Detailed negotiations with the parties were important too, and a key turning point was when we obtained a written commitment signed by all 10 party leaders to give the issue priority.
"Eventually, we obtained a new funding commitment," Ms. Spink said.
In October, he obtained a commitment from the Macquarie Capital Group to raise an additional $1 billion for an Australian project.
Express Scripts has obtained a commitment letter for $14 billion in financing for the transaction.
It said on Thursday that it had obtained a commitment for $375 million in bankruptcy financing from Pershing Square Capital Management.
Peapod, an Internet grocery delivery service, said it had obtained a commitment from the party for an immediate bridge loan, subject to various conditions.
Mr. McNealy also obtained a commitment to stay from one of the co-founders, Mr. Joy, an important member of the group that created the Java programming language.
So far it has obtained a commitment from Carrefour, the world's second-largest supermarket chain, to distribute Argentine beef throughout its 9,000 stores.
See 1949 Report 83 (as to the first example, such an employee "has obtained a commitment from the customer"); 69 Fed.
That sale was also a sham, the government contends, because Mr. Fastow obtained a commitment that Enron would arrange for another party to purchase the barges from LJM at a profit.
The company, based in Santa Clara, Calif., also said it had obtained a commitment for $200 million in financing from GE Capital that would allow it to pay employees and finance ongoing daily operations.
