AND Gene OUGHT to get legal head-of-the-line privileges for payment...
just in case Gil's new partners adopt Gil's attitude about GSII debt on the books after the R/M:
Screw it!
That is a possibility that would leave Gene out in the cold having to scramble to get any attention at all.
In fact, waiting too long could lead to a post R/M declaration from a court: "too late!"
"I call investing the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing... All day you wait for the pitch you like,... The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, 'Swing. you bum!'"
W. Buffett