"Potential bidders" refers to individuals or companies who are interested in buying or participating in an auction or competitive process to purchase something. They have the ability or likelihood to place bids or offers on a particular item or opportunity.
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I suspect though they might be weighing the pros & cons
of potential bidders wanting a decent discount on the entire company / portfolio vs. selling the portfolio piece - meal over a longer period of time.
It seems that 50 more likely refers to the number of bidding packages that were initially requested from the authorities
by potential bidders, not the number of bids actually submitted).
While
other potential bidders for Canwest included CTV globemedia Inc., Quebecor Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc., «the one for whom it made the most sense is Shaw,» Grant said.
Sources said the sale was in its infancy, however, RATCH's advisers had started engaging
with potential bidders.
Law firm Duff & Phelps has taken charge of the administration process, and has stated that BHS has received more than 30 expressions of interest
from potential bidders.
In a statement the Foodland board said it was continuing discussions with other
potential bidders in order to maximise value for shareholders.
In the face of BVF's public support for the MediciNova acquisition and its attacks on Avigen's Board, several
potential bidders who have not submitted a written proposal for Avigen's assets have been reluctant to negotiate with Avigen until BVF's threats are resolved.
Australasian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) plans to
approach potential bidders for the sale of its New Zealand snack food business Griffin's Foodsover the next few weeks, according to sources.
And even after he had provided a $ 100 million deposit to qualify for the auction, the Christie's lawyers conducting due diligence
on potential bidders pressed him with two pointed questions:
Potential bidders include Indian conglomerate Tata Group — which founded Air India in the 1930s — and homegrown airline InterGlobe, both of which have expressed interest.
But a well written RFP for state assessment services can save the potential client and
potential bidders many headaches in preparing a bid and in evaluating bids.
The Office of General Services offered a webinar for
potential bidders interested in purchasing 27 acres of vacant land at the Harriman Campus.
This would be the
third potential bidder for the troubled Canadian company which has seen its fortunes collapse in the past three years in the wake of the success of iPhones and other mobile devices.
More recently, it's struggled to strike a deal for its consumer healthcare business, with
major potential bidders like GlaxoSmithKline pulling out and Procter & Gamble deciding to buy German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA's consumer unit instead.
WCB said on Thursday morning that it would try to join the Australian Competition Tribunal process that
potential bidder Murray Goulburn must endure if its bid is ever to reach the marketplace.
maybe now he's place is bein threatened pending the arrival of mbappe he wants to
alert potential bidders by using arsenal to get elsewhere — we not fish and neither are we bait.
Recently, five firms submitted more than 120 questions about the project to the state Division of Lottery, which has refused to
identify potential bidders.
Three newspaper ads quickly followed,
informing potential bidders that «the RFP package will be available Oct. 1, 2013 through Oct. 8, 2013.»
The authority is still negotiating a contract for the project
among potential bidders, whose identities have not been made public.
«They've helped us
find potential bidders, let us see other organizations that have purchased what we're looking for, and made it possible for us to benchmark pricing for same or similar products.»
However, when the Government sought a private operator for the failing Brixton prison, not one
potential bidder came forward.
Other counties in New York State have encountered difficulties in closing nursing home sale transactions on their own
because potential bidders perceive the many layers of legislative approval as an increased risk.
The car reportedly receved a a service from an authorized Aston Martin dealership at the 1,200 mile mark and it'll still be under factory warranty through March 2016, in
case potential bidders are concerned about that sort of thing.
T - Mobile USA is the
only potential bidder and the sale of the spectrum could happen by the end of the first quarter.
Potential bidders remaining are rumoured to include Vodafone Group and BSkyB in the UK as well as Wind, the Italian mobile operator, and Swisscom, the owners of Italian broadband provider Fastweb.
Although there was a last
minute potential bidder for Brookstone, the specialty retailer who filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, the company has announced today it will be bought by Spencer's retail chain for $ 147 million.
And as to why other insiders aren't buying hand over foot, well, insiders can't just buy anytime they want; for example, if the company has more information
regarding potential bidders and valuations than has currently been made public (which is likely), insiders wouldn't be allowed to buy.
In order to participate in the lease sale,
potential bidders whom BOEM has determined are qualified to hold an OCS lease for commercial wind offshore North Carolina must submit a response to this notice by the end of the 60 - day comment period, affirming their continued interest in the area being offered for leasing.
For example, if a bank puts out a $ 1 billion portfolio on the market, it might generate two, three or four
potential bidders compared to 15 to 20 bidders on a $ 200 million portfolio.
Some auction companies have open houses
so potential bidders can walk through the properties ahead of time.
The expectation the company had in terms of price were not met by the incoming expressions of interest it got
from potential bidders, according to the sources.
Potential bidders who looked at the company this year included Wal - Mart, Canadian Tire and Vancouver e-commerce entrepreneur Roger Hardy, sources said.
This is a great candidate to clean and drive as - is; it appears that a number
of potential bidders had that same idea.
Thiel had expressed interest in buying the company's remaining assets as a way to shut down the investigation, and his involvement could have discouraged
other potential bidders, an administrator for the estate said in court papers.
Australasian private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) plans to
approach potential bidders for the sale of its New Zealand snack food business Griffin's Foodsover the next few weeks, according...
Potential bidders for The Weinstein Co. are readying their offers to buy the distressed movie studio co-founded by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.
Softbank among Tronc's
potential bidders.
Some analysts believe that magazine publisher and TV station owner Meredith Corp. — whose titles include Family Circle and Better Homes and Gardens — might also be
a potential bidder for Time Inc..
The Weinstein Company said it had received a letter of interest from Inclusion Media,
a potential bidder backed by Broadway producer Howard Kagan, after the bid deadline.
Yahoo might be interested, since sports fans are a big part of its user base — but Apple and YouTube are
both potential bidders as well.
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