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cross-holding (of shares)

cross-holding (of shares)
The position when two companies each hold shares in the other. If such holdings were of significant size this would make it difficult for either company's shareholders to displace the existing management; if both were majority holdings it would be impossible to vote out either set of directors so long as they agreed.

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