Zedge chair holds 16% stake, 61% voting power
Executive Chairman Michael Jonas reports 15.9% Class B ownership and 61.4% voting power at Zedge, aided by share repurchases and new but unexercisable option grants.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Zedge, Inc. (ZDGE) discloses that Executive Chairman Michael Jonas now beneficially owns 2,046,487 shares of Class B Common Stock (including Class A shares convertible one-for-one into Class B), representing 15.9% of the Class B shares and 61.4% of the combined voting power of the company’s outstanding capital stock as of September 8, 2026. Jonas received 4,233 Class B shares on September 8, 2026 upon vesting of deferred stock units and, on September 10, 2026, was granted 10-year options to purchase 386,244 Class B shares at an exercise price of $2.93 per share under the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan. These options, vesting in three equal annual installments starting September 9, 2027 and subject to stockholder approval of the plan and an amendment increasing available shares, are not yet counted as beneficially owned. The filing notes that Jonas’s ownership percentage increased primarily because Zedge repurchased Class B shares under a Board-approved share repurchase program, reducing Class B shares outstanding to 12,354,263 as of September 8, 2026.
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