Originally Posted by aws
Hicks is a master of the half-lie. Something which isn't true but with a lot of twisting of the words arguably might be a bit true.
My guess is that Gillett has to offer to sell his shares to hicks and then has to wait for hicks to decide before selling to DIC . So if we are in the waiting period it is true that gillet can't sell without hicks' approval (for now).
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This is how I see it too. If you read the statements he issues carefully, he does this loads. He never deals in definites. He doesn't say "DIC are not looking at the books", he says "I have not invited DIC to look at the books", which is true if it is GG that has invited them to. Statements are always worded carefully, far more carefully than things said in interviews. If they want there to be no doubt they will make sure there is no doubt. If you can read things in different ways, it is often this half-lie business.