On 21 January 2008 JC Flowers made a bid of £4bn (175p per share) as an informal offer for the company.

The government permits companies to begin the selection process and give out informal offers beginning April 1, at the start of the fourth year.

The London exchange rejected an informal offer of $4.1 billion from Nasdaq last Friday.

The £9.1 billion offer is his third informal offer since then.

In a statement, Gallaher confirmed the details of its informal offer after not commenting all day.

That was Professor Milton's first informal offer when I spoke to him this morning.

In March, London rejected an informal offer of £9.50 a share.

Executives close to the negotiations have suggested that Cablevision's informal offer does not fulfill Hughes's strategic objectives.

By the end of a weekend of talks, the two sides could not even agree on what the final informal offer for the company was.

(360) Ms. Lewinsky interviewed again the next morning, and a few hours later received an informal offer for a position.