These were largely to ensure that the integrated company would tender sub-contracts to external companies on an equal basis with its subsidiaries.

The company tendered an initial public offering in 2010 and reached a peak stock price in early 2011.

But the three companies named told investigators they had had no contact with the organising committee and had not tendered to provide any services.

The company incorporated in 1947 and tendered an initial public offering in 1957.

More than 70 foreign companies tendered for licences to run 26 new on-shore fields and 11 already in production.

The remaining five companies tendered a total of 10 designs: Lockheed two, Boeing one, Chase three, Douglas three, and Airlifts Inc. one.

In May 2009, the company tendered an unsolicited bid to purchase Quebecor World.

Neither company even tendered an offer.

Samuel J. Heyman, GAF's chairman, said his company would tender its Borg-Warner stock to Merrill Lynch and expected to show a pretax profit of more than $190 million.

Fair and transparent procurement rules will become applicable throughout the Union and allow companies to tender more easily in other Member States.