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Old 8th Nov 2006, 14:47
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I believe its Sir Michael Bishop 50% plus one share, Lufthansa 30% less 1 share and SAS 20%

Think SAS owned 40% at one point but sold half of their stake to Lufthansa in 1999. Sir Michael bought out other directors a while back along with Lufthansa increasing its stake and has cleverly negotiated holding that all important single share giving him control of the airline in terms of voting rights, so any decision on a sale would be down to him, albeit with pressure one way or the other from SAS and Lufthansa - i believe years ago there was a small rumour about Lufthansa snapping it up as SAS wanted to sell out completely when they needed some extra cash.
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