In February 2006 there were rumours that a 'third party' (believed to be a consortium headed by banker Sir Adrian Montague) had expressed an interest in buying out the present partners in the project.
The first guarantee funded by a third party is believed to date back to November 1999, when Sotheby's found a backer to pledge $40m for Pablo Picasso's "Seated Woman in a Garden", which had been consigned by Eleanore Saidenberg, Picasso's long-time American dealer, and her husband, Daniel.
Macarthur Coal started its current bull run in late April, following its revelation of an interest in a takeover from an unnamed third party, widely believed to be Xstrata; at the time, its share price spiked to a record of 16.59 Australian dollars ($15.93).
The Liberals, Britain's perennial third-place party, believe that the "alternative vote" system on which voters are to decide would give them a fairer share of seats than the current system.
Joe, who first glimpsed Rebecca at a party, believed mistakenly that she was a "natural-born celebrator" and during their marriage Rebecca did her best to live up to his expectations.
The pair first broke up in January 2013, following what were reported to be testy negotiations between Palin and Fox puppeteer Roger Ailes, who had been quoted by an anonymous third party as believing Palin to be "an idiot".
To an impartial third party, would believing in gnomes seem any more exotic than believing as do the Archbishop of Canterbury and I, along with millions of others that water can be changed into wine, and wine into blood?
Intriguingly, another spreadsheet lists third parties PMI believed it could count on for support.
We impose this duty on the host to the third party because we believe that the policy considerations served by its imposition far outweigh those asserted in opposition.
The committee will be required to reject any transaction with a third party that it believes is intended to create a misleading effect on a company's earnings, revenues or balance sheet.
