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title="Template talk:Accounting"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Accounting" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Accounting"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Voting interest</b> (or <b>voting power</b>) in business and <a href="/wiki/Accounting" title="Accounting">accounting</a> means the total number, or percent, of votes entitled to be cast on the issue at the time the determination of voting power is made, excluding a vote which is contingent upon the happening of a condition or event which has not occurred at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voting interest is one form of economic interest. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Economic_interests&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Economic interests (page does not exist)">Economic interests</a> comprise all types and forms of investment vehicles that an investee could issue or be a party to, including equity securities; financial instruments with characteristics of equity, liabilities, or both; long-term debt and other debt-financing arrangements; leases; and contractual arrangements such as management contracts, service contracts, or intellectual property licenses.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Non-voting_interest">Non-voting interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Voting_interest&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Non-voting interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ownership of more than 50% of voting shares generally gives the right of <a href="/wiki/Control_in_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Control in Management">control</a> and <a href="/wiki/Consolidation_(business)" title="Consolidation (business)">consolidation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In special cases, control is possible without having to own more than 50% of voting stock.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, if agreed, shareholders may pass control to a chosen one owning much fewer shares (for example in the case of the two petroleum companies, <a href="/wiki/MOL_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="MOL Group">MOL Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/INA_-_Industrija_nafte" class="mw-redirect" title="INA - Industrija nafte">INA - Industrija nafte</a>). </p><p>In other cases, companies divide their stock into voting and non-voting classes, which can allow a small minority of shareholders to control a majority of the voting shares. This technique is often used to allow a company's founders to cash out much of their ownership without giving up control. </p><p>In the American media, dual-class structures caught on in the mid-20th century as families such as the Grahams of <a href="/wiki/Graham_Holdings_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Graham Holdings Company">The Washington Post Company</a> and the Ochs-Sulzbergers of <i>The New York Times</i> sought to gain access to public capital without losing control.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dow_Jones_%26_Company" title="Dow Jones & Company">Dow Jones & Company</a>, publisher of <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, had a similar structure and was controlled by the Bancroft family but was later bought by <a href="/wiki/News_Corporation_(1980%E2%80%932013)" class="mw-redirect" title="News Corporation (1980–2013)">News Corporation</a> in 2007, which itself is controlled by <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Murdoch_family" title="Murdoch family">his family</a> through a similar dual-class structure.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example">Example</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Voting_interest&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Company ABC issues 1,000,000 ordinary shares and 500,000 preferred <a href="/wiki/Shares_outstanding" title="Shares outstanding">shares outstanding</a>.<br /> Company XYZ buys 700,000 voting shares and 100,000 preferred ones.<br /> Therefore, XYZ's voting interest is (700,000/1,000,000) = 70%, and its economic interest is 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