"It was the first time in a decade that there was a significant institutional appetite for the stock," said Michael Scholefield, a senior DCC executive, adding that DCC saw a sale as being in the interest of both companies.
A final warning: whatever type of plastic you use overseas, beware of an increasingly common custom (particularly in Europe) where the retailer or ATM gives you the option to pay in pounds sterling, known as "dynamic currency conversion" (DCC).
The early 1990s saw the introduction of digital compact cassette (DCC) recorders, which were similar to DAT recorders but could play the older analog tape cassettes in addition to similarly shaped digital cassettes.
The three firms were replaced in the FTSE 100 by payment processor Worldpay, doorstep lender Provident Financial and Irish support services company DCC.
This is the role that Robert Lindsay quit after two days of filming, citing problems with the character development, but so far I can't see why: Mark Bonnar is clearly having a great deal of fun playing the opportunistic DCC and anyone who saw season one would know Mercurio doesn't have a great deal of time for top brass.
Watching Philips get this so wrong brings to mind its debacle with digital compact cassette (DCC), a format introduced in 1992 that offered the sound clarity of digital but also introduced digital copy protection that prevented you making copies.
But the big banks like it, and the DCC operators encourage retailers to push it on to customers by offering them a share of the revenue stream generated by the poor exchange rates.
He advised the McCann family on strategic acquisitions, and he managed the initial public offering of Fyffes in 1994 through the corporate finance arm of DCC.
Was it DCC Mike Dryden, a man described by a disgusted Fleming "as an old perv", who was photographed having sexual relations with Kirk?
Initial discussions with DCC took place a fortnight ago and are set to resume.
