1.   Banks will report stock losses and dividends next month at annual shareholder meetings.

2.   An LVMH executive who attended both shareholder meetings said the option grants were made in public.

3.   Annual shareholder meetings suck.

4.   At separate shareholder meetings in New York Thursday, holders of each company approved the transaction.

5.   Besides, they said, they would rather hold onto the shares so that city officials can attend shareholder meetings and raise the issue.

6.   Both Dai-Ichi Kangyo and Nomura have been connected to a scandal involving alleged payoffs to sokaiya, or extortionists who threaten to disrupt annual shareholder meetings.

7.   Both banks plan extraordinary shareholder meetings in October to seek approval for the merger.

8.   Both banks plan to hold extraordinary shareholder meetings in October to win approval for the merger.

9.   Both banks plan shareholder meetings in October to secure approval for the merger.