1.  Fairfax shares surged in December amid talk that its second largest shareholder, businessman Kerry Packer, is positioning himself to make a bid for the publisher.

2.  GE Capital remains the second largest shareholder.

3.  Its assets include American real estate development adviser Yarmouth Group, Australian financial services group MLC and is the second largest shareholder in Westpac Banking Corp.

4.  That made it the second largest shareholder in the national telephone company after the Spanish government.

5.  Though his stake in the new firm was not disclosed, he will become the second biggest private shareholder.

6.  Westpac bought the Challenge stake from FAI Insurances Ltd., the second largest shareholder in the Perth bank, sources in Perth said.

7.  As a result, NRB Holdings has become the second largest shareholder in the second board construction group.

8.  The announcement by the US-based fund manager to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong makes it the second biggest shareholder in the Hong Kong newspaper publisher.

9.  The purchase makes BanPonce the second largest shareholder in CitizensBank, after the Jamaican holding company ICWI, Rom said, the Star reported.

10.  Wada is a banker who was sent in from Sumitomo Bank, the second largest shareholder in Mazda after Ford.