1.   Analysts say Interbrew will remain somewhat of an unknown quantity as long as its triumvirate management team and its controlling families keep a tight lid on their strategy.

2.   BMW has insisted that it wants to stay independent and that the controlling Quandt family has no intention of even discussing a sale.

3.   BMW said the controlling Quandt family had assured executives of its commitment to the company.

4.   Both sets of controlling families have approved the transaction.

5.   For Cox to best the Comcast bid would almost certainly mean a dramatic change in the attitude of company and controlling family, analysts said.

6.   Furthermore, it would not have included an ownership position for the controlling Pressman family.

7.   In both cases, the management torch has been passed to executives that are not members of the controlling families.

8.   The controlling Cowles family put the company up for sale in September.

9.   The move was part of a plan by the controlling Salim family to move control of Indofood to Singapore-based QAF Ltd.

10.   Garoto has been looking for a buyer amid debt problems and infighting within the controlling Meyerfreund family about its role with the company.