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We believe they will improve our earnings-per-share and ultimately enhance our shareholder value.

Richard Clark

I'm not surprised by the bidding. But you're now getting to the point of the company being fully valued. I guess the question I would ask if I was a Thyssen shareholder is, Is this a good use of the money?

John Novak

The tug-of-war with regulators over the [NYSE Group's] public service role, plus SEC regulation of trading rules and revenue structures, will put a damper on attempts to maximize shareholder value, limiting potential upside.

Philip Guziec

I think the brokers, Schwab included, are really redefining themselves as asset gatherers, and as they look at where the growth is in the asset management sector, it's at the top of the food chain. This deal is a great value proposition for both shareholder groups.

Tom Theurkauf

I've not had a single shareholder not agree that we should convert - what a powerful statement.

Bill Holland

This is consistent with this board's pattern of disrespecting shareholder interests in favor of entrenching themselves in their lucrative positions.

Ralph Whitworth

Bringing our companies together accelerates both companies' strategic plans and creates a biotechnology leader with the products, pipeline, infrastructure and financial resources to grow faster and create sustainable shareholder value beyond what either company could achieve separately.

James Mullen

They are trying to slam this through by having a meeting date as soon as possible. They are having a shareholder meeting way before they are ready to close the deal.

Steve Wolitzer

The departure of Mr. Miller will open the door for creating shareholder value through further changes and operating improvements at the company.

Matt Miksic

This 50 percent increase in our quarterly dividend rate, the third increase since the beginning of 2005, reflects our confidence about our financial outlook and our commitment to increasing shareholder value.

John Surma

This systematic focus on maximizing shareholder value implies a major top-down change in the bank's corporate culture.

Rijkman Groenink

Fairfax does not have a controlling family shareholder, it has high cash flows. A lot of people might be out there looking at it.

Alex Pollak

This project has previously been delayed based upon rig availability but we are now excited that we have a rig secured and should begin drilling within the next thirty days. If successful, this project matches our goals of producing cash flow and enhancing shareholder value.

Kevan Casey

Elliott is extremely disappointed in your decision to accept a revised Johnson & Johnson offer that clearly fails to maximize shareholder value, and is appalled at the board's failure to stand up for the shareholders you are charged to represent.

Ivan Krsticevic

This joining of forces could launch us immediately into a highly competitive position and add an advantage by giving us access to an extremely large population of potential customers, lowering significantly our cost of customer acquisition, while building a solid foundation that will enable rapid growth and profitability, increasing our shareholder value.

Anthony Longo

We are responsible to generate as much cash and shareholder value as possible in the interim, ... We intend to be a tough competitor until the deal closes.

Ralph Hake

Richard will bring to the organization a valuable combination of senior operational management of a global enterprise, business transformation skills and a proven record of creating shareholder value.

Roy Gardner

Management is concerned about return on invested capital and return on shareholder equity and that's the focus. Everything else takes a backseat to that.

Richard Hastings

From a shareholder standpoint, it's not a particularly clear pond.

Charles Elson

We've closed the gap in terms of production capacity and profitability. To embark on another phase of consolidation, you have to find new synergies and not run into any regulatory problems, ... We've done the necessary mergers to bring shareholder value.

Thierry Desmarest

This decision does not require shareholder approval. The fund's board of directors can simply decide to hold an offering.

Gregg Wolper

I am working on stabilizing the business and regenerating growth. We're in a great industry with high margin and we have the knowledge and the expertise. For now we're focused on getting our own house in order and improving shareholder value, not the size of the business.

Neville Isdell

Cash flow is resilient, and has been some years. There's scope for operators to reduce shareholder returns if they need to, although we don't think they will do that. It's not like 2001 when credit measures were so tight it could only mean distressed asset sales and rights issues. It's not like that now.

Guy Deslondes

The actions we have taken, and those we will take over the next year, demonstrate clearly the degree to which ITT Industries is committed to increasing shareholder value.

