41.  Investors appear to agree, with several large institutional shareholders raising their positions recently.

42.  Kazarian, who made his offer Wednesday, had requested a meeting with the Borden board next Tuesday, and asked that major institutional shareholders be invited.

43.  Large institutional shareholders are allowed to apply for such treatment from the agency.

44.  Large institutional shareholders are snubbing such deals.

45.  Large institutional shareholders are wary of any restraints on their voting power.

46.  Last week, he traveled to New York and Boston, meeting privately with several large institutional shareholders.

47.  Monday the market seemed nonplussed about the Learning Co. deal, and some institutional shareholders grumbled that Mattel had gotten the company on the cheap.

48.  Moreover, a growing number of institutional shareholders have been betting against Telefonos de Mexico SA and other Mexican companies with shares listed in the U.S.

49.  Naik said he knows of a number of institutional shareholders who are angry about the Lycos-USA transaction.

50.  One reason was that meetings Costello had held in New York earlier this week with institutional shareholders and Wall Street analysts did much to defuse any fireworks.