Article: Shortfall hits IT firm in pounds 85m bid battle.

Article: [pounds sterling]2.5bn bid battle for AB ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... GOODWAY A SURPRISE [pounds sterling]2.5 billion-plus bid battle for Associated British ... operator agreed a [pounds sterling]2.5 ... stands to get a [pounds sterling]5 million ... Goldman lost the bid battle for BAA to Spain ...

Article: Private equity rivals wage [pound]11bn bid ...
The Independent - London;  April 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the company at [pound]10.9bn and indicating ... least believes the bid battle has some way yet ... rest, netting him [pound]440m in cash ... are fears that the bid battle will result in one ... with several million pounds, sought to soothe ... issue will be the [pound]3.5bn ...

Article: Bid battle takes the pounds off Safeway.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 16, 2003 ;     485 words ... ... holding up, but admitted the long bid battle is proving costly. It has spent pound sterling17m on adviser fees, plus another pound sterling6m on loyalty bonuses ... said annual profits will be about pound sterling335m before exceptionals ...

Article: Royal London wins bid battle with pounds ...
The Independent - London;  October 3, 2000 ;     674 words ... ... victory in the hard-fought bid battle for Scottish Life, with an agreement to pay pounds 1.1bn for the Edinburgh ... payout will be a minimum of pounds 500 for members, but the average windfall will be pounds 4,000 overall. In securing ...

Article: Bid battle in prospect as Morrisons bags rival ...
The Independent - London;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... COULD become the subject of a bid battle after its agreed pounds 2.7bn all-share takeover ... Mart, which bought Asda for pounds 6.7bn in 1999, is seen as ... said there will be at least pounds 250m of synergies. Under the ...

Article: Arab royals in [pounds sterling]500m Knightsbridge ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  April 15, 2005 ;     545 words ... ... investor Derek Quinlan in a [pounds sterling]500 million bid battle for 3.5 acres of Knightsbridge ... inspector led last April's [pounds sterling]750 million purchase ... including Claridge's, and the [pounds sterling]230 million resale ...

Article: Slough wins pounds 276m bid battle for ...
The Independent - London;  November 14, 1998 ;     570 words ... ... in six years, following the pounds 1m he pocketed when he left ... are set to share more than pounds 400,000. Slough, which ... victorious from a bitter two-month bid battle, after agreeing to buy Glenhazel ... 4 per cent in Bilton, for pounds 79.4m. The purchase of Glenhazel ...