1.   The majority shareholders at the same time expressed strong criticism of the Bank of England and other regulators over their handling of the affair.

2.   However, where the directors are together the majority shareholders, they must not abuse their voting control to discriminate against the minority.

3.   The result is that the shareholders in the target company become the majority shareholders in the acquiring company.

4.   Fellow directors had sought unsuccessfully in their court action to prevent the egm -- called by majority shareholders George Deans and his father Hamish.

5.   Analysts said the setback was a significant blow to Genentech and its majority shareholder, Roche Holding AG of Switzerland.

6.   An investment by CMG Information Services Inc. made it the majority shareholder in Freemark, the company said.

7.   As the majority shareholder in a corporation, you can elect unilaterally to dissolve the corporation, says San Francisco attorney Michael Casey Walker.

8.   After getting the business going, Bontempo decided to replace himself as chief executive last year, though he remains the majority shareholder.

9.   But the suit maintained that after Procope sold out, Tatum schemed to become the majority shareholder.