When an investor owns less than 20 percent of the investee company, the investor may still be able to exert influence over the investee company if the other stock is:
Multiple Choice
widely distributed across a large number of individual investors.
widely distributed across a few investors.
controlled a small group of investors.
closely held by a few investors.
Answer : Correct option is widely distributed across a large number of individual investors.
Reason :
A person can obtain control or exert influence either by holding majority shares , or by having Contractual right or one more way is even when the investor is not a majority shareholder but still the investor is able to exert influence over the investee company if the remaining shares are widely distributed across a large number of individual investors having no connection with each other.Therefore Correct option is widely distributed across a large number of individual investors
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