Travis Engen

Comcast has the experience and the expertise. As a shareholder I would rather have those assets in Comcast's hands than standing alone and run by a telephone company.

Anthony Ferrugia

As a publicly traded company you're always available to be acquired. The board of directors, as representatives of the shareholders, have a responsibility to maximize shareholder value. If they have an offer that potentially meets that goal, they consider it.

Robert Vincent

Tim has been instrumental in helping our growth since joining the company. His experience and knowledge will benefit our organization as he continues to be a part of our management team focused on building shareholder value.

David Zalman

Are they doing what he wanted? Not nearly, to the letter. But is he having a positive impact on shareholder value and wealth? Yes.

Dave Kolpak

He is not the chairman of a public corporation. He doesn't create shareholder value. He is essentially a regulator, and he is running an unregulated monopoly in a way.

Nell Minow

I see this guy on television all the time talking about shareholder rights, and then we get this kind of stuff.

Michael Stortini

There is strong logic in the existing de-merger proposal as a means of unlocking shareholder value and separating high-yield and high-growth businesses.

Paul Anthony

I am excited to lead the Company during these challenging times. I can assure you that I am fully committed to finding the best solutions for QLT with the primary goal of enhancing shareholder value.

Bob Butchofsky

Management continues to run the company for long term shareholder return.

John Lawrence

It is seen as a sign that the new management at C&W is willing to focus the group in a way that should crystallize shareholder value.

James Ross

I appreciate the confidence of the board, and I look forward to continue leading the company and having the opportunity to enhance shareholder value.

Bill Zollars

As shareholders, we have a lot of questions. But Goldman has not provided substantive responses, either to our letters or at the shareholder meeting.

Tom Borelli

We believe there is opportunity for significant shareholder value to be created through the combination of product lines in both these businesses and from greater opportunity for growth.

R. Keith Elliott

We're very proud of that. If you can't keep control on the expenses side, it's not as valuable to the shareholder.

Craig Donohue

I think Pepsi is in a great situation. Pepsi could get this done at $90 per share now and really generate some shareholder value.

Bill Pecoriello

We demand that NABI immediately retain an investment bank other than Lehman, or in conjunction with Lehman, to explore strategies to maximize shareholder value.

Daniel Loeb

Obviously, the Guidant board favors the certainty associated with J&J's offer. They've basically gotten the FTC to sign off with J&J. They just need shareholder approval.

Keay Nakae

We think [Sirius'] consistency delivering on its guidance and its focus on cost and free cash-flow yield will help evolve the shareholder base in 2006.

Benjamin Swinburne

This was a magnificent company that the people who have seized it and used it as a platform from which to persecute and defame the people who built it have torn apart and destroyed, to the expense of the shareholder.

Conrad Black

IBM has proven that the services/solution centric approach to the market can build shareholder value.

Tom Kraemer

When Mr. Fisher joined Eastman Kodak, I was a shareholder with great anticipation that he would take a technological problem and make it into a technological opportunity, ... Lou Gerstner did that at IBM. I thought there was a possibility, actually a probability, that we'd get that out of George Fisher. Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet.

Michael Holland

The state is not a good shareholder.

Daniel Bouton

Individual performance/company performance is linked closely to shareholder return.

Gregory Comeaux

It would help enormously to get a bigger shareholder on board.

Bill Ackman

While building shareholder value is important, we don't find market capitalization a particularly critical measurement. We measure our value by the value our products provide to customers.

Tom Pilla

What seemed to be doable in July all of a sudden seems to drag and drag, and at the last minute, there's this crunch to meet shareholder expectations or the accounting end of things.

Marjorie Brody

That's not the way I was thinking about it. Selling PacifiCorp and returning the money to investors was the right decision for shareholder value.

Brian Russell

It's a question of whether they choose to put revenues into employee benefits or shareholder dividends, and I think their priorities are off base.

John Harrity

That is not their job at all. Their job is to keep all shareholders fully informed and the Government is just one shareholder out of 1.6 million and no shareholder should get any information before any other shareholder.

