However, they remain the biggest investors, with a combined holding of about 25 per cent, estimated to be worth up to 12.5 million.

Sources close to the company pointed to the fact that the combined holding of its two biggest shareholders did not amount to a majority.

However, with a combined holding of nearly 25% the hedge funds and traders could still frustrate his plans to merge the two businesses.

Which combined holding would you rather have?

Management, who have a combined holding of 3.26 per cent, have also given irrevocable undertakings to accept.

My existing holdings are mainly through index funds, meaning that smaller and more interesting markets hardly get a look-in because of their small capitalisation.

Those shunning the offer need to be compensated for the dilution in the value of their existing holdings.

Existing shareholders will be given the chance to buy ordinary (but not preference) shares, so their existing holdings are not diluted.

They would have to take big writedowns on their existing holdings of land.

Sometimes it's better to just top up on existing holdings.

We can't afford to have communities held hostage to hate.

But rules were followed only half the time, and the program was held hostage by bureaucratic gridlock and the whims of powerful individuals.

The work was not held hostage to a stereotype or disagreements.

I was held hostage in my own home.

How can nations prevent forests from being held hostage for ransom?

A temporary holding facility was constructed but rarely used.

He opened the first centers to deal with juvenile truancy, including a temporary holding facility.

The county no longer has a holding facility that can accommodate a high school.

Figures show just 11,152 of 25,487 who left removal centres or short-term holding facilities last year had to depart the country.

It can be retained in various holding facilities.

Falling stock markets will have seriously dented the value of the assets of funds with large holdings in equities.

The word 'investment' can be daunting, suggesting large holdings of stocks and shares.

Other large holdings include a property fund and a yen fund.

Several kept their shares after entering government despite the possibility that such large holdings might create a conflict of interest.

Reforms to the financial system penalise banks that keep large holdings of bonds on their books - inventory they are required to hold to run a trading service for their clients.

The archbishop explained that because the stake was held indirectly via three private equity portfolio holdings, it was difficult to exit quickly.

Intuitively, the best way to do this would be through an investment trust or fund, which in theory should provide further diversification through its portfolio holdings.

Investors need to monitor their portfolio holdings periodically, he said.

This allows major investment funds to earn incremental income on their portfolio holdings.

Fund managers would have a clearer idea of when they might have to sell holdings to meet redemptions.

Critics suggest property should not be held in open-ended funds, where a manager may have to sell holdings to pay customers who want their cash.

It raises fresh issues, too, about open-ended funds: the sort that risk going into a death spiral when managers are forced to sell holdings to meet redemptions.

The short-form accounts do not feature every stock holding.

Its new systems optimise stock holding and makes for a more efficient shopping experience.

The firm supplies 6,000 trade clients and says frequency of delivery allows them to reduce stock holding.

Other results of the drive to introduce lean manufacturing have been to eliminate waste, reduce unused capacity by 30 per cent and reduce stock holding by 50 per cent.

With secured financial investment from a bank the company became a stock holding company in 1898.

The 3.1 billion withdrawal amounts to 1.6 per cent of total holdings held by individuals.

Total holdings are worth much more.

The company, which allows investors to buy physical bullion, which it stores, said that net purchases of 470kg took total holdings to nearly 36 tonnes, worth $1.5 billion.

Total holdings are over 57,000 volumes with over 60 periodical subscriptions.

Its total holdings include about 1.3 million pieces, as well as twenty-two historic buildings.