Mr. Petty agreed to have another company he controlled pay $1.2 million for Mr. Dunlap's stake in Nitec, a stake that had cost him only a nominal sum.
BP announced on 1 June that it had received a number of unsolicited approaches for a stake that had yielded enormous profits for the UK oil company since it was bought in 2003 for $8bn.
When it sold to Cisco this year for $5.7 billion, Matrix got $1 billion in Cisco stock for a stake that had cost it $11.4 million.
And OfficeMax has contended with Neuberger Berman, an investor with a 5 percent stake that has called for bigger payouts to shareholders.
There has been no word on the amount invested, however according to reports it's only a "very minor" stake that has been purchased.
Each of its 54,000 employees received $100 to celebrate the airline's purchase of a controlling stake that had been held by Northwest.
Those former employees claim they've collectively been 'cheated out' of nearly 7%to10%0% of Magento, a stake that would have been worth approximately $18 million when eBay acquired the company.
The clash ended with Mr. Malone yielding a stake that he had built up in News Corporation.
Thus, to begin operations, Sir Richard must find American investors to take a 51percentt stake, a search that has been under way for months.
