The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today deferred a decision on Vodafone's acquisition of Hutch-Essar and sought more information on the foreign shareholding pattern of the Indian firm from all participants."I have sought more comments from the companies," Finance Secretary Ashok Jha told reporters after the FIPB meeting, in which Vodafone, Hutchison and two other minority shareholders made presentations.Vodafone had last month acquired 52% controlling stake in Hutch-Essar from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom International (HTIL) at an enterprise value of $18.8 billion. The British firm has retained Essar as domestic partner with 33% stake.Hutch-Essar MD Asim Ghosh and Analjit Singh jointly hold about 12.26% stake, which is in the centre of a controversy on whether it actually belongs to them or HTIL (or now Vodafone).