holding company
holding company
holding company
hold′ing com`pany
n.
| Noun | 1. | holding company - a company with controlling shares in other companies |
| 单词 | holding company | |||
| 释义 | holding companyholding companyholding companyhold′ing com`panyn.
holding companyHolding CompanyA corporation that limits its business to the ownership of stock in and the supervision of management of other corporations. A holding company is organized specifically to hold the stock of other companies and ordinarily owns such a dominant interest in the other company or companies that it can dictate policy. Holding companies must comply with the federal antitrust laws that proscribe the secret and total acquisition of the stock of one corporation by another, since this would lessen competition and create a Monopoly. holding companyn. a company, usually a corporation, which is created to own the stock of other corporations, thereby often controlling the management and policies of all of them. holding companya company that controls, usually through a majority shareholding, another company or companies.holding companyHolding companyHolding Companyholding companyHolding company.By acquiring enough voting stock in another company, a holding company, also called a parent company, can exert control over the way the target company is run without actually owning it outright. The advantages of this approach, provided that the holding company owns at least 80% of the voting shares, are that it receives tax-free dividends if the subsidiary prospers and can write off some of the operating losses if the subsidiary falters. Because of its shareholder status, however, the holding company is insulated to some extent from the target company's liabilities. holding companya JOINT-STOCK COMPANY that controls another company or companies. Ownership may be complete (100%) or partial (ownership of 50%+ of the voting shares in the company). Such ownership confers powers to control the policies of SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES.The holding company will report the accounting results of these subsidiary companies as part of the accounting results for the group of companies. In addition, the holding company may own between 20% and 50% of the voting shares of an ASSOCIATED COMPANY, which will continue to produce its own annual accounts and retain a degree of independence, though subject to the influence of the holding company.Holding companies are most frequently used as a means of achieving diversified or conglomerate growth, with the firm operating separate companies in different lines of production activity, but with each company subject to varying degrees of centralized control by the parent company. See CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS, HFORM. DIVERSIFICATION. holding companya company that controls another company or companies. Ownership may be complete (100%) or partial (ownership of 51%+ of the voting shares in the company). Such ownership confers powers to control the policies of subsidiary companies. The holding company will report the accounting results of these subsidiary companies as part of the accounting results for the group of companies.Holding companies are most frequently used as a means of achieving diversified or conglomerate growth, with the firm operating separate companies in different lines of production activity but with each company subject to varying degrees of centralized control by the ‘parent company’. See DIVERSIFICATION. holding companyA company that owns or controls another company.holding company
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