"We get a percentage of the metal that is sold in real cash."

Earlier this year, bankers forced Mesa to sell 17 percent of its reserves for $440 million in cash.

Carter has been losing money and sold Thalhimers for $325 million in cash to pay off part of its large debt.

And it was sold last September for $6.75 million - in cash.

Wyse Technology will be sold to a group from Taiwan for $10 a share in cash, the company announced.

Mesa Limited Partnership agreed to sell 11 percent of its natural gas reserves for $275 million in cash.

The New York-based company also agreed to sell its Loyalty Life unit to private investors for $34 million in cash and a note.

H.C.A. sold 104 hospitals for $1.6 billion in cash, a company spokesman said.

So far, 18 shares have been sold, all in cash, ranging from 334,000 to 760,000 euros, or about $440,000 to more than $1 million.

On January 29, 2007 the company announced it would sell its more than 600 outpatient centers to Select Medical Corporation for $245 million in cash.