1.   Analysts have begun to conclude that the company will need to take some quick action to appease shareholders.

2.   Hassenfeld now has to appease disappointed shareholders, analysts said.

3.   King World is making the moves to appease shareholders concerned about the age of its shows and a lack of new programming.

4.   That may have appeased a few shareholders.

5.   The companies had wrestled for weeks on how to construct a merger of equals that would appease shareholders and pass the scrutiny of European regulators.

6.   The moves will let the company pay down most of its debt and effectively remove itself from the tobacco business in hopes of appeasing shareholders.

7.   A dividend increase might appease shareholders who agree with Kerkorian that the company is keeping too much cash in reserve.

8.   Then there are others such as ModiLuft, which dodged the problems by appeasing some shareholders with gift coupons.

9.   To appease shareholders, Ascent withdrew the planned sale, reopened bids and set up the auction process.