31.  Some executives, who hired sokaiya to beat up or intimidate legitimate dissident shareholders, now find themselves stuck with the gangsters.

32.  Still, some analysts say Soros and other dissident shareholders may now have a harder time getting the support of smaller investors.

33.  The changes were made last week in an effort to pacify dissident institutional shareholders before a vote at a special meeting Monday.

34.  The sale of the farm is a goal that a pair of dissident shareholders set last year.

35.  There he was known as a pro-management sokiaya, or one who intimidates dissident shareholders.

36.  Then, on Tuesday, a dissident shareholder group said it would try to oust Burnison, Bergen and the current board of directors.

37.  They went to a Tokyo real estate company linked with sokaiya -- gangsters who blackmail companies with embarrassing secrets or take money to intimidate dissident shareholders.

38.  Whether such acts would give Allen and other dissident shareholders a majority of the stock is unclear.

39.  A small group of dissident shareholders said the consortium failed to present them with a full range of alternative options.

40.  Dissident shareholders who are owed millions tried but failed Friday to force the jewelry retailer Signet Group PLC to seek buyout offers.