31.   Republic New York Corp. also made a hostile offer to take over Green Point, in which it offered to pay extra interest to depositors.

32.   Since announcing its hostile offer, it seems Qwest has had to deal with such market rumors or comments almost every day.

33.   Such an instrument is intended to make it prohibitively expensive for a potential suitor to buy stock through a hostile tender offer.

34.   That deal came on the heels of the announcement last week by Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. of a hostile takeover offer for Fisons PLC.

35.   That was after Zell launched a hostile tender offer in an attempt to break up the agreement between Chateau and ROC.

36.   That, in turn, made the company vulnerable to a hostile offer.

37.   That decline, in turn, emboldened Hilton to begin its hostile offer.

38.   The Allied Colloids statement came after Hercules Inc. said it raised its hostile takeover offer for the U.K. chemical company.

39.   The battle for Wachovia Corp. seems to have tilted toward First Union Corp. as the value of a hostile offer by SunTrust Banks has continued to decline.

40.   The Bass bid, however, has not taken the form of a hostile tender offer.