Definition: Pyramid company

Category: Business registers

Pyramids are defined as chains of holding companies with the ultimate control based on a small total investment thanks to the extensive use of minority shareholders. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-32-10-216-EN-C-EN.pdf
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"Modernising Company Law and Enhancing Corporate Governance in the European Union – A Plan to Move Forward" – COM (2003) 284 final of 21 May 2003, quoted in Eurostat, "Business registers. Recommendations manual", Methodologies and Working Papers, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010
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