Well said BD. I agree. At the very least the company has to prepare to take this situation as far as possible in order to have leverage in negotiations.
NP has made it ridiculously clear that he intends to dictate terms and does not intend to budge. To do that, he has to at least take initial steps to prove he is not willing to except less then the terms he seems to already be committed to in his and the boards minds.
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