21.   Beverly Hills, California-based Hilton took ITT to court over the plan because ITT wanted to break up without getting shareholder approval.

22.   A federal judge, though, ruled in September the split needed shareholder approval, paving the way for the bidding war.

23.   After Stanley announced that it had obtained shareholder approval last week, its move was delayed because of alleged irregularities in the balloting process.

24.   Agra also said it will seek shareholder approval to combine its Class A voting and B non-voting shares into a single class of voting common stock.

25.   Alliance Worldwide Privatization will acquire the assets of Global Privatization, a closed-end fund, subject to shareholder approval.

26.   Boston Bancorp is also seeking shareholder approval for two board members to replace Laine and Archibald.

27.   But a majority of the board could vote to sell parts of the company without shareholder approval, the source said.

28.   But it represents the greatest single doubt that surrounds the merger plan of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, and the biggest obstacle to winning shareholder approval for the deal.

29.   But the agreement needs shareholder approval and some investors have said they may oppose it.

30.   Chateau and ROC agreed to a merger last month, pending shareholder approval.