Trump's Media Company Hands Ex-President 36M DJT Shares Worth $1.8B, Pushing His Stake Beyond $5.7B
Trump's Media Company Hands Ex-President 36M DJT Shares Worth $1.8B, Pushing His Stake Beyond $5.7B
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has received a substantial stock bonus from his own media company, Trump Media Technology Group (NASDAQ:DJT). The bonus, comprising 36 million additional shares, has increased Trump's total stake in the company to over $5.7 billion.
美國前總統唐納德·特朗普從自己的媒體公司特朗普媒體科技集團（納斯達克股票代碼：DJT）獲得了大量股票獎勵。該獎金包括額外的3,600萬股股份，使特朗普在該公司的總股份增加到超過57億美元。
What Happened: Trump was awarded the shares as an "earnout bonus" from his media company, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The shares, worth approximately $1.8 billion based on Tuesday's closing price, were given to Trump for maintaining the stock price above $17.50 for 20 consecutive trading days.
發生了什麼：CNBC週二報道，特朗普被其媒體公司授予這些股票作爲 “收益獎金”。根據週二的收盤價，這些股票價值約18億美元，是由於特朗普連續20個交易日將股價維持在17.50美元以上。
The agreement, which had three benchmarks set over 36 months, allowed the shares to be awarded in 9 million share increments. However, as the stock price never risked falling below the benchmarks, all 36 million shares were awarded at once.
該協議在36個月內設定了三個基準，允許以900萬股爲增量授予股份。但是，由於股價從未有跌破基準的風險，因此所有3600萬股股票都同時授予了。
These additional shares have increased Trump's total holdings in the newly public company to 114,750,000. Trump Media Technology Group, the owner of the Truth Social app, went public in March. Trump is prohibited from selling the newly awarded shares until a six-month lockup period expires.
這些額外股份使特朗普在這家新上市公司的總持股量增加到114,75萬股。Truth Social應用程序的所有者特朗普媒體科技集團於3月上市。在六個月的封鎖期到期之前，特朗普被禁止出售新授予的股票。
The company's stock price has seen a 50% surge in the past week, following weeks of sharp declines after its Nasdaq debut on March 26. Trump was already the largest shareholder of the company, which was created to host Trump and his supporters after he was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
該公司的股價在過去一週上漲了50％，此前該公司在3月26日在納斯達克首次亮相後連續數週大幅下跌。特朗普已經是該公司的最大股東，該公司是爲了接待特朗普及其支持者而成立的，此前他在2021年1月6日國會大廈遭到襲擊後被禁止進入推特和Facebook。
Why It Matters: The former President stood to gain $1.26 billion worth of additional shares in Trump Media & Technology Group if the company met certain performance-based milestones, as per the original SPAC merger agreement with Digital World Acquisition Corporation.
爲何重要：根據SPAC與數字世界收購公司簽訂的最初合併協議，如果特朗普媒體與科技集團實現某些基於業績的里程碑，前總統將獲得價值12.6億美元的額外股份。
On the day of the bonus announcement, Trump Media & Technology Group's shares were trading higher. The company had clarified to shareholders that if shares are currently on loan by brokerage firms to facilitate short selling, they can ask their broker to recall their shares.
在獎金公佈當天，特朗普媒體與科技集團的股價走高。該公司已向股東澄清說，如果經紀公司目前借出股票以促進賣空，他們可以要求經紀人回收股票。
Price Action: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. closed at $49.93 on Tuesday, a 6.94% increase from the previous close, according to Benzinga Pro. The stock has a 52-week high of $79.38 and a 52-week low of $22.55.
價格走勢：根據Benzinga Pro的數據，特朗普媒體與科技集團公司週二收於49.93美元，較前一收盤上漲6.94％。該股的52周高點爲79.38美元，52周低點爲22.55美元。
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