The player has 90 minutes to convince enough shareholders to sell their shares and to draft a 'Letter of Intent'.

In the heated confrontation he convinced enough shareholders to back him and the bid failed.

"If you are making money, how do you convince shareholders that by losing money you will increase value in the long run?"

"We have to convince shareholders that it is the right thing to do, to stay with it," he said.

Then, the company hopes to convince enough shareholders of the offer's virtues to gain a controlling stake in the target company.

Then they would have to assume the costs of a campaign to convince other shareholders to vote for their nominee.

Step two would be to convince shareholders that executive compensation policies are geared toward maximizing their wealth.

Homestake has to convince shareholders that they too can grow into a first-tier company through this merger.

Perhaps most significantly, Computer Associates must convince shareholders and customers that its recovery is on track.

Ms. Fiorina and her team did their best to try to convince shareholders that the Compaq deal was the right move.