On December 13, 2007, shareholders representing more than 60 percent of Dow Jones's voting stock approved the company's acquisition by News Corp.

The lawyer, a shareholder representing himself in a lawsuit challenging the AT&T bid, said that roughly $16 of the monthly fee went to Excite@Home and the rest to the cable operators.

That stake is large enough to block all but the strongest bid, since taking the company private requires approval from shareholders representing 80 percent of the company's shares under Irish law.

The manager or managers are appointed by the statutes (statutory managers) or by decision of shareholders representing more than half of capital.

Increase by incorporation of reserves, premiums and benefits The decision to make such a capital increase is validly made by shareholders representing at least half the shares and not 3 / 4.

The deal will become valid only if it is approved by Federal court in Minneapolis and if shareholders representing more than 90 percent of the investments agree to participate.

Presumably, he knows this because shareholders representing a significant portion of shares gathered at the Sanford C. Bernstein firm a few weeks ago to discuss it, according to people who attended.

Granada said its bid had been accepted by shareholders representing 60.89 percent, or about 591 million shares, of Forte, Britain's largest hotel company.

The resolution is submitted by shareholders representing some 0.15% of our total outstanding shares," it said in a formal response.

In the end, shareholders representing 40 percent of Deutsche Börse's stock came out publicly against a deal, and the full opposition may have even been higher, Frankfurt bankers said.