He acknowledged that BNP may make a counter bid, but said BNP will have to make two new bids if it is win control of Societe Generale and Paribas.
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On October 19, 1999, Air Canada, backed by Star Alliance partners Lufthansa Airlines, United Airlines and CIBC announced a $ 930M counter bid to the Onex offer.
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"I don't think the market is dismissing the idea of a possible counter bid, " said Paul Jenkins, investment director at Armstrong Jones Investment Management.
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Portugal's bank battle took another turn Monday, when the country's largest private bank Banco Comercial Portugues, launched counter bids for three banks controlled by Mundial Confianca.
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St . George's A $ 827.5 million ( US $ 651 million ) bid for Metway was trumped at the eleventh hour by a counter bid from the government.
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Analysts dismissed speculation yesterday that Nippon Telegraph & AMP; Telephone, the world's biggest telephone company, plans to link up with BT to make a counter bid for MCI.
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Another recent hostile bid, by French businessman Francois Pinault for Worms & AMP; Cie ., was immediately rebuffed by the Worms board, whose major shareholders quickly mounted a counter bid.
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But the deal could still fall apart after U . S . rival Zimmer Holdings Inc . last week launched a 2 billion pound ( US $ 3.3 billion ) counter bid.
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Ian abruptly resigned last May from the board of the brewer owned by the family since 1786 over the impending issue of selling out to Coors, and attempted to mount a counter bid.
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That move was stymied by German insurer Allianz, encouraged by the French government, which made a friendly counter bid for AGF that included a commitment to respect the French insurer's autonomy.
