Sentence examples for the bidder from from inspiring English sources

If the bidder loses the auction, the standstill prevents the bidder from coming back and making another attempt.

The standstill not only prevents the bidder from announcing or making a public bid but even asking the target's board of directors to consider a bid.

To make doubly sure that a higher bid doesn't come from a bidder that loses an auction and tries for a second bite at the apple, a standstill agreement is also drawn up to prevent the bidder from even asking for the standstill provision to be waived.

But Citigroup plans to indemnify any of the bidders from legal claims by Mr. Hands, according to two people briefed on the deal who were not authorized to speak publicly.

Because the commission's anticollusion rules preclude the bidders from discussing their strategies or possible bids, none of the major companies involved in the auction would comment for publication.

The spokeswoman added: "We have been consistent, fair, objective and entirely equal in our dealings with the bidders from start to finish.

The trouble is, the bidder comes from Estonia, Lithuania's even smaller near-neighbour in the Baltics.

A deal with a prospective new owner for the Blue Square Bet South club had been agreed on Thursday, but the bidder walked away from the deal on Friday morning.

The bidding is scheduled for Dec. 15, but the potential bidders from the telecommunications industry are no longer flush with cash and the offers may prove disappointingly low at a time when Turkey desperately needs the money.

In Europe, only now is cross-border integration happening with the zeal that had been expected at the birth of the euro.For the moment, the bulk of cross-border activity in Europe has been in utilities and energy, two industries that have raised the hackles of protectionist politicians, especially when the bidders come from abroad.

It had been under the threat of foreclosure, but in 2008 the former owners, Arthur Paul and Pearl Hoffman, turned it over to the lender, Pan American Fund LLC. "I can tell you that my seller, as well as Fisher Auction, was pleased with the amount, where the bidders came from and the ultimate price," Mr. Fisher said.