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Originally Posted by Dark
But as long as no combined share larger than the one Toyota hold, they are making decision.
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For controlling interest in a company it would normally be 50% + 1.
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Someone who owns more than half the shares in a company
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http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=controlling-shareholder
17% does not give you control of the company as there is 83% of the shares still out there. Also depends on the company if you need a 50% +1 to pass a motion or if you need the super-majority of 2/3rds to back a motion. 17% ≠ majority share holder. It does equal largest single-owned group of shares.
Back on topic, I hope SOPA never gets passed as it is too much government control in our lives.