1.   Avenor shareholders later rejected the merger anyway.

2.   Also, shareholders rejected proposals to curb executive pay.

3.   But Parr thinks Lycos shareholders rejected the deal partly because they doubted these channels had the audience size and prestige to benefit Lycos.

4.   But shareholders rejected the offer.

5.   But the request, filed as a shareholder proposal, faced opposition by the Exxon board and was overwhelmingly rejected by shareholders.

6.   Conversely, if the ongoing vote count shows HP shareholders have rejected the merger, financial pressures on Compaq would force it to fire workers anyway, Anderson said.

7.   DISNEY HOLDERS REJECT PROPOSAL Disney shareholders rejected a move to redefine what constitutes an independent director.

8.   Greenway last year urged Woolworth Corp. to spin off its Foot Locker stores, but shareholders rejected that idea.

9.   If shareholders rejected the proposed independent auditor, then the board would reconsider the matter, according to the proxy statement.

10.   Inland Steel Industries Inc. shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal calling for the steelmaker to spin off its Ryerson Tull Inc. subsidiary.