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Chevron plans intends to issue about 301 million shares of common stock as part of the transaction.
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025
The cash dividend will be paid on August 8, 2025 to holders of record of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of July 9, 2025.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The Department of Defense will buy $400 million in MP Materials’ preferred stock, along with a warrant to purchase common stock—investments the mining company will use to build a new rare earth magnet plant, in addition to its Mountain Pass facility in California’s Mojave Desert.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The convertible shares and the exercise of the common stock warrant would equal about a 15% stake in MP Materials as of July 9, nearly twice the 8.61% held by Litinsky and the 8.27% held by BlackRock Fund Advisors, according to FactSet data.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 19 July 2025
The cash dividend will be paid on August 8, 2025 to holders of record of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of July 9, 2025.
—Dividend Channel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The Department of Defense will buy $400 million in MP Materials’ preferred stock, along with a warrant to purchase common stock—investments the mining company will use to build a new rare earth magnet plant, in addition to its Mountain Pass facility in California’s Mojave Desert.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The convertible shares and the exercise of the common stock warrant would equal about a 15% stake in MP Materials as of July 9, nearly twice the 8.61% held by Litinsky and the 8.27% held by BlackRock Fund Advisors, according to FactSet data.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 July 2025
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“Common stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20stock. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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