11.   Investors generally contact companies on the focus list, and sometimes even file shareholder resolutions, asking the board to make changes.

12.   Lens supported a shareholder resolution to hire an investment banking firm to evaluate divesting all or part of the company.

13.   Most shareholder resolutions rarely rally enough votes to pass.

14.   Nonetheless, Hickey said, the managers of some socially responsible funds have been joining forces with like-minded investors to file shareholder resolutions.

15.   RJR Nabisco still faces a shareholder resolution Wednesday at its annual meeting in Winston-Salem, N.C., calling for an immediate spinoff.

16.   Shareholder resolutions by UFE to shrink the gap at firms such as BankBoston and General Electric have forced some firms to admit there is a problem.

17.   Shareholder resolutions on executive pay, the independence of board members and other issues have begun to receive more votes than they did in the past.

18.   Shareholder resolutions aimed at imposing corporate responsibility are well-intentioned but usually fail.

19.   Shareholder resolutions are not like elections, when it takes a majority to win.