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• It shed about 7 pence , however , after dealers said 0 the market was disappointed that [_ARG0 Ford] did n't move *-1 to [_rel tender] [_ARG1 a bid for control of the company] .
• Dow Jones , which *T*-1 owns about 64 million of Telerate 's 95 million common shares outstanding , said that [_ARG1 about 24,000 shares] have been [_rel tendered] *-2 [_ARGM-LOC under its offer] .
• The offer , which *T*-2 was due *-3 to expire yesterday , is conditional on [_ARG1 50.1 % of Dunkin' common shares] , [_ARGM-MNR on a fully diluted basis] , being [_rel tendered] *-1 and on the withdrawal of the company 's poison pill rights plan .
• DD Acquisition said 0 [_ARG1 2.2 million shares , or about 38.5 % of the shares outstanding ,] have been [_rel tendered] *-1 [_ARGM-LOC under its offer] .
• Sony Corp. completed its tender offer for Columbia Pictures Entertainment Inc. , with [_ARG0 Columbia shareholders] [_rel tendering] [_ARG1 99.3 % of all common shares outstanding] [_ARGM-TMP by the Tuesday deadline] .
• For [_ARG0 holders] who *T*-28 decide *-1 [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_rel tender] [_ARG1 their shares] , Sea Containers will issue one share of preferred stock with a stated value of $ 25 *U* , plus a cash dividend on the common stock .
• The company said 0 [_ARG0 its directors , management and subsidiaries] will remain long-term investors and *-1 [_ARGM-MOD wo] [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel tender] [_ARG1 any of their shares] [_ARGM-LOC under the offer] .
• The food company , which *T*-1 has 720,000 warrants and about 2.9 million common shares outstanding , said 0 it may increase the offer *-3 to purchase [_ARG1 any or all warrants] that *T*-2 are [_ARGM-MNR properly] [_rel tendered] .
• That displeases many current holders , such as Allianz , which *T*-1 could n't be sure of *-2 selling all their shares if [_ARG0 they] [_rel tendered] to [_ARG2-to Paribas] .
• At the close of business Thursday , Ciba-Geigy and Chiron said 0 [_ARG1 11,580 common shares] had been [_rel tendered] *-1 to [_ARG2-to their offer] .
• Both offers are conditional on regulatory approvals and [_ARG1 enough shares] being [_rel tendered] [_ARGM-PNC * to give the bidders a majority of Connaught 's shares outstanding] .
• Institut Merieux , which *T*-1 already holds a 12.5 % stake in Connaught , said that at the close of business Thursday , [_ARG1 5,745,188 shares of Connaught and C$ 44.3 million *U* face amount of debentures , convertible into 1,826,596 common shares ,] had been [_rel tendered] *-2 to [_ARG2-to its offer] .
• LIN Broadcasting surged 4 5\/8 to 112 5\/8 ; LIN and BellSouth sweetened their merger agreement in an attempt * to keep [_ARG0 shareholders] from *-1 [_rel tendering] [_ARG1 their shares] to [_ARG2-to McCaw Cellular Communications] .
• Dresdner Bank said 0 it will also buy [_ARG1 all shares] [_rel tendered] * by [_ARG0-by shareholders] [_ARGM-LOC on the Paris Stock Exchange] at the same price from today through Nov. 17 .
• If [_ARG0 holders] avoid *-1 [_rel tendering] to [_ARG2-to Paribas] , he added 0 *T*-2 , they can expect strong dividends again next year .
• [_ARG0 MCA and Cineplex 's other major shareholder , Montreal-based financier Charles Bronfman and his associates ,] have agreed *-2 to [_rel tender] [_ARG1 their holdings] to [_ARG2-to an offer by Mr. Drabinsky] [_ARGM-ADV unless a higher offer is made *-1 by another bidder] .
• Dayton Hudson said 0 it accepted all odd-lot shares tendered * at or below the final $ 62.875 *U* price ; the preliminary proration factor for [_ARG1 other shares] [_rel tendered] * [_ARGM-MNR at or below the final price] is 98 % .
• Dayton Hudson said 0 it accepted [_ARG1 all odd-lot shares] [_rel tendered] * [_ARGM-MNR at or below the final $ 62.875 *U* price] ; the preliminary proration factor for other shares tendered * at or below the final price is 98 % .
• Lionel also urged [_ARG0 holders of its stock and debt] *-1 [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_rel tender] [_ARG1 their securities] , *-2 saying 0 it wants *-3 to remain independent *-4 to pursue its business strategy .
• Or , [_ARG0 the investor] can exercise the put , by *-2 [_rel tendering] [_ARG1 the stock] to [_ARG2-to his or her broker] [_ARGM-PNC in return for payment from another investor who *T*-1 has sold a put on the same stock] .
• [_ARGM-ADV Unlike options on individual issues] , index options are settled *-1 only in cash , and [_ARG1 no stock] is [_ARGM-TMP ever] [_rel tendered] *-2 .
• The developer and manager of futures-investment limited partnerships said 0 preliminary results indicate that [_ARG1 about 1,749,000 shares] had been [_rel tendered] *-1 , [_ARGM-ADV * giving a preliminary proration factor of 0.6287] .
• Enserch Corp. said 0 [_ARG1 about 12 million , or 93 % , of the publicly traded units of its limited partnership , Enserch Exploration Partners Ltd. ,] were [_rel tendered] *-1 [_ARGM-CAU in response to an offer that *T*-2 expired Monday] .
• Enserch said 0 the [_rel tendered] [_ARG1 units] will raise its ownership of the partnership to more than 99 % from 87 % .
• It has since asked [_ARG0 holders] *-1 [_ARGM-NEG not] to [_ARGM-TMP immediately] [_rel tender] [_ARG1 their shares] [_ARGM-LOC under a recent $ 72-a-share *U* , or $ 104 million *U* , bid from AB SKF of Sweden] , [_ARGM-TMP until McGill directors have completed their evaluation] .
• This Los Angeles company and its Union Federal Savings Bank subsidiary said 0 [_ARG1 more than 99 % of their 7 1\/4 % convertible subordinated debentures due 2011] were [_rel tendered] *-1 [_ARGM-PNC for conversion into UnionFed common stock] .
• Among the conditions of the offer is *T*-1 that [_ARG0 Pace shareholders] [_rel tender] [_ARG1 a majority of the company 's shares outstanding] .
• Our offer is * to buy [_ARG1 any and all shares] [_rel tendered] * [_ARGM-MNR at $ 18 *U* a share] .
• U.S. Banknote said that as of Oct. 13 , [_ARG1 16.1 million shares , or about 84.3 % of the fully diluted shares outstanding ,] had been [_rel tendered] *-1 .
• DIG Acquisition Corp. , the New Jersey investor 's acquisition vehicle , said that [_ARGM-TMP as of the close of business yesterday] , [_ARG1 560,839 shares] had been [_rel tendered] *-1 .
• DD Acquisition said that it already owns 15 % of the common shares of the doughnut shop chain and that [_ARGM-TMP as of the close of business Friday] [_ARG1 an additional 11 %] had been [_rel tendered] *-1 to [_ARG2-to its offer] .
• Memotec said 0 the tender offer is conditioned *-1 on , among other things , [_ARG0 holders] [_rel tendering] [_ARG1 at least 15 % of the shares outstanding , other than the shares held * by Mr. Johnston] .