扎克伯格与Meta达成留守加州协议：以无投票权新股应对潜在财富税，换八年不迁居承诺
加州——据路透社报道，Meta Platforms 与首席执行官扎克伯格达成一项协议：扎克伯格此前警告，若加州选民下月通过财富税提案，他考虑把主要住所迁出这个公司总部所在的州；作为交换条件，他将获得一批可出售的无投票权股票，用于应对可能高达数十亿美元的税单，并承诺八年内继续以加州（或 Meta 总部所在地）为居住地。
引发这场谈判的是将于下月付诸表决的第 40 号提案（Proposition 40），外界称之为「加州财富税」：拟对州内亿万富豪征收一次性 5% 的税。政治分析人士认为该提案能否通过尚无定数。加州约有 250 名亿万富豪，财富合计超过 2 万亿美元。
据福布斯统计，扎克伯格是全球第六大富豪，净资产约 2,400 亿美元。他向公司表示，第 40 号提案一旦通过，他可能面临巨额税负，甚至被迫出售带投票权的股票来缴税，进而动摇其对公司的控制。
按照 Meta 周三披露的安排，公司将于 2027 年 1 月发行新的 C 类无投票权普通股，效果相当于一次一拆二的拆股。扎克伯格可立即出售其所获 C 类股的 20%，约相当于其在公司整体经济权益的 10%，从而在不动用投票权股份的情况下筹得缴税资金。公司称，C 类股还将用于收购与留住顶尖人才，同时维持扎克伯格的控制权。
Meta 董事会一个特别委员会的结论是，在超级智能带来「前所未有的挑战与竞争」之际，扎克伯格留任领导岗位、继续在加州总部管理公司「至关重要」。披露文件还显示，按公司长期预测，为支撑超级智能增长计划，Meta 从 2026 年秋季起数年内可能需要筹集「数千亿美元」资金。
Zuckerberg Strikes Deal to Stay in California: Non-Voting Shares to Cover a Potential Wealth Tax, in Exchange for an Eight-Year Commitment
CALIFORNIA — Meta Platforms has struck a deal with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after he warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the company's headquarters if voters pass a wealth tax proposal next month, according to Reuters.
Under the deal, disclosed on Wednesday, Zuckerberg will receive non-voting shares he can sell to potentially foot a multi-billion-dollar tax bill if the proposal is approved, in exchange for a commitment to remain a resident of California, or wherever Meta maintains its headquarters, for eight years.
The trigger is Proposition 40, a ballot measure dubbed the California wealth tax that would impose a one-time 5% tax on the state's billionaires. Political analysts say its passage is far from certain. California is home to as many as 250 billionaires collectively worth upwards of $2 trillion.
Zuckerberg, the world's sixth-richest person according to Forbes, with a net worth of about $240 billion, told Meta the measure could expose him to a massive tax liability, potentially forcing him to sell voting shares to pay it. Under the arrangement, Meta will issue a new class of non-voting Class C common stock in January 2027, effectively a two-for-one split. Zuckerberg can immediately sell 20% of the Class C shares he receives, representing 10% of his overall economic stake, allowing him to pay a potential tax bill without losing voting control. The company said the Class C shares would also fund acquisitions and retain top talent while maintaining his control.
A special committee of Meta's board concluded it was critically important that Zuckerberg remain in a leadership role and continue to manage the company from its California headquarters during what it described as unprecedented challenge and competition driven by SI. Meta's long-term forecasts, as described in the filing, showed it would need to raise hundreds of billions of dollars over several years, beginning as early as fall 2026, to finance its SI-related growth plans.
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图片来源：扎克伯格2025年照片（Jeff Sainlar 为 Meta 拍摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Mark Zuckerberg in 2025 (photo by Jeff Sainlar for Meta, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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