Feb 22, 2000 14:46
24 yrs ago
German term
100%-Gesellschafter
German to English
Tech/Engineering
Der Mitte Mai 1999 bekanntgegebene Verkauf des bisherigen 100%-Gesellschafters XXXX-BAU GMBH an den amerikanischen Strassenbaukonzern .....
I assume this means wholly-owned subsidiary, but am uncertain!! Does anyone have an idea or can confirm my assumption???
I assume this means wholly-owned subsidiary, but am uncertain!! Does anyone have an idea or can confirm my assumption???
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0 | Think of it the opposite way. See below. | Cami Townsend (X) |
0 | I think town313's second idea is right | Dan McCrosky (X) |
0 | 100% shareholder | Nils Ramsauer |
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Think of it the opposite way. See below.
I'd be careful using wholly-owned subsidiary. A subsidiary is usually rendered as "Tochtergesellschaft" in German and saying that it's "wholly owned" means that its parent company owns all of its shares. For example, Ford Credit is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., which is its holding company. 100%-Gesellschafter means that someone or something is itself the full owner. Because it made headlines that this GmbH (or LLC) was sold to an American company, you could think of it as meaning that XXXX BAU GmbH previously controlled all of its own membership interest, but now sold all or part of that interest to the outsider. (Alternatively, if this can be confirmed by context, it might mean that XXXX BAU GmbH wholly-owned another company that's been mentioned and now it, the owner and parent company, has been sold off.) If you log onto http://www.roeschnet.com/histor.htm, you'll notice to the right that the authors use the term 100%-Gesellschafter as a synonym for the company that owns all of the shares or membership interest in another company.
Good luck.
Good luck.
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I think town313's second idea is right
I think XXXX BAU GmbH, the former owner of the unnamed subsidiary company, was sold to the American construction company. From the little context here, it appears that the unnamed subsidiary company was at some point spun off, maybe as a part of the deal in May 99.
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100% shareholder
That's exactly what it is!
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