A company might have a single shareholder or group of shareholders with majority control of the company, either through holding the majority of the company's outstanding equity or through holding shares with superior voting rights.

After acquiring a majority stake in Zastava in the autumn of 2008, Fiat continued production of this vehicle under the Fiat Punto Classic name from March 2009.

And China, when it took a 10 stake in the US private equity group Blackstone, eschewed any voting rights in the company s management, perhaps as a way of keeping US financial regulators happy.

Support at stake

Humanity s Stake in Gaza

Some issues at stake

Sami's life was at stake.

Our security is at stake.

Our future is at stake.

There's hundreds of billions of your aid dollars at stake, tens of millions of lives, or deaths, at stake, and, I'd argue, the security and future of you and your family is also at stake.

Start with equity.

Africa s Stake in the Climate Change Debate

There is simply too much at stake.

More is at stake than maritime interests.

There is simply too much at stake.

They had little personally at stake in high capacity utilization and low unemployment, but a great deal at stake in stable prices.

The Global Stake in China s Anti Corruption Reform

The fight against terrorism is also at stake.

In Gaza, mankind s basic morality is at stake.

We all have a stake in her success.

Indeed, a great deal is at stake here.

All parties have an important stake in it.

i. Gender Equity Policy

Promoting greater gender equity.

OMV acquired the stake held by Dogan Holding in Petrol Ofisi in late 2010, which further increased its stake in the company to 95.75 .

First, countries with a diminishing stake retain disproportionate power.

Finally, there is a profound moral issue at stake.

We all have a stake in space security today.

The credibility of the United Nations is at stake.

Taming the Private Equity Locusts

Employment equity and workplace diversity

What is at stake is food security for many parts of the world. What is at stake is the long term health of the world s oceans.

Equity structures have also benefited from logistical support (computers, office facilities) and from technical assistance (National Equity Committee).

So there is much at stake for the old continent.

More than the advancement of science is at stake here.

Higher equity capital requirements, for example, require banks to fund themselves with relatively more equity and relatively less debt.

Subprogramme 4 Social development and equity

So a great deal is at stake, both internally and externally.

The international community has a lot at stake in the Congo.

But there is a broader issue at stake in David s case.

Clearly, the world economy has a large stake in Greece s recovery.

With so much at stake, both camps mobilized millions of people.

Altogether, these partners have a 35 percent stake in the program.

In 1989, OMV acquired a 25 stake in plastics group, Borealis.

At stake is the success or failure of the September summit.