1.   All closed below their initial offered price.

2.   However, if USAir turns down the opportunity to buy the shares at the offered price, Berkshire said in the filing that it may seek other buyers.

3.   Laidlaw was so desperate to get out that it agreed to sell at the offered price, even if other shareholders end up getting more.

4.   The fact that the stock did not exceed the offered price suggested that investors did not expect another bidder to emerge.

5.   The second partner can only refuse to sell its stake if it is willing to buy the entire venture at the offered price.

6.   The second partner can only refuse to sell its stake if it is willing to buy the first out at the offered price.

7.   At one point, the U.S. investors threatened to abandon the deal unless the offered price for new preferred shares to be issued by Hyundai Securities Co. was lowered.

8.   He said the price of shares of several companies which had launched their IPOs in the last few months had fallen below their offered prices.