Gillett has offered more money per share than DIC and possibly now given similar assurances around future player budgets and Stadium funding as DIC (yet to be proved). At that point, with shareholders rights about highest/best offer in mind, who's to say Moores or Parry didn't talk to DIC and say "you are our preferred choice but we need you to match his value per share before we can recommend you to ALL shareholders". DIC state "no, we don't overvalue the shares in companies when we buy them so we will walk away" and the deal with DIC falls through leaving Gillett in pole position. Isn't this classic business takeover practices? Ignoring emotion and personal preferences, Moores and Parry are merely doing their jobs for Shareholders and as chief exec. I am sure the story will run and run though...