After a period of French-British operation the lighthouse concession passed to a British company, then to Yemen.

A major hurdle was to find someone to back his policies; the key to insurance is to pass on the risk to a bigger company than one's own, he said.

With his death, the bridge passed to a new company.

In 2004, a jury convicted an arms control researcher, Igor Sutyagin, of passing classified information to a company based in London.

In 1864, control of the hotel passed to a limited company (the Star and Garter Company) that was listed on the stock exchanges of the day.

The court has yet to rule on the central question of whether the information he was accused of passing to a Chinese company included state secrets.

But they would pass on the bulk of their caseload to a private profit-making company that would coordinate services like foster care, therapy and adoption.

In 1935 ownership passed to a private company.

The company continued until 1945, when it passed to a newly formed company, Thames Launches Ltd.

She also stated that his former client, scientist Igor Sutyagin could have passed information to a front company of a spy agency without knowing the final recipient.