• The companies said they expect to sign a formal agreement before year's end.
• No formal announcement has yet been made.
• The British authorities have decided to launch a formal investigation into the company's trading practices.
• The merger was formally announced late yesterday afternoon.
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They are required to make a binding formal offer and then publish an offer document within 28 days.
The two companies began formal discussions to renegotiate the $2.8 billion power project.
Please note that formal dress is not required at the dinner.
Lacking formal education, he worked as a sharecropper and journeyman laborer to support his family.
In Mexico small and medium-sized enterprises generate six out of ten jobs in the formal sector.
The bid for the company could be formally accepted early next week.
Financial and business terms. 2012.