	fleet flt shareholders approve share increase fleet financial group said its shareholders approved an increase in shares of the company s authorized common stock to shares from shares currently the company said shareholders approved the move at the annual meeting in providence today when the company reported that its first quarter ings rose to mln dlrs or cts a share from mln dlrs or cts a share in the first quarter j terence murray chairman and president of fleet financial said fleet s mortgage banking activities in particular continued to produce signficant income increases in the first quarter murray said fleet s mortgage servicing portfolio reached billion dlrs by march including billion dlrs purchased in march reuter 
