No formal binding offer has been made or accepted.

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On 3 December the Addicks confirmed that lifelong fan Murray had accepted a legally binding offer for the acquisition of Baton 2010, Charlton Athletic Football Company Limited and Charlton Athletic Holdings Limited from an investor group represented by Varney.

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The proposal contained in this letter constitutes an indication of our interest in pursuing a transaction and does not constitute a binding offer, agreement or agreement to proceed with the transaction or to otherwise make a binding offer or agreement at any point in the future.

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This is because an offer is not legally binding until contracts have been exchanged, usually about two months after an offer has been accepted (except in Scotland, where a verbal agreement commits both sides).

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And versus conventional small molecules, they offer improved selectivity and larger binding modes (useful for PPIs), among others.

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The government calls for a new procedure so the Strasbourg court can offer advisory opinions that would not be binding on national courts.

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Just this week Delta pilots turned down an offer by Northwest to send the matter to binding arbitration.

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