When their indirect and direct shareholdings are taken together, France and Germany each control 22.35% of EADS.
The IPO would give the farmers 80% of the listed investment vehicle, with 65% held through the cooperative holding company and about 15% through their direct shareholdings.
In its statement on Sunday, the US treasury said the three companies had reduced Deripaska's direct and indirect shareholding stake and severed his control.
The French and German governments each control 22.35% of EADS through direct and indirect shareholdings, while the British government can block the transaction through a golden share in BAE that allows it to prevent foreign ownership of the business.
It said it believed that Jonathan theswell-Pretorius, the former chairman, had a direct interest in the shareholding represented by one of the letters.
In response to what it said was "repeated press speculation about his intentions with regards to his shareholding in Sports Direct", the company said Ashley had confirmed to the board of directors that he had no current intention of taking the Sports Direct private, and had "indicated his willingness for the company to confirm this statement publicly".
If, for any reason, Diageo does not get a majority stake in United Spirits after stage one and stage two have been attempted, UBHL has agreed to vote its shareholding in United Spirits as directed by Diageo for four years, which would essentially allow Diageo to run the company.
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company, responding to a challenge by shareholding employees, will eliminate most of its direct contact with South Africa as a way to highlight its opposition to apartheid.
Under an agreement signed by Ashley, the Sports Direct owner cannot take on more than a 10% shareholding or exert meaningful influence at Ibrox.
It was directed in London by 24 directors elected annually by the shareholding body, the Court of Proprietors who worked through a series of committees.
