1.  Bates said the French state shareholders would get stock in the enlarged GEC Alsthom.

2.  San Francisco attorney Solomon Cera, representing New York state shareholder Luiz Alves, said a related reason for numbers pumping is the prospect of a merger or acquisition.

3.  The Czech National Property Fund, the state shareholder, will own Unipetrol for the time being.

4.  Aerospatiale and its state shareholders in Paris have been the most markedly reluctant to move.