"We welcome the prime minister's words but you can't rely on shareholders to solve it," she said.

And it has to weigh the impact on employees as well as shareholders.

"We are dependent on shareholders to keep the company going."

It is the ill effect on shareholders of enormous stock-option grants.

A call was made on shareholders, who were given the £95,000 stock remaining in the hands of the company.

But larger companies have also been put on the block as their founders and controlling shareholders near retirement.

'This was done with a complete focus on shareholders of the corporation,' he insists.

In the case of fund management, the impact on shareholders of a takeover often is not immediately clear.

When the benefits end, the impact on shareholders is usually not significant.

Make sure that this is not a cost put on the depositors and shareholders.