1.   Alone among the core shareholders to cast their vote for Bernabe was Credit Suisse-First Boston.

2.   But analysts cited reports by several Paribas core shareholders in recent days as indications that support for Paribas was weakening.

3.   Esther Koplowitz is likely to decide on an industrial core shareholder for FCC within a month.

4.   French companies Air Liquide and Electricite de France are expected to become core shareholders.

5.   France gave up control of Bull last December by allowing its core shareholders to increase their stakes through a share sale and capital increase.

6.   He presided as the government last December allowed core shareholders, including Motorola Inc. and NEC Corp., to buy bigger stakes in Bull and take control.

7.   Lyonnais has sought out as a future core shareholder Credit Agricole, which has the largest branch network of any French bank.

8.   Santander said the move was based more on synergies between the two companies than any desire to be a core shareholder.

9.   The French government gave up control of Bull last December by allowing its core shareholders to increase their stakes through a share sale and capital increase.

10.   The remainder is held by a group of core shareholders such as Electricite de France.