In such circumstances no-bid statements, which carry the weight of the stock market regulators, are much more valuable than lockdowns.
The Russian has been bound by a no-bid statement he made in February which, under stock market rules, prevents him from mounting a unilateral takeover of the club.
Indeed, although Kroenke issued a "no-bid" statement confirming he would not attempt to buy the club for 12 months, it carried the caveat that he would do so if he obtains the board's consent.
Meanwhile, at a time when Blues are reportedly the subject of a takeover bid, a statement has been released by the club's parent company - Birmingham International Holdings Limited - saying that trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has been halted pending the release of a "clarification announcement".
Homicide detectives were previously forced to involve counter-terror colleagues in a bid to obtain statements and evidence from MI6.
Shares in Toll, which outlined its bid in a statement, surged 8percentt.
Gallaher confirmed the bid in a statement to the London Stock Exchange after the market closed Wednesday.
For its part, Deutsche Borse criticized the competing bid in a statement as "seriously lacking in business logic" and a step backward compared with other proposed exchange mergers.
In response, Coca-Cola, which said it planned no such bid, issued a statement described by The Times as "one of the most blunt, and most colloquial, communiqués from a Fortune 500 company in recent memory".
Muhammad Shtayyeh, the Palestinian special envoy for the United Nations bid, issued a statement from New York saying: "We are very thankful to France, and we call upon other European governments to announce their support for Palestinian freedom.
The offer, which would increase Mannesmann shareholders' stake in a combined group to a level somewhat less than 49percentt from 47.2percentt, is conditional on Mannesmann's approving the bid, a Vodafone statement said.
