"which means that GTC is a collaboration partner and affiliate of LFB rather than a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary." Correct, and that is spelled out on LFB's web page under partnerships <a href="http://www.lfb.fr/Client/en/page.aspx?Composant=Page&Methode=ClientFDetail&IDBase=202&Ref=group" target="_blank">http://www.lfb.fr/Client/en/page.aspx?Composant=Page&Methode=ClientFDetail&IDBase=202&Ref=group</a>