a cascata

English translation: a owning b, owning c, etc.

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Italian term or phrase:a cascata
English translation:a owning b, owning c, etc.
Entered by: James (Jim) Davis

15:17 Oct 19, 2009
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law (general) / deed of merger
Italian term or phrase: a cascata
"Poiché le Società incorporande sono interamente possedute "a cascata" dalla Società incorporante, non vi é rapporto di cambio. La fusione sarà realizzata senza configurare alcun rapporto di cambio delle azioni e senza operare sul capitale nominale della Società incorporante."
Grace Anderson
Italy
Local time: 17:35
a owning b, owning c, etc.
Explanation:
Since the merged companies are all wholly owned (a owning b, owning c, etc.) by the merging company, there is no share exchange ratio.
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James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
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Summary of answers provided
4a owning b, owning c, etc.
James (Jim) Davis
3in succession
Gad Kohenov
3gradually (little by little)
Ellen Kraus
2"cascaded" ownership
Raffaella Panigada


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"a cascata"
in succession


Explanation:
I think this could be it.

Gad Kohenov
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"a cascata"
gradually (little by little)


Explanation:
to be honest, my suggestion is guess work only.

Ellen Kraus
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"a cascata"
"cascaded" ownership


Explanation:
Since they usequotation marks in the source text, maybe it's an adaptation from a different field. See:

http://cgft.sabanciuniv.edu/tr/Kaynaklar/documents/ICGN2006-...

(...)complex and **cascaded ownership** structures on a global scale – whereby a publicly listed parent company can be an empty shell with “model” corporate governance practices, while holding controlling shares in unlisted and opaque subsidiaries in countries with lower corporate governance standards.

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Also here:

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Turkish banking system continues to transform itself in the ...
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The holding companies are also the largest owners in the Turkish listed firms and they are ultimately controlled by individual family members through pyramidal and **cascaded ownership structures** through pyramidal and cascaded ownership structures (Yurtoglu, 2000). The underlying reason for the prevalence of the holding companies and the associated ...
www.ifc.org/ifcext/cgf.nsf/.../$FILE/Yildirim_Canan7.pdf

Not much I'm afraid, but I hope it will help you sort things out.

Raffaella Panigada
Switzerland
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a owning b, owning c, etc.


Explanation:
Since the merged companies are all wholly owned (a owning b, owning c, etc.) by the merging company, there is no share exchange ratio.

James (Jim) Davis
Seychelles
Local time: 19:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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