Apple Inc. has come out with a series of hit products such as the iPhone and the iPad that have modernized every industry they touched. It has become the number two most valuable company in the world having a value, more than three hundred billion dollars.

However, when shareholders will meet on Wednesday at the company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, the discussion will not be focused on the firm’s next sleek new gadget or soaring profits. The discussion will be concentrated on its Chief Executive Steve Jobs and what Apple would do without him.

The reticent firm has been reluctant to talk in public about Jobs' fight with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and a liver transplant. But the uncertainty covering his latest leave of absence has unnerved investors and annoyed corporate governance experts, who say the company's destiny are inextricably connected to Jobs.

Investors will caste their vote Wednesday on a decision that would compel the Apple board to reveal its succession plans. And they are waiting eagerly to see whether Jobs make him present at the Apple's annual developer’s conference in June to launch the latest iPhone.

But for all you know Job might not turn up at the conference

Everybody knows that he might not come back, stated one of the former executives, who said this on the condition of anonymity to retain his relationship with Apple. "The company is prepared for all consequences.

Many analysts are reposing their trust and faith in Apple's momentum. Tim Bajarin of research firm Creative Strategies Inc. stated that Apple is a well kept machine and can go on.