A company letter asked shareholders to support the plan.

Now management is again asking shareholders to be patient.

"What kind of transparency can you call it, if management is allowed to fight hostile bids without asking shareholders?"

As a result, Jones is asking shareholders to approve the addition of 7.5 million shares for stock option grants.

It again asked shareholders not to tender their shares until it had made a recommendation.

Mr. Eaton asked shareholders for patience with the stock price.

How many times has management asked shareholders to trust them?

Wassall is asking shareholders for £103m to fund the deal via a three for-five rights issue at 150p.

That's because starting a fund - and building a 12b-1 fee into it - is easier than asking shareholders to approve new fees.

But it postponed a decision on whether to raise cash by asking shareholders to buy $15 billion in new stock.