Mr. John Collison:

Lazard is an international global advisory firm which interacts regularly with all of these firms. Obviously, we took its advice on who would be the right counter-parties for the transaction. I would go a step further and say that, by the time the process broke in the media, the board gave Lazard the flexibility to go wider and ensure no counter-party - no credible potential bidder - would be excluded from the process. This was detailed in one set of board minutes on 13 or 14 February. Lazard was given that flexibility.