It said no decision had been made on how many outside directors would be added.

The company also said that it had added one outside director and was trying to recruit others.

He is leaving the board on Wednesday, along with three other outside directors.

There will instead be an increase in the number of outside directors.

For the first time, the company elected six outside directors onto the board.

A committee of the company's outside directors has yet to name a financial adviser.

The outside directors, who have taken control of the company, did not return phone calls yesterday.

"We want to bring in more outside directors," one executive said.

By last spring, four of the seven outside directors had left.

Another major change was the hiring of an outside director.