For Holding Company we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Accounting, Business, Energy, Finance, Health Insurance and Tax.

Holding Company (Accounting)

is a company which owns or controls other companies. (Control can occur through the ownership of 50 per cent or more of the voting rights or through the exercise of a dominant influence.)

Holding Company (Business)

A parent organization that owns and controls other companies.

Holding Company (Energy)

A company that confines its activities to owning stock in and supervising management of other companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission, as administrator of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, defines a holding company as "a company which directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of a holding company" (15 USC 79b, par. a (7)).

Holding Company (Finance)

A corporation that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors.

Holding Company (Health Insurance)

A company whose sole business is the ownership of other companies, which are its subsidiaries.

Holding Company (Tax)

A corporation that has no other function except owning other corporations.

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