John Curry

We are paid to create shareholder value, ... At the moment, we see the only way to create value is to concentrate on our core businesses.

Brian Russell

The board has to decide whether to sell. Thirty-five percent is a pretty big number. They have to decide if that's the right course or they may have a shareholder revolt.

Charles Elson

One of our primary objectives is to bring HOMELAND SECURITY CORPORATION to a fully reporting status. Further, it is our intent to move forward with our sales and marketing plan for 2006 and develop strategic alliances in the government security sector. These actions underline the commitment to build shareholder equity and confidence.

David Singer

We have the financial communities offering us capital so what kind of capital do we want? What is in the best interest of our company and our shareholder?

Joe Houssian

It is very good for shareholder value. It's an all-cash offer. It's £2 a share, which is somewhere in the range of a 25% premium over the last three months.

Peter Erskine

Personally, I think [that's] ludicrous. But as a shareholder, I would be delighted.

Whitney Tilson

What we're trying to do is determine if our shareholders and customers have been misled. We can't think of a single shareholder who would believe that the PSC order isn't in their best interest.

Chad Jones

The amount of shareholder wealth that has been transferred from shareholders to CEOs has doubled in the past 10 years.

Richard Ferlauto

More institutions are screening out the very worst social but also using shareholder advocacy to improve those that don't make the grade.

Alisa Gravitz

It became clear that in keeping with our long history of focusing on shareholder value, we should examine all possibilities.

Richard Smith

Our U.K. and Canadian corporate clients want better access to U.S.-based institutional investors and hedge funds to expand their shareholder bases and increase their ability to raise growth capital.

Paul Reynolds

There will be an influx of funds as global investment communities and carriers look toward increasing their shareholder value by investing in India's growth.

Kobita Desai

I think they're definitely looking for asset management companies in the U.S.. Certainly, they have a shareholder base that's confident of their ability to do a large acquisition without any hiccups.

Ian Nakamoto

It's about soft skills and politicking, cultivating shareholder value rather than ROI. Sometimes shareholder value is about building revenue but sometimes it's not just about profit.

Pip Peel

Review various strategic and financial options to enhance long-term shareholder value.

Tommy Hilfiger

We commenced a process to explore all possible alternatives to create shareholder value and we intend to see that process through to completion. Constellation is welcome to join that process if they can put forward an offer representing full and fair value.

Mark Hilson

Mr. Paulson seems to have gotten the message that shareholder assets ought not to be used for his environmental interests that he has previously acknowledged to be purely personal. But we still want to know what happened on the Chilean land deal.

Tom Borelli

Our strong commitment to continuing to create shareholder value is evidenced by the declaration of our first ever cash dividend. This dividend, supported by the company's excellent free cash flow and strong balance sheet, reflects our confidence in the future growth of Barnes & Noble.

Leonard Riggio

While we received comments from major CSR and SRI groups-for whom this is an important issue-we did not receive comments from any of the organizations focused on shareholder activism. Of course the standard is being published as an exposure draft, so we are still looking for comments and will be piloting it to seek feedback over the next 12 or more months.

Alan Knight

[But a Florida shareholder last week had filed an objection to the company paying the fees, and Schwartz agreed.] It's a very good settlement, but I don't see the corporation paying for it, ... What I argue with is the corporation or the shareholders paying $25 million or $24 million or $1 million.

John Schwartz

The new structure is designed to create greater shareholder value by providing two distinct, clear and compelling investment opportunities, while serving customer needs with a more efficient operation.

Bernie Ebbers

The symptom was executive pay being non-aligned with shareholder interests and our response was to create an accountability mechanism for directors.

Richard Ferlauto

We are looking at a number of alternatives to maximize shareholder value, including the separation of the company into two, or potentially three, strong and independent entities.

Louis Camilleri

When he speaks on this subject, the Prime Minister has to make it clear which hat he is wearing ? that of regulator, shareholder or leader of a government.

