1.   After all, shares of target companies typically increase more than those of the bidding company.

2.   Shares in most of the other bidding companies also rose.

3.   The name of the bidding company was not disclosed.

4.   The other bidding companies in the final selection were Compaigne Generale Des Eaux, of France, the incumbent Water Co. and Thames Water of London.

5.   The opinion noted that the commission chose to establish a creditor-debtor relationship with the bidding companies.

6.   He added that GEC had been encouraged by the French government to talk to the two French bidding companies.

7.   Representatives of the three bidding companies had been received separately by UAE army chief Lt General Sheikh Mohammed ibn Zayed al-Nahayan before the exhibition ended on Thursday.