There remains the question of Linde's shareholder structure.

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Or that the private owners of other clubs would voluntarily start an ownership structure of public shareholder accountability.

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Corporations also have a tremendous amount of flexibility on how to structure voting blocks, shareholder agreements, cumulative voting, staggered board elections, and minority shareholder protections.

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Reshaping the equity market structure is about creating shareholder value.

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Ford declined to comment, but referred to a previously issued statement in response to a shareholder proposal to eliminate the dual-class structure.

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Blu - which had asked for the licence auction to be suspended on Friday afternoon - has been embroiled in a shareholder dispute over the company's ownership structure and the likely cost of the new licences.

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It will also resolve Xstrata's ownership structure in a way that I believe will create a superior shareholder value as part of a larger, more diverse company with an enhanced ability to grow and create value for its owners.

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This structure would allow Verizon to take advantage of a provision in British tax law called substantial shareholder exemption, they said.

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