Sentence examples for approved the offer from inspiring English sources

Just 2.6percentt of the shareholders of Debenhams have approved the offer, below the 50percentt approval the buyers need for a deal.

The association's board approved the offer without any dissenting votes.

Judge Robert D. Drain of United States Bankruptcy Court in New York approved the offer.

He first approved the offer in January after no other bids were made for Oakwood, a builder of mobile homes.

Clearwire's board approved the offer based on the recommendation of a special committee of directors not appointed by Sprint.

Ben & Jerry's board members viewed Mr. Mollner's group variously as a white knight or a fly in the ointment, but the board approved the offer.

Italy's central bank, which has the power to veto mergers and acquisitions among Italian banks, said that "after a detailed analysis" it has approved the offers by Banca Popolare Italiana.

Synstar's board recommended that shareholders approve the offer.

If the players approve the offer, a 72-game season could commence in mid-December.

Abbey National's board met on Sunday afternoon and is expected to approve the offer, the executives said Sunday night.

The board of Jefferson Smurfit met yesterday in Ireland to approve the offer, which values the company at 3.25 euros ($3.07) a share, people close to the discussions said.