extension for due diligence, page-16

its been strong on last few days and with tax loss selling shows there must be some substance.

its a bit of a gamble but if it does not come off short term, i think they can do some good things with sigma.

its assets and relationships are strong - just needs focus.

lets hope aspen are hungry for success - certainly if they like what they see, the board would have told them come back with something more significant.

however the bad press courtesy of investec may aim to say to the market - take the sixty cents. very rarely first bid goes through - look at wattyl.