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A holding company is a company (law)|company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock . The term usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow the ownership and control of a number of different companies. In the US, 80% or more of stock, in voting and value, must be owned before tax consolidation benefits such as tax-free dividend s can be claimed.I.R.C. § 1504(a); I.R.C. § 243(a)(3).

Sometimes a company intended to be a pure holding company identifies itself as such by adding "Holdings" or "(Holdings)" to its name, as in Sears Holdings .

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United States

In the US, Berkshire Hathaway is the largest publicly-traded holding company; it owns numerous insurance companies, manufacturing businesses, retailers, and other companies. Two other large notable holding companies are United Continental Holdings and AMR Corporation , publicly traded holding companies whose primary purposes are to wholly own United Airlines and American Airlines , respectively. In some instances, holding companies have held capital for pending investments.

Broadcasting

In US broadcasting , many major media conglomerate s have purchased smaller broadcasters outright, but have not changed the broadcast license s to reflect this, resulting in stations that are (for example) still licensed to Jacor and Citicasters , effectively making them subsidiary companies of their owner Clear Channel Communications . This is sometimes done on a per- media market|market basis; for example in Atlanta both WNNX (FM)|WNNX and later WWWQ (FM)|WWWQ are licensed to "WNNX LiCo, Inc." (LiCo meaning "license company"), both owned by Susquehanna Radio (which was later sold to Cumulus Media ). In determining maximum|cap s to prevent excessive concentration of media ownership , all of these are attribution|attribute d to the parent company, as are local marketing agreement|leased station s, as a matter of broadcast regulation .

Personal holding company

In the US, a personal holding company is defined in section 542 of the Internal Revenue Code . A corporation is a personal holding company if both of the following requirements are met:

Personal Holding times Company Income Test. At least 60% of the corporation's adjusted ordinary gross income for the tax year is from dividends, interest, rent, and royalties.

Stock Ownership Requirement. At any time during the last half of the tax year, more than 50% in value of the corporation's outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals.

Parent company

A parent company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm ( subsidiary ) to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors . A parent company could simply be a company that wholly owns another company. This would be known as a "wholly owned subsidiary."

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