Among those investors is Solera Capital, Annie's biggest shareholder, which currently owns a 90.5 percent stake in the company.
This offer was rejected by FRO, Ductil's Italian majority shareholder, which is itself owned by Air Liquide, a French multinational.
For obvious reasons, no one seems eager to sell, particularly the largest shareholder, which owns nearly 20percentt.
The alternative might be to cede control to the UAW, the second-biggest shareholder, which is hardly blameless for GM's current parlous state.
Glencore International is trying to win over investors, including Qatar Holding, Xstrata's second-largest shareholder, which had threatened to block the deal.
And you can't really say anything particularly nice about Amazon's tax arrangements and business model unless you happen to be a shareholder, which I'm not.
Between them the duo owned half of a company called Bedder 6, with BBC Worldwide the other shareholder, which exploited Top Gear's global commercial potential.
"We believe that an educated Home Depot shareholder is a long-term shareholder, which is our rationale for providing this information," Mr. Cockrell said.
It would also infuriate commercial rivals, most notably BSkyB, in which Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the largest shareholder, which would face a powerful new competitor.
The news, also disclosed in a regulatory filing, pleased the company's largest shareholder, which has been agitating for a sale since February.
That view was mirrored by Southeastern Asset Management, a 5% shareholder, which said: "The truth behind the allegations made against Olympus management has begun to emerge.
