Parent Company

What does it Mean? A company that controls other companies by owning an influential amount of voting stock.
Investopedia Says... Companies can become parent companies by many different means. The two most common ways are through (1) acquisitions of smaller companies and (2) the spinoff or creation of subsidiaries.

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Affiliate
Callable Common Stock
Carve-out (Equity Carve-Out)
Operating Company/Property Company Deal (Opco/Propco Deal)
Parallel Loan
Ringfencing
Spinoff
Subsidiary
Taxable Spinoff
Upstream Guarantee

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