I don't know the mechanics of how these things are handled---I'm assuming electronically as opposed to a guy going to a dead drop with microfilm in a hollow tooth. If that's the case it would make sense to me that the Corp. counsel would handle it. 1) I have to agree with a previous poster that whatever the eventual outcome this whole contract thing has been a huge cluster ---- and a major distraction. 2) I think other posters have opined that in the long run it probably won't matter and I agree with that---If a substantive deal is struck the stock will respond; if not, at best, we will dawdle along going nowhere. 3) I couldn't seem to locate the CXO home page using Google so I couldn't check on what they actually said---ie how it was worded.