	mannesmann considering majority stake in fichtel a mannesmann ag mmwg f spokesman said the company has lodged an application with the federal cartel office for approval of a possible majority stake in car parts company fichtel und sachs ag he described the application as a precautionary move and said no agreement on buying a majority stake had yet been reached until now mannesmann has said only that it wanted to buy a pct stake in fichtel from the heirs of ernst wilhelm sachs the grandson of the firm s founder the spokesman declined to say from whom it may buy the other shares to create a majority stake in the firm fichtel s other principal shareholders are commerzbank ag cbkg f with pct and salzgitter ag islg f with pct spokesmen declined to comment directly on the possibility of selling fichtel shares to mannesmann mannesmann said in january it hoped to take a pct stake in fichtel s holding company sachs ag in the first quarter last week a spokesman said mannesmann had a letter of intent on the pct stake but completion was being delayed by legal questions surrounding the inheritance reuter 
