what is holding company?

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what is holding company?..

Answer / sarath babu

the company which has 51% of its investment in another
comany,and also acquires controlling right on the management
inthe invested company.the holding company can purchase up
to 51% of its assets .the holding company may paid minority
interest to the other investors (i.e, 49% of share holders)

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what is holding company?..

Answer / ganesh reddy

A company become holding company in 3 ways
1. owing 51% of share holding on other company(called
subsidary comapany)
2. The company which have controling power on other company
(subsidary company)
3. A company become holding company for its subsidary
companys, subsidary.
Eg: company C is subsidary of company B
company B is subsidary of company A
so,
company C is subsidary of company A.
thank u.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / vbssrinivas1@gmail.com

A company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to
control management and operations by influencing or
electing its board of directors. also called parent company

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what is holding company?..

Answer / kavi

a company which is having more than 51% of shares in a
company will be called as holding company.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / mart

Owning 51% of of company's share doesn't mean you are the
owner, it is much more of a controlling interest, while the
other 49 are the minority interest. Holding company are
form to focus on managing its share to subsidiary company
while subsidiary focus on opration.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / sujit bhattacharjee

a company can be called as holding company,there is some
criteria.
1> if any company holds at least 51% share of the other
company.And other 49%stake holder will be minority
intrest.the dividends wil go to the holding company as per
the company's holding
stake.
2>if the other company has riht or have more director on
the basis of that com pany can be holding
company.
but there do not not have any boundation that
company has to hold 51% only but it can be more than that
but not less than 51%.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / harsimran singh

A company controlling partial or complete interest in
another company or other companies.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / shilan

A holding company is a company that owns other companies'
outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which
does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only
purpose is owning shares of other companies. Holding
companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and
can allow the ownership and control of a number of
different companies.

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what is holding company?..

Answer / ankush

a holding company is one which hold more than 51% of share
capital of another company

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what is holding company?..

Answer / potenaik

the company which has 51% of another company and controled
that company is called holding company

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