In 1986, Beatrice, newly acquired by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, spun off its specialty foods and non-food brands as E-II Holdings.

The next Pac-Man defense occurred in 1988, when American Brands Inc., fighting a hostile takeover attempt by E-II Holdings Inc., announced a cash tender offer for E-II.

It was at this time controlled by E-II Holdings, Inc., which also owned Elmore, Britts, and Kittinger and Bargain Time.

E-II Holdings was a group of jilted Riklis investors, seizing old Riklis properties trying to recoup their losses.

One of the many shells and holding companies he created in the process of building the empire was E-II Holdings, in which the other investors later discovered he had placed the names of impressive companies, but not the assets.

Among the other corporate shells Riklis used to preserve his wealth was the Riklis Family Corporation, a privately-held conglomerate of variety retail businesses that included Rapid-American Corporation, McCrory Stores, Faberge, Elizabeth Arden, Samsonite luggage, Collagen, Schenley Industries Inc., and E-II Holdings Inc. Riklis Family Corporation was almost wholly owned by the Riklis family, including Riklis himself and his second wife, actress-singer Pia Zadora, as well as his three children ( Ira Riklis, vice-chairman of the company, Marcia Riklis, Ramona Rikis Ackerman ), and six grandchildren from his marriage with Judith Stern.

Among the investors in E-II was Carl Icahn.

The largest bankruptcy in history was of the US investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which listed $ 639 billion in assets as of its Chapter 11 filing in 2008.

After the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., Ashcroft offered the firm his consulting services, according to a spokesman for XM.

* Manhattan Construction Company, a division of Rooney Holdings Inc.

The remains of Silicon Graphics, Inc. became Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.

During the Silicon Graphics Inc .' s second bankruptcy phase, it was renamed to Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc .( GPHI ) in June 2009.

In 1990, BATUS sold Saks to Investcorp S. A., which after investing in the company and weathering the early 1990s recession took Saks public in 1996 as Saks Holdings, Inc.

In 1998, Saks Holdings Inc. was acquired by Proffitt's, Inc., then the parent company of Proffitt's among other department stores.

The company is the largest shareholder ( 7. 96 %) of Fuji Media Holdings Inc.

Operating merchant transmission projects in the United States include the Cross Sound Cable from Long Island, New York to New Haven, Connecticut, Neptune RTS Transmission Line from Sayreville, N. J., to Newbridge, N. Y, ITC Holdings, Inc. transmission system in the midwest, and Path 15 in California.

Station Casinos is headquartered in unincorporated Clark County, along with Golden Casino Group, Golden Gaming, American Casino & Entertainment Properties, Bally Technologies, Cannery Casino Resorts, Golden Nugget Companies, International Game Technology, The Majestic Star Casino, LLC, Ameristar Casinos, Archon Corporation, Boyd Gaming, Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Las Vegas Sands, MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts, Riviera Holdings, Aztar, DBT Online Inc., Gambler's Book Shop / GBC Press, Leroy's Horse & Sports Place, Millennium Management Group, Navegante Group, Pinnacle Entertainment and Tropicana Entertainment

* June 24, 2004 Enron announces sale of CrossCountry Energy LLC to CCE Holdings Inc., a joint venture of Southern Union Company and GE Commercial Finance Energy Services for $ 2. 35 billion.

The remainder of the business, responsible for Pageflex and Bolt Browser, was spun off to a new entity named Marlborough Software Development Holdings Inc.

The Federal Reserve's approval of their bid to become banks ended the ascendancy of securities firms, 75 years after Congress separated them from deposit-taking lenders, and capped weeks of chaos that sent Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. into bankruptcy and led to the rushed sale of Merrill Lynch & Co. to Bank of America Corp.

North American Airlines is a subsidiary of Global Aviation Holdings, Inc., formerly Global Aero Logistics, Inc.

On April 5, 2007, New ATA Holdings, Inc., bought out North American Airlines parent company World Air Holdings, Inc. and promptly changed the name of the holding company to Global Aero Logistics, Inc. to reflect the worldwide desires of the latest owners.

United Kingdom and Ireland: In the United Kingdom and Ireland the privately held company, Nielsen Book Services, part of Nielsen Holdings N. V., is the responsible entity, and there is a charge.

On June 6, 2007, CEO Brian Tierney of Philadelphia Media Holdings L. L. C., owning company of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly. com, went public in an article on Philly. com expressing interest in " joining with outside partners to buy Dow Jones.

