Mr. Orsi's arrest is particularly politically sensitive because the Italian state owns slightly more than 30% of the defense company, making it the single largest shareholder.
Pessina, who owns nearly one third of Alliance Boots, is not taking out any cash in the transaction and instead will eventually become the single largest shareholder in Walgreens when the deal is complete.
On the other hand, I also gather that the Bancroft family, which is the single largest private shareholder in the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones company, is reluctant to see its crown jewel possession, the Wall Street Journal, fall into the hands of, well, the same guy who owns the Fox News Channel.
In 2011, Diageo became the largest single shareholder in premium baijiu producer Shui Jing Fang.
Wayne Hughes, is the largest single shareholder in Public Storage, owning more than the rest of her family combined.
On Thursday, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway announced it took a 132.4 million stake in Kraft Foods, making Berkshire the largest single shareholder.
Prominent MCI investors, including billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, the company's largest single shareholder, have already indicated that the Verizon bid sells the company short.
Angela Leong became the largest single shareholder of SJM after Stanley Ho distributed much of his business empire among his four wives and 16 surviving children.
But then a French private-equity firm, PAI Partners, suddenly appeared as Atos Origin's largest single shareholder two weeks ago, and said it backed the management's strategy.
Yeung is Birmingham's largest single shareholder with a 29.9% stake.
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Prominent MCI investors, including billionaire Carlos Slim Helu--the company's largest single shareholder--have indicated that they believe Verizon's bid is too low, and are pressuring Capellas to keep negotiations going.
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