The Government owns 4.8 million shares in the company, and expects to make some 1.14 billion marks on the deal, the ministry said.
Buyers will own a stake in the entire company, not just the food part.
By 1969, Commercial Union owned 99.9% of shares in the company.
It was later revealed that Smith owned 1,300 shares in the company.
A year later Smith revealed he owned 1,300 shares in the company.
In 1939 the minister owned 18% of the shares in the company.
Microsoft owns a small share in the company, too.
He structured his business such that all the employees owned shares in the company.
To do so, he needed to own shares in the company.
"I want top management to own shares in the company, not just stock options," he said.