COMMON STOCK

12 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2023

The number of authorized and outstanding shares of each class of the Company’s common stock at the end of the respective years was as follows:


	2023	2022
Class A, $0.05 par value:
Authorized	20,000,000	20,000,000
Outstanding	9,043,189	8,984,253
Class B, $0.05 par value:
Authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000
Outstanding	1,207,760	1,207,798

Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to elect 25%, or the next highest whole number, of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to elect the remaining directors. With respect to matters other than the election of directors or any matters for which class voting is required by law, holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share while holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes per share. If any dividends (other than dividends paid in shares of the Company’s stock) are paid by the Company on its common stock, a dividend would be paid on each share of Class A common stock equal to 110% of the amount paid on each share of Class B common stock. Each share of Class B common stock is convertible at any time into one share of Class A common stock. During 2023 and 2022 there were 38 and 3,766 shares of Class B common stock converted into Class A common stock, respectively.