91.   The number of WorldCom shares outstanding has doubled over the past year.

92.   The rights will be distributed as dividends for each outstanding Southern National share.

93.   The rules say that no new manager can be elected unless he or she gets the votes of two-thirds of the outstanding shares.

94.   The sale will triple the number of shares outstanding in CCT Telecom, raising its market value by two-thirds.

95.   The split came immediately following the approval by MindSpring shareholders at their annual meeting Tuesday of a proposal to increase the number of outstanding shares.

96.   The so-called burn rate in the chart shows that number as a percent of total shares outstanding, averaged over the past two years to reduce fluctuations.

97.   The total number of shares outstanding would be reduced correspondingly.

98.   The split-adjusted stock now trades for a higher price than when the company announced plans to double its shares outstanding late last month.

99.   Then multiply this number by the number of outstanding shares of Great Western, which also changes daily.

100.   They reduce the number of shares outstanding, thereby bolstering the share price.