1.   Their friendly society status means that they have no shareholders in the normal sense of the term.

2.   And the more shareholders you have, the more people understand the virtues of free enterprise and the less likely they are to do silly or socialistic things.

3.   As a mutual company, Met Life is owned by its policy holders and does not have shareholders to pressure management to increase profits.

4.   As a rule, companies do not like to have shareholders with very small holdings.

5.   BellSouth could not immediately provide an estimate of how many shareholders it has in Georgia.

6.   A few of its companies, like Engage, a database advertising company, already have public shareholders.

7.   Abaco is trying to retain a controlling interest by having current shareholders and several foreign institutional investors raise the money, said Abaco spokesman Adrian Gonzalez.

8.   British drug companies rely on U.S. sales for much of their profit and have many shareholders there as well.

9.   Creditors would also get the right to dispose of assets held by owners or top management, if the company has majority shareholders.

10.   Some of those subsidiary companies are publicly listed, and they have minority shareholders who do not benefit from profits at Yukos or Menatep.