9 19 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 20 28 Airlines Airline NNP 28 29 , , , 30 37 Phoenix Phoenix NNP 37 38 , , , 39 44 Ariz. Ariz. NNP 44 45 , , , 46 50 said say VBD 51 53 it it PRP 54 62 withdrew withdraw VBD 63 66 its its PRP$ 67 72 offer offer NN 73 75 to to TO 76 83 acquire acquire VB 84 88 Mesa Mesa NNP 89 97 Airlines Airline NNPS 98 105 because because IN 106 109 the the DT 110 120 Farmington Farmington NNP 120 121 , , , 122 126 N.M. N.M. NNP 126 127 , , , 128 135 carrier carrier NN 136 139 did do VBD 139 142 n’t n't RB 143 150 respond respond VB 151 153 to to TO 154 157 its its PRP$ 158 163 offer offer NN 164 166 by by IN 167 170 the the DT 171 176 close close NN 177 179 of of IN 180 188 business business NN 189 198 yesterday yesterday NN 198 199 , , , 200 201 a a DT 202 210 deadline deadline NN 211 221 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 222 225 had have VBD 226 229 set set VBN 230 233 for for IN 234 235 a a DT 236 244 response response NN 244 245 . . . 248 255 However however RB 255 256 , , , 257 267 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 268 270 is be VBZ 270 273 n’t n't RB 274 284 abandoning abandon VBG 285 288 its its PRP$ 289 296 pursuit pursuit NN 297 299 of of IN 300 303 the the DT 304 315 much-larger much-larger JJ 316 320 Mesa Mesa NNP 320 321 . . . 322 332 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 332 333 , , , 334 339 which which WDT 340 343 has have VBZ 344 345 a a DT 346 350 7.25 7.25 CD 350 351 % % NN 352 357 stake stake NN 358 360 in in IN 361 365 Mesa Mesa NNP 365 366 , , , 367 371 said say VBD 372 374 it it PRP 375 378 may may MD 379 387 purchase purchase VB 388 392 more more JJR 393 397 Mesa Mesa NNP 398 403 stock stock NN 404 406 or or CC 407 411 make make VB 412 413 a a DT 414 420 tender tender NN 421 426 offer offer NN 427 435 directly directly RB 436 438 to to TO 439 443 Mesa Mesa NNP 444 456 shareholders shareholder NNS 456 457 . . . 460 470 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 471 474 had have VBD 475 483 proposed propose VBN 484 493 acquiring acquire VBG 494 498 Mesa Mesa NNP 499 502 for for IN 503 504 $ $ $ 504 505 7 7 CD 506 507 a a DT 508 513 share share NN 514 517 and and CC 518 521 one one CD 522 527 share share NN 528 530 of of IN 531 532 a a DT 533 536 new new JJ 537 543 series series NN 544 546 of of IN 547 557 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 558 559 6 6 CD 559 560 % % NN 561 572 convertible convertible JJ 573 582 preferred prefer VBN 583 588 stock stock NN 589 591 it it PRP 592 598 values value VBZ 599 601 at at IN 602 603 $ $ $ 603 604 3 3 CD 605 606 a a DT 607 612 share share NN 612 613 . . . 614 621 Earlier earlier RBR 621 622 , , , 623 627 Mesa Mesa NNP 628 631 had have VBD 632 640 rejected reject VBN 641 642 a a DT 643 650 general general JJ 651 659 proposal proposal NN 660 664 from from IN 665 675 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 676 678 to to TO 679 686 combine combine VB 687 690 the the DT 691 694 two two CD 695 703 carriers carrier NNS 704 706 in in IN 707 711 some some DT 712 715 way way NN 715 716 . . . 719 729 StatesWest StatesWest NNP 730 736 serves serve VBZ 737 739 10 10 CD 740 746 cities city NNS 747 749 in in IN 750 760 California California NNP 760 761 , , , 762 769 Arizona Arizona NNP 770 773 and and CC 774 780 Nevada Nevada NNP 780 781 . . . 782 786 Mesa Mesa NNP 787 792 flies fly VBZ 793 795 to to TO 796 798 42 42 CD 799 805 cities city NNS 806 808 in in IN 809 812 New New NNP 813 819 Mexico Mexico NNP 819 820 , , , 821 828 Arizona Arizona NNP 828 829 , , , 830 837 Wyoming Wyoming NNP 837 838 , , , 839 847 Colorado Colorado NNP 848 851 and and CC 852 857 Texas Texas NNP 857 858 . . .