John Curry

There is no other leisure business in the world with the same potential for growth and shareholder returns as online gaming. We're in our embryonic stages.

David Carruthers

We're not disputing the fact that (executives) deserve to make a lot of money. Just make it performance based, so everyone is benefiting, not just them. It's all about increasing shareholder value.

Coleman Stipanovich

It's not like Tyson is alone (in having a dual-structure stock.) And it's not hidden. (The voting structure) is laid out in the filings. There are a lot of other issues, obviously, that have greater bearing on the stock price than shareholder structure.

Christine Mccracken

We don't have to shore (the company) up. That debt is wiped out, ... Our shareholder value is about $500 million and we have almost no debt. So this transaction is not a financial burden to us.

David Singer

Although there would be no direct equity relationship between Apple and Disney, Mr. Jobs would be the largest individual shareholder in both, and would be likely to hold at least a board seat at Disney. In the complex and sometimes querulous dynamic between media and technology companies, such a move would no doubt raise questions about the ripples those ties can be expected to cause.

Richard Siklos

We'll continue to evaluate several ways to improve shareholder value. We don't need a strategic partner, though.

Glenn Christenson

We pursued this class action on our 250,000 members' behalf and are pleased with the tentative settlement. We have a fiduciary duty to the active and retired Ontario teachers for whom we invest to press the companies we invest in to deliver shareholder value. As this suit illustrates, we are prepared to act when necessary.

Claude Lamoureux

Remember, I'm your largest shareholder. Don't screw it up.

Sam Moore

The price offered for DIS is fair and we won't raise it. We will continue with our bid, and we can live with a minority shareholder.

Axel Schafmeister

It's a great time to reinvest in our company. This action is yet another reflection of our commitment to enhance shareholder value.

Charles Holliday Jr

We have substantially and successfully concluded our asset disposition plan and intend to promptly apply these proceeds to repay our senior unsecured notes. These actions will significantly improve our financial flexibility and interest coverage, providing us a much broader ability to address business issues and further enhance shareholder value.

Paul W. Whetsell

We believe such a decision, without justifiable reason, infringes our statutory right to submit shareholder proposals.

Warren Lichtenstein

We are applauding the plan for adopting key strategic initiatives that will create a lot of shareholder value. I am not going to run a proxy contest.

Bill Ackman

We feel it is natural that we should look for shareholder value-creating opportunities in a market in which we are already in and where we expect to see more growth.

Philip Scott

There is far more responsibility on the boards of companies nowadays to ensure compliance with good codes. Shareholder activism is on the rise, and companies that fail to demonstrate good faith in adhering to a code of ethics are feeling the wrath of market forces more intensely than ever before.

Stanley Subramoney

I continue to be a shareholder and a fan of [Microsoft], ... But that doesn't change our obligation to defend Network Commerce's rights to its innovative intellectual property. We hope to resolve this legal dispute amicably, perhaps through a licensing arrangement.

Dwayne Walker

By building electronic links with all the key financial intermediaries in Japan, we have been able to eliminate all manual processing for participating companies, ... enabling us to set a voting deadline of noon (JST) the day before a shareholder meeting.

Bruce Babcock

It is obviously in the interest of Sovereign management to attempt to avoid a shareholder vote until after shareholders have been deluded.

Orin Kramer

When we opened our office in 2000, we made a strategic decision to expand with attorneys who could serve our regional, national and international client base. Stephen exemplifies that dedication and scope. It's been a privilege working with Stephen, and we're delighted he's chosen to make a long-term commitment to the firm as a shareholder.

David Palmer

We view this announcement, following Pfizer's 26% dividend increase in December 2005, as another sign that Pfizer is addressing shareholder concerns and as another step in the right direction for the company.

Chris Schott

We invest using the Nikkei 225 futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, so that when a shareholder brings us $1, our use of futures enables us to buy $2 worth of Japan.

William Seale

Although we have to face the fact that economic conditions are deteriorating around the world, we confidently expect to continue building sustainable shareholder value.

