1.   Suppose that a firm decided never to pay dividends, preferring instead to reward shareholders entirely through capital gains.

2.   Andrew Farkas, the chairman and chief executive of Insignia Financial, said the sale and restructuring was intended to reward shareholders.

3.   At the meeting, Hoffman announced a new, two-pronged incentive program that he said would reward shareholders before it rewarded top executives.

4.   Banks are more efficient, analysts say, and bank shareholders have been rewarded.

5.   Boosting the cash flow allows GE to reward shareholders with an extended buyback and dividend increase.

6.   Both thrifts are financially healthy, but the merger allows Bay View to get bigger while rewarding EurekaBank shareholders.

7.   But having given up the chance to join with a more rapidly growing partner, Sprint now faces the challenge of rewarding its shareholders as handsomely as its customers.

8.   Chrysler is rewarding its shareholders both ways.

9.   Even amid a slowdown in earnings, Uralita still expected to reward shareholders with special payments apart from regular dividends.