as either the council or the charity can veto the sale of the shares neither can be excluded from any negotiation regarding ACL. It would be very surprising if, considering the close working relationship between Council and charity, the Higgs charity was in any way excluded. They have more reason to trust each other, not to mention other projects together, than they would have reason to trust prospective buyers, GH, CCFC etc.
Buying the freehold would still leave ACL holding the long lease, breaking the lease could cost millions in compensation.
Think about it - does what we are hearing actually make sense, does it actually mean CCFC owns the Ricoh ?
If confidentiallity is so important how did a few ordinary supporters get hold of this ?