Martin Broughton

Essentially, it was not a good deal for Onyx as a company and for Onyx's shareholders. We would have had to issue a huge number of shares, and the net effect would have been grossly diluted shareholder value.

Robert Craig

Generally we don't like them as a basic principle. In some cases it is working reasonably well from a shareholder point of view and that has to do with the people involved.

Brian Gibson

In general, activism like this makes good sense as long as it's focused on issues that improve shareholder value.

Brad Barber

There are numerous competitors who could benefit immediately from acquiring Palm. The opportunity to realize these benefits will surely erode over time, as will shareholder value. It is imperative the Board act in a timely and decisive fashion before the opportunity to do so is diminished.

Mark Nelson

I'm the controlling shareholder, and I'm the one who entrusted the company to my son, ... It would appear to show that Inner City Broadcasting is supporting Bloomberg. I own it!

Percy Sutton

[Greenberg, however, thinks such fears are overblown.] I think [disclosure at] Liberty is clearer than most companies, ... is one of the most shareholder-oriented of any public company.

Bill Nygren

After many years with the company as a shareholder and board member, I am looking forward to guiding the company's strategic initiatives.

Robert Katz

They hadn't done anything wrong. They exercised their right as a significant shareholder and we were there to attend the AGM on their behalf and to make sure their votes counted, as you'd expect.

Richard Hough

The hands-on contribution required from me as the principal shareholder is ... now more limited and I have, as a result, decided to invite offers for the group.

John Caudwell

Our in-country experts are seeing new development and construction projects underway. But they also see the sometimes complicated landscape in terms of tax implications, regulatory compliance and other opportunity costs. Understanding the full risk profile of new projects -- especially in emerging countries -- will be essential for hospitality companies looking to deliver shareholder value.

Michael Fishbin

These layoffs are difficult but appropriate to enable progress toward our improved business model and to enhance shareholder value.

David D. French

This realignment marks the logical transition from the founder phase of CA to the next level of corporate activity, which is more focused on enhancing shareholder value.

Charles Wang

This is a great victory for shareholder rights.

Stuart Grant

If you're a current shareholder, you will not be affected. You can continue (to buy shares) just as you always have.

Shelly Grice

Achieving these goals will create shareholder value and allow us to determine the best strategic direction for the company.

Robert Mcgehee

This acquisition will generate immediate revenues for our company. In addition, we believe many of the presently non-producing wells that are part of this transaction have considerable potential. We are focused on creating shareholder value and are quite confident this acquisition from Mr. Foster does just that.

Dan Lloyd

The department raises the issue of passing on savings to the consumers who are truly affected by high airline prices, compared to shareholder concerns.

Kurt Kawafuchi

As a major shareholder, our overall goal is to improve corporate governance and shareholder value.

Rob Feckner

Looking ahead, our focus will remain on accelerating sales growth and enhancing shareholder value by implementing the record number of new product introductions and leveraging the strategic acquisitions initiated this year.

Jim Hackett

That's all great for shareholder morale but long-term, it's not a benefit to Microsoft. With the amount of cash they have, they need to do something with that to increase growth.

Knox Fuqua

[So is the individual disregarded?] They're not ignored, ... but they may not get the priority a shareholder who has a million shares will.

Louis Thompson

Many Japanese companies are now much more focused on enhancing shareholder value, which is creating a lot of opportunities for M&A in general.

Eric Mason

That's terrific if you're a BellSouth shareholder ... but there are too many negatives poking at the market right now.

Elliot Spar

Defense mechanisms in this country are seen by regulators as a means to improve shareholder value, not to thwart bids.

Edward Nash

We would of course speak with any interested shareholder of relevant thoughts and perspectives. We have informed Icahn that we'd be happy to meet.

Alfred Adler

Rob has done an exceptional job as president of our Insurance Company Services division. Moving forward, he will use his strategic vision and determined leadership to aggressively grow our business, maximize profitability and increase shareholder value.

Ed Troy