Shares in the group were trading at the offer price at lunchtime in New York.
The following Monday, the stock quickly slipped below its offer price, where it has remained ever since.
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In his letter, Ballmer said a proxy fight would likely lead to Microsoft lowering its offer price.
As I discussed in an earlier post, brick-and-mortar stores have to do more than just offer price-matching.
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At an offer price of 175p last week, the newly-floated general insurance firm was trading today at 189p.
They have to wait until they are traded in the market, usually at well above the offer price.
At recent levels it is up more than 27% from its offer price.
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Shares of Glencore were down 4.8% in London, while Xstrata rose 7% to trade slightly below the offer price.
The greater this confidence, the closer to the offer price it will trade.
Shares in the social networking site Linkedin fell below their May 2011 offer price after its shares became freely tradeable.
Airlines, hotels, and car-rental companies could offer price comparisons on their own sites, a model successfully adopted by US insurance companies.
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Ilitch, one of the great gentleman owners in sports, got pissed, lowered his offer price and the deal quickly blew up.
Two recent offerings, Kythera and Intercept, both ripped out of the gates with 20% rallies above their offer price last week.
"We expect Barclays could upgrade its offer price by up to 2 euros by claiming higher synergies in investment banking, " said Lambert.
Over the three months since the IPO of Facebook shares, their price dropped to less than half of the initial offer price.
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The offer documents will be amended to reflect the new offer price, but this will not alter the timing of the acquisition.
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Unsold inventory is what drove GM and its rivals to offer price blowouts like Employee Pricing for Everyone in 2005.
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Once these types of offers are presented, share value becomes more a reflection of the offer price than company fundamentals or market forces.
In merger arbitrage, the narrower the spread between trading price and offer price, the more optimistic traders are that a deal is going through.
Keen to make a successful debut in London and with an eye on the volatile markets, the Ruia brothers cut the offer price this morning.
Pinnacle said in its prospectus that it is targeting an 18-cent quarterly dividend, which would imply a 3.6% annual yield based on the offer price.
Pinnacle said in its prospectus that it's targeting an 18-cent quarterly dividend, which would imply a 3.8% annual yield based on the midpoint offer price.
Our offer price provides a substantial premium of 58% over Take-Two's most recent closing price, and a 51% premium over Take-Two's 30-day trailing average price.
Some retailers have complained that the company takes too big a cut of the offer price, although it has recently reduced this from 40% to 35%.
Zynga's stock market value immediately fell below its asking price on the first day of trading, whilst Groupon climbed initially before dropping to about half of its offer price.
And Wells said that if they offer Price a massive contract when he hits free agency in 2015, there's no way he's turning it down over a facial hair rule.
While the weeks after Thanksgiving are typically the slowest of the season for stores, retailers are expected to continue to offer price-slashing promotions in December to lure shoppers back throughout the month.
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Selling that unit may be attractive to Barclays because potential cost synergies with a local suitor mean it would probably also get a higher offer price than from Barclays or the RBS consortium.
Such a commitment can be effective because, whereas the department store can aim its price cuts at bargain-hunters, the discounter cannot offer price cuts to impatient buyers without offering discounts to all its clients.
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