1.   Barely a year ago, outgoing Chief Executive Edzard Reuter told shareholders they could expect net profit to increase one-third.

2.   Directors rarely quit, and even when they do, they almost never tell shareholders why.

3.   He threatened to tell other shareholders at the annual meeting.

4.   It also said it will run newspapers and radio advertisements to tell IES shareholders about its offer.

5.   It tells shareholders, in percentage terms, how much their company earned for each dollar invested.

6.   It was the tiniest thing, Fidelity just told shareholders in a letter -- just a missing minus sign.

7.   Meeting in Basel, the shareholders were also told of two lawsuits filed this week that further clouded the legal waters surrounding the unwinding of Swissair.

8.   Most of that growth will come from small four-seater cars, he told shareholders last week.

9.   Numerous successful corporations, he told shareholders six weeks ago at their annual meeting, often lose track of their mission.

10.   Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements.