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          guaranteed.  That is also true for the shares tendered by the               
          Charities.  In sum, the existence of withdrawal rights with                 
          respect to both petitioners and the Charities did not enhance the           
          Charities' ability to vitiate the intention of shareholders who             
          had tendered or guaranteed a majority of AHC stock and in effect            
          approved the merger agreement.                                              
               The fact that the tender offer was conditioned on DC                   
          Acquisition’s acquiring and owning at least 85 percent of the AHC           
          stock upon consummation of the tender offer (minimum tender                 
          condition) also does not change our conclusion.  The minimum                
          tender condition could be waived by DC Acquisition in its sole              
          discretion and, therefore, would not have prevented DC                      
          Acquisition from proceeding unilaterally with consummation of the           
          merger by the close of business on August 31, 1988.  The minimum            
          tender condition had no bearing on the ability of the Charities             
          to affect the course of events initiated on July 28, 1988, with             
          the merger agreement and crystallized on August 31, 1988, with              
          “approval” of the merger agreement by shareholders owning a                 
          majority of AHC stock.  Also, the limited significance of the               
          minimum tender condition from the perspective of DC Acquisition             
          and its impact on our determination of whether there existed a              
          fixed right to income at the time of the gifts is addressed in              
          our discussion regarding the material change condition of the               
          tender offer, infra.                                                        






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