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Taking a Liberty?
To judge by some people's reaction you would have thought that the purchase of Formula One shares by Liberty Media was akin to the reappearance of Zeus on Olympus. First of all, Liberty has not bought a controlling interest, CVC Capital Partners have been holders of the largest block of shares, but that has been just 35.5 per-cent of the total issue. Their control depended on the shares owned by Bernie Ecclestone himself and by Bambino Holdings Ltd, the trust fund set up for his daughters. The sale to Liberty Media has been welcomed mainly because Liberty is not CVC which has used F1 as a milch cow while putting back not a penny. It is an equity fund and that is how they work. It exists to...
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