The proposal would pay common shareholders $40 a share.

Return on common shareholders' equity was 28.4 percent for the year.

Since the second quarter of last year, its total common shareholders' equity has increased by 45 percent, to $2.52 billion.

The difference is added to the return collected by common shareholders.

For the common shareholders of Continental, the dilution is just beginning.

As a result, there appears to be little value for common shareholders.

Since that price was below the public price at the time, the common shareholders did even worse.

For public corporations, common shareholders have no right to receive any of the profit.

Last month, it reported that net income to common shareholders for the second quarter had jumped 39 percent.

Some analysts speculated that common shareholders, who would probably be asked to give up more, might vote no.