes the percentage increases to Las Vegas Sands repurchases rather than holder purchases.
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