1.   The CSN bid beat out one by a competing group led by Anglo American Corp. of South Africa and SA Industrias Votorantim, the largest industrial group in Brazil.

2.   The NationsBank bid beat out one by a competing group led by Anglo American Corp. of South Africa and SA Industrias Votorantim, the largest industrial group in Brazil.

3.   The bid beat out rival Volkswagen and a group of Rolls enthusiasts making a longshot attempt to keep the company British.

4.   The two Japanese companies said their bid beat out three other bids, two German and one French.

5.   The winning bid beat out three other consortiums of Peruvian and foreign investors.