In return the major shareholder in Air Asia, Tune Air, will get a 20% stake in Malaysia Airlines.
The Brazilian government is a major shareholder of Vale through the Valepar mining holding company, and it has more than a few golden shares.
News Corporation, the owner of The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun and The News of the World, has been a major shareholder of BSkyB since the launch of the broadcaster in 1989.
If the option became popular, we could wind up with the federal government being a major shareholder in thousands of American companies.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Tuesday forcefully defended its move to oust a major shareholder over the weekend, explaining the board acted out of an obligation to protect the casino company and its shareholders.
The fund, widely known as the Murakami Fund, is a major shareholder in more than 30 listed firms.
COMAC, in which AVIC is a major shareholder, makes the ARJ-21 regional jet (78 to 105 passengers) and the home-grown C919 the first all-new narrowbody in almost 30 years and, when it goes into production, a direct challenger to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families.
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And the company retains its reputation as the most shareholder-friendly of all major defense contractors.
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Peltz merged his holding company, Triarc, with burger chain Wendy's in 2008 and remains a major shareholder and chairman of the group.
Thomson, CCBN and Shareholder.com are the major providers of corporate IR services.
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His family is now a major shareholder in Nickel Asia, the Philippines' largest nickel producer.
"We are very supportive of management and think the SEC case is weak, but at a certain point we can't afford not to ask for a management change, " said one major Goldman shareholder, adding that the company needs to somehow escape its quagmire in the next month or so.
It was followed in the top 10 by Suning Appliances, whose major shareholder is Chinese billionaire Zhang Guiping, and Gome Appliances, which is controlled by jailed Chinese billionaire Wong Kwong Yu. (For information about the Forbes China Rich List, click here.) The association ranking is based on sales.
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It involves a stealthy Russian government effort to become a major shareholder in, and influence over, the European Aeronautics, Defense and Space (EADS) consortium.
As for Commerzbank, major shareholder Cobra investment group has already indicated that the end of the merger will almost certainly mean a cross border deal for its subsidiary.
The activist hedge fund last year revealed that it was a major shareholder (eventually taking a 9.6% stake) and immediately began to cajole BMC to consider alternatives, including selling itself.
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Mr Lebedev owns Britain's Independent and Evening Standard newspapers, holds a major stake in the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and is the largest private shareholder in the Russian airline Aeroflot.
The San Francisco, California-based bank, of which Warren Buffett is a major shareholder, also announced a share buyback program, with plans to buy about 200 million shares or about 3.8% of its shares outstanding.
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The state investment fund also guaranteed it will maintain a controlling shareholder position in 10 other major state-owned financial institutions.
His position at the club has been questioned following his legal dispute with John Magnier, United's major shareholder along with JP McManus.
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Still another major CCX shareholder was ShoreBank, a small Chicago bank that once teetered on the edge of bankruptcy due to failed subprime mortgage investments.
Major shareholder Antonio Caliendo and his backers have agreed to sell their stake in the club - but Briatore insists he will not be held to ransom.
Then, last week, after controversy over his ABB pension, he resigned from his post as chairman of Investor, the powerful Swedish Wallenberg-family's industrial holding company which is also a major ABB shareholder.
"It was roughly a one hour flight, and the last communication from them was 30 minutes into the flight, " said Brian Thornton, a spokesman for Talbot Group, which is a major Sundance shareholder.
Bottom line, we do not think this deal is likely in the next 12 months, and thus we do not think investors to look to a major restructuring to create shareholder value.
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At most corporations, three major missteps, conjoined with a precipitous loss in shareholder value, would engender an immediate escort out the door.
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