The phrase "a controlling equity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance, investment, or corporate governance, where one entity has significant influence or ownership over another.
Example: "The venture capital firm acquired a controlling equity in the startup, allowing them to dictate major business decisions."
Alternatives: "dominant stake" or "majority ownership".
NTL, a leading British cable TV operator, filed for protection from creditors yesterday in a Manhattan bankruptcy court as part of a plan to swap $10.6 billion of bond debt for a controlling equity stake.
Donald Trump's hotel and casino business filed a plan to exit bankruptcy that would keep him as chairman while giving bondholders a controlling equity stake in the company and new notes in exchange for debt.
After an appeal from the SEC's chief accountant, Edmund Coulson, three EITF members agreed to change their vote.The outcome, eventually, was a rule by which a company can keep a special-purpose vehicle off its balance sheet as long as an independent third party owns a controlling equity interest equivalent to at least 3% of the fair value of its assets.
Uno plans to eliminate debt by converting $142 million in senior notes into a controlling equity stake.
In March, shareholders approved a $600 million equity investment by MassMutual Capital Partners and private equity firm Cerberus Capital, which, when finalized, will give the two companies a controlling equity stake.
The founders were looking to get back a controlling equity stake in the company, and teamed up with PE firm Tar Heel Capital to acquire a 60% stake, effectively buying out investor Naspers, a massive South Africa-based media and investment group.
So, for example, he likes to buy enough of an issuer's debt to have a say in bankruptcy court and controlling equity should a company emerge reorganized.
Almost invariably, when "TRUMP" appears on a building the real financial risks — and the controlling equity — belong to others.
Kohlberg's vision was to establish an investment firm whose revenue was based not on earning commissions but on taking controlling equity stakes in companies at crossroads.
Since then, the insurer has shed additional businesses and, perhaps most important, begun selling down the government's controlling equity stake.
However, this partnership ceased in 2008 when Bridgepoint Capital, a private equity firm, bought a controlling stake in Pret for £350m.
