theory on lack of activity, page-7

cedar - yeah sorry tending to veer into the patronising a bit - I know you are the full bottle on NMS.
Hard to believe any of the acquisitions will hit a hurdle, vis the acquisitions themselves whether or not they hit the exact day - but you make a fair point - they have to be confirmed before the successful integration of the resulting operations can be demonstrated and meeting the schedule would be better than not.