08-16-2013, 08:23 PM
'cybersssss' pid='27259' dateline='<a href="tel:1376648 Wrote:This does not sound like an SPA is complete. If it were complete then it would have been and/or needs to be announced immediately, especially to put this article to rest. The article implies that the deal with XOM is not done and that other bidders can now make an offer. There is a positive and negative take to this. It is confusing. The company must clarify.don't you think that if ioc's lawyers demanded an immediate release on may 24 when ioc's discussions became exclusive, there would be demands for a similar release if negotiations failed or if the exclusivity period ended. Separately, there have been other media reports in png that the 60-day exclusivity had ended, yet the CEO said on Tuesday on t he conf call that the negotiations remained exclusive.