1.  In its place, more activist shareholders are moving in.

2.  An Enron spokesman declined to comment on the suit, which was filed by the Amalgamated Bank, known to be an activist shareholder.

3.  Activist shareholders have increasingly sought to force closed-end funds to convert to open-end status as a way of eliminating the discount.

4.  But then option grants began to grow, in response to calls from activist shareholders that executive pay should be tied more closely to performance.

5.  Companies in Houston and across the country are seeing an increase in activist shareholders who are beginning to become more of a force, according to Kumar.

6.  Ebner, an activist shareholder, likes to take large positions in companies and influence management to become more efficient and profitable.

7.  Not only have emerging markets rebounded, but some activist shareholders, especially institutional investors, have been pushing funds to eliminate persistent discounts to net asset value.

8.  That may sound like old-school thinking, the kind that activist shareholders are trying to exorcise.

9.  The activist shareholders said that since it is too late for formal proxy proposals, they are already looking beyond the annual meeting.