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.
美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普从自己的媒体公司特朗普媒体科技集团（纳斯达克股票代码：DJT）获得了大量股票奖励。该奖金包括额外的3,600万股股份，使特朗普在该公司的总股份增加到超过57亿美元。
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.
发生了什么：CNBC周二报道，特朗普被其媒体公司授予这些股票作为 “收益奖金”。根据周二的收盘价，这些股票价值约18亿美元，是由于特朗普连续20个交易日将股价维持在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.
该协议在36个月内设定了三个基准，允许以900万股为增量授予股份。但是，由于股价从未有跌破基准的风险，因此所有3600万股股票都同时授予了。
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.
这些额外股份使特朗普在这家新上市公司的总持股量增加到114,75万股。Truth Social应用程序的所有者特朗普媒体科技集团于3月上市。在六个月的封锁期到期之前，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.
该公司的股价在过去一周上涨了50％，此前该公司在3月26日在纳斯达克首次亮相后连续数周大幅下跌。特朗普已经是该公司的最大股东，该公司是为了接待特朗普及其支持者而成立的，此前他在2021年1月6日国会大厦遭到袭击后被禁止进入推特和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.
为何重要：根据SPAC与数字世界收购公司签订的最初合并协议，如果特朗普媒体与科技集团实现某些基于业绩的里程碑，前总统将获得价值12.6亿美元的额外股份。
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.
在奖金公布当天，特朗普媒体与科技集团的股价走高。该公司已向股东澄清说，如果经纪公司目前借出股票以促进卖空，他们可以要求经纪人回收股票。
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.
价格走势：根据Benzinga Pro的数据，特朗普媒体与科技集团公司周二收于49.93美元，较前一收盘上涨6.94％。该股的52周高点为79.38美元，52周低点为22.55美元。
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