The winning consortium agreed to pay $12 billion for the company.

A consortium of banks has agreed to lend the company another $3.7 billion.

This year, a consortium of computer chip makers agreed to build a new research center in Albany.

The international consortium that controls use of the medium has not agreed on a format for sound recording.

After an impasse that lasted several months, the consortium recently agreed on how to divide the first phase of the project.

Five years ago, a consortium of law firms and corporations agreed to donate 30 hours a lawyer a year to legal work for the poor.

A consortium of banks agreed to put up $1 billion in credit.

The consortium agreed to pay $36 a share for SunGard, the executives said.

The parties and the consortium later agreed to allot additional time to the economy because of the 2008 global economic crisis.

The consortium has tentatively agreed to pay about $35 a share for SunGard, they said.