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Acontrolling interest is anownership interest in a corporation with enough votingstock shares to prevail in anystockholders' motion. A majority of voting shares (over 50%) is always a controlling interest. When a party holds less than the majority of the voting shares, other present circumstances can be considered to determine whether that party is still considered to hold a controlling ownership interest.[1]
In the United States,Delaware corporations have a 2/3 vote requirement for a motion to pass.[citation needed] In theory, this would mean that a controlling interest would have to be over two-thirds of the voting shares.
A 2019 study published in theVirginia Law Review said dual-class stock structures, common to newly public technology companies, creates governance risks and costs, including the potential loss ofeconomic value for non-voting shares held by public investors.[2][3]
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