7-Eleven branded stores, under parent company Seven & I Holdings Co., are located in 16 countries, with its largest markets being Japan, the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Thailand.

* KNVO ( Channel 48, McAllen, Texas, licensee: Entravision Holdings, LLC., Univision affiliate )

Prominent examples include Bacardi Ltd., ACE Ltd., Intelsat Ltd., XL Capital Ltd., Bunge Ltd., Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., Global Crossing Ltd., Foster Wheeler Ltd., and Royall Lyme Bermuda Ltd.

As of late 2006, however, majority ownership ( 80. 51 %) lies in the hands of Tatra Holdings s. r. o., an international consortium comprising Vectra Limited of UK, Sam Eyde of the U. S., KBC Private Equity of Belgium, Meadowhill s. r. o.

It also owns 42 % of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group and has an investment ( 21 %) in Rothschilds Continuation Holdings, the merchant banking house.

* Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG a holding company that controls much of the Rothschild investment bank for the Rothschild family.

On December 3, 2010, Disney closed the sale of Miramax for US $ 663 million to Filmyard Holdings, an investment group.

In 2000, Carlyle entered into a joint venture with Riverstone Holdings, an energy and power focused private equity firm founded by former Goldman Sachs investment bankers.

Mr. Yeh is the Hong Kong party, while Shanghai Toys Import & Export Company, Shanghai Shang Shi Investment Company ( the Shanghai Government owned investment vehicle ), Bank of China and Aijian Holdings are Chinese shareholders.

Shamrock Holdings, which Roy Disney chaired and Stanley Gold runs as CEO, is an investment company which managed Roy Disney's personal investments.

* Peregrine Investments Holdings, a Hong Kong investment company

In the late 1960s, Bechtel launched its development, finance, and investment arm, named Bechtel Enterprises Holdings, Inc.

On September 6, 2007, Andell Holdings, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm controlled by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Hauptman, acquired AEG's interests in both the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Toyota Park.

The sale was concluded in the early hours of 8 May, when Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani came to London to finalise the deal, saying that the acquisition of Harrods would add " much value " to the investment portfolio of Qatar Holdings while his deputy, Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla, called it a " landmark transaction ".

The result was that although volumes held up well throughout the BMC era, market share fell as did profitability and hence investment in new models, triggering the 1966 merger with Jaguar Cars to form British Motor Holdings ( BMH ), and three years later leading to the government sponsored merger of BMH with Leyland Motor Corporation.

Zhou owns an unlisted holding company in Hong Kong, called New Nongkai Global Investments, and 75 % of a Hong Kong-listed investment company called Shanghai Land Holdings.

In the same year he used his software and investment company FTR Holdings Ltd to take positions in a number of Internet businesses including Webcentral and Chaos. com.

* On April 28, 2003, every major US investment bank, including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers Holdings, J. P. Morgan Chase, UBS Warburg, and U. S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, were found to have aided and abetted efforts to defraud investors.

It was later agreed that the airline would be acquired under the New ATA Holdings Inc. with the financial assistance of the Matlin Patterson Global Opportunities investment firm.

MalibuIQ is an investment partnership formed by Bravo Ventures, GM Components Holdings, Manti Ventures, Pioneer MPW, TomorrowVentures, and Winn Interests.

***** George P. Bush ( born 1976 ), son of Jeb Bush, works for Charter Holdings, a real estate investment company.

The appointment of Lee's wife Ho Ching as the director of state investment agency Temasek Holdings has also raised some eyebrows.

SingTel is also the largest company by market capitalisation listed on the Singapore Exchange and is majority owned by Temasek Holdings, the investment arm of the Singapore government.

Nomura Holdings hit the global headlines in October 2008, when it acquired most of Lehman Brothers Asian operations together with its European equities and investment banking units.

In November 2011 Reed Elsevier purchased U. S. online-data business Accuity Holdings Inc. from investment firm Investcorp for £ 343 million ($ 530. 1 million ) in cash.

After various changes of structure and ownership, the business is now owned by KPS Capital Partners, LP ; in September 2010 they completed a controlling investment, through an affiliate, in MCII Holdings Inc., the parent company of MCII.

At the end of 1994, Lyons sold its Lyons Biscuits Ltd. to Hillsdown Holdings, which later sold it to a U. S. investment firm which subsequently sold it to large biscuit manufacturer Burton's Foods Ltd ..