81.   The companies said the increased compensation was all that shareholders would get, and declined to say what the lawyers for the shareholders would receive.

82.   The directors decided to cut bait, split the company into its component parts and hope that shareholders would get more from multiple entities than they would from one.

83.   The idea sounds obvious, so why did Olin shareholders get excited?

84.   The offer may come too late to cause a bidding war that would inflate the price Cepa shareholders get for their stock.

85.   The question is whether, in practice, shareholders are getting value for money.

86.   There are also growing questions about precisely what shareholders are getting for their money when companies grant stock options to top executives and employees.

87.   Typically, when a company is taken over, shareholders get a fat premium over the current stock price in order to entice them to sell out.

88.   Typically, when a company is taken over, shareholders get a fat premium over the current stock price in order to entice them to sell.

89.   Under the deal approved Friday, Wachovia shareholders will get two shares of First Union stock for each Wachovia share.

90.   Under the proposed deal, Turner Broadcasting shareholders would get three-quarters of a Time Warner share for each Turner share.