The parents may want to recapitalize the business to create voting and non-voting stock, or they may want to put restrictions on the transferred stock.
Other defensive measures, such as converting non-voting shares into common stock, and paying a special dividend, also look reassuringly shareholder-friendly.
Svyazinvest's shareholdings in its main subsidiaries, usually 38%, carry voting control because each subsidiary has 25% of its stock issued in non-voting form.