One starts to dread the approach of each common noun.
And yet, each common player's wildest dream came true.
Each Class A share gets two votes, while each common share gets one.
Stockholders will receive $35 in cash for each common share, the company said.
They offered Taubman $1.48 billion, or about $17.50 for each common share.
Under the deal, which both companies' boards have approved, Radica stockholders will receive $11.55 in cash for each common share.
Each common share of New Era, known as Neon, will be converted into 0.3878 share of Sybase common stock.
The California Investment Fund, based in San Diego, will pay $10 for each common share, National Service said.
Stericycle, based in Lake Forest, Ill., said it would pay $8.57 for each common share of Scherer stock, more than double Friday's closing price of $3.75.
The company said holders would get a preferred stock purchase right for each common share outstanding at the close of business on Dec. 6.
Eagle Bancshares stockholders will be able to convert each common share into the right to receive $26, said a Royal Bank spokesman, Beja Rodeck.
