1.   Antonini fended off shareholder revolts for months, in part by the force of his confident, even blustery, public persona.

2.   At last, it seems that a shareholder revolt over executive excesses is brewing.

3.   Cerberus Partners of New York, a hedge fund, is threatening to lead a shareholder revolt and throw out the current directors and management of Nichols.

4.   Grace tried to quell a potential shareholder revolt last month by promising to add public members to the National Medical board once the unit is spun off.

5.   MCI investors, meanwhile, have said they expect a shareholder revolt if the terms are changed.

6.   Since then, BT has been under shareholder pressure to renegotiate the acquisition, while MCI investors have said they expect a shareholder revolt if the terms are changed.

7.   That alone does not scotch the deal, but it could precipitate a shareholder revolt.

8.   Since Vienot spoke out against the rescue the French business world has been shaken by a number of unprecedented shareholder revolts and boardroom coups.