11.   He said he would submit the offers to the board of trustees and ask them to select the best plan for its use.

12.   However, it was not immediately clear how many submitted formal offers.

13.   In addition to Richard, New Jersey Resources and three of its executives have submitted settlement offers to the agency, the filing said.

14.   India and Thailand submitted offers to open their financial industries to greater foreign competition, as talks towards an international trade treaty entered the critical final stretch.

15.   J.P. Morgan Chase, for instance, may submit an offer at that time, a source said.

16.   Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Bahrain are the other Asian countries which have submitted new offers.

17.   No one was ever told not to submit an offer.

18.   None of the companies admitted having submitted an offer.

19.   Of course the decision leaves Banque Nationale free to submit an offer for Societe Generale on improved terms.

20.   Armato, however, is trying to accelerate the process, mandating that interested teams submit their offers by next Friday.