I think you're reading too much into this. He was a...

I think you're reading too much into this. He was a non-executive director and chair of human resources. Hardly likely to be at the cutting edge of high level negotiations. So far as having doubts about final payment in November, that is hardly going to fail when they now have 8 million dollars worth of skin in the game - a very big figure to risk if there is a default in payment. My guess is there will be default clauses in the contract. Although we have had some reason to be concerned over the last few months I believe our management have proven very capable of bringing this deal together and I'm confident of a satisfactory conclusion in a few months. If you wait until all the uncertainty (of which there is little) to be removed then you will miss out on what is a great buying opportunity.