Subsequently, Vista Foundation Fund I led a recapitalization of BigMachines in December 2010 that allowed Vista to acquire
majority ownership in the Company.
Not exact matches
With operations around the world — three wholly owned subsidiaries
in Europe,
majority ownership in a joint venture
in Japan, and distribution agreements with independent contractors
in other nations — Wind River faces corporate tax rates that can be much higher than those for
companies that operate only
in the United States.
Because most ESOPs
in closely held
companies take place
in situations where the founding owner wants to retire and cash out of the business, the issue of diluting profit per share and diluting the
ownership and governance rights of
majority shareholders is not a material issue
in these cases.
The vast
majority of content
in the space comes with strong biases based on equity
ownership, token
ownership, affiliations with
companies, etc..
For example, as has been the case
in all 19 years the survey has been conducted, a very large
majority, 91 % of survey respondents, reported that creating employee
ownership through an ESOP was «a good business decision that has helped the
company.»
Since the survey's beginnings 20 years ago, and the case
in all the years the survey has been conducted even
in 2009, a very large
majority, 92.2 % of survey respondents, reported that creating employee
ownership through an ESOP was «a good business decision that has helped the
company.»
Facebook said he will use the «substantial
majority» of the windfall to cover the massive tax bill he'll be hit with, thanks to his plan to exercise a large stock - options grant that will increase his
ownership stake
in the
company he founded.
Merck KGaA, a Darmstadt, Germany,
company founded
in 1668 by the family that makes up a
majority of its present
ownership, acquired Serono SA
in January 2007, creating a division of the parent
company named Merck Serono.
As for
ownership in a
company, unless you have lots of $, or control the
majority of stocks, you still don't really have a say
in the
companies doings.
For the vast
majority of shareholders I have spoken to, downside protection and a decent chance for reasonable upside beats the outright
ownership of a distressed biotech
company — especially
in this investment environment.»
The
majority of
companies recently awarded oil and gas blocks
in Myanmar have failed to answer questions over who really owns them, said Global Witness as it released its survey of oil and gas
company ownership in the country.
Investor - owned utilities (private
companies with
ownership shares held by stockholders) serve the
majority of electricity and natural gas customers
in the United States.
Global alternative asset manager Ares Management has acquired a
majority ownership stake
in Conti Solar, a renewable energy development, engineering, procurement, and construction
company.
And yet, private
company investments can also be notably high - risk endeavors, the
company is generally not as regulated; it may be controlled by
majority owners who are unscrupulous and if investors are not careful, they may find themselves locked into
ownership in the business with no exit — no way to monetize their illiquid interest
in the
company.
The Thomson Corporation merged with Reuters, thereby reducing the Thomson family's stake
in the
company to just over 50 %, but raising the prospect that a future merger by Thomson Reuters with another large
company could see Thomson maintain control without having
majority ownership.
The
company is News Corp, a top -
in - class media and publishing business with experience
in real estate through its newspapers and its
majority ownership of the REA Group Ltd, the leading Australian residential property website, which also has a presence
in Europe and Asia.
The
company is News Corp, a top -
in - class media and publishing business with experience
in real estate through its newspapers and its
majority ownership of the REA Group Ltd, the leading...