51.   Alec Gores, on the other hand, usually seeks to sell his companies shortly after making them more efficient and attractive to potential buyers.

52.   Almeida said Sao Paulo hopes to sell the company by September or October.

53.   Bruce Plowman, a Computer Sciences spokesman, said that Honeycutt never indicated a price for which he would sell the company.

54.   But before they are allowed to do so, the public must be compensated, just as shareholders in a private firm are when a company is sold.

55.   But he did not rule out selling the company.

56.   But if management is willing to restructure, sell assets or even sell the company, Holowesko and his colleagues get excited.

57.   But in May he sold his company.

58.   But last month the company changed that provision, so that top officers and directors now could lose money if the company were sold at a low price.

59.   But people close to the situation said Graziano had attempted to persuade board members that the company should be sold, possibly to the International Business Machines Corp.

60.   But the group also urged support for other Invacare proposals that would make it easier for the company to be sold.