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That's a lot of money to keep the dust at bay ;)

So are they just 50% capitalists?

If ACL is going to be the successful enterprise that it's being talked up as... why would they now want to buy it?

Yeah I saw that, apparently it's a perfectly normal thing. IMO we could analyse the accounts a million times over, but both parties would be better for each others business. They are going to suffer not working together.

Either way - they don't want to buy it. So they don't value it that highly, no matter how much bluster there is.

That was 2 weeks ago.

Or maybe they can't buy a share of a business they value as a whole as £0 for £6.5m?

Yes they did, the point I was making is that ACL didn't say - 'guess what we just got £7m from IoC exiting the lease'. Not that they necessarily should, but they are drip feeding it into their accounts every year.

Maybe they've spent all their money on Coombe Abbey?

No as a rule the accounts seem the best place for it. But when I originally raised it previously I was suggesting that ACL wasn't as viable as it was made out to be. The extension was around Apr 2012 I think from the reports - was that before the rent dispute started?

ACL aren't renowned for sharing information about their finances. They never made a point of telling anyone about the exit fee from IoC. It now just appears in the accounts. When the naming rights were renewed was it around the beginning of the rent dispute or just before? Would a company...

True - but it's the lack of desire on both sides to do the sensible thing.

Peter can't have it both ways. If he (Higgs) wanted to start court action he should have thought about potential consequences. When SISU launched a counter-claim it could have been settled out of court then - or simply withdrawn. Both sides had no desire to stop it going to court. £££ is...

It's all a bit unclear I think. Wouldn't be surprised that if FL tried to challenge SISU this year they would use the JR as an excuse for not making enough progress. That won't wash for much longer once its over.. provided it isn't dragged out forever with appeals etc.

Get Fisher too and release them into a 'Hunger Games' style arena. Winner gets the Ricoh. No dogs or balloons allowed.

I assume this: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-charity-values-ricoh-share-7060285 The bottom 3 paragraphs I think.

The FL missed a trick here - they should have said there would be a review at certain points - with the risk of the GS being revoked if no evidence of progress is there.

In the grand scheme of things it just makes him look like a muppet. I was merely surmising that if the incident had occurred the other way it may have attracted more negative attention.

Possibly - or like Dale said maybe a nominal amount but you have all the debt. Don't think they own much - is Ryton mortgaged out?

All joking aside - do you think that if TF tied* an 'ACL/Higgs Out' balloon to PWKH's car it would be treated the same way? (*maybe tied, maybe half deflated under the windscreen wiper - don't want to start more litigation.) I do think that maybe someone that does this should be a bit more...