RE: Due Diligence is DONE - The clock is ticking - executing a final contract for sale16 Nov 2021 21:22
Hi Les,
Sorry for delayed response.
Your questions: -
1. No. Eurasia will have received a written letter of intent. That releases permission for due diligence to occur.
2. I think the 'transaction' will be complex, and appears unlikely to be a complete company buy-out, else it wouldn't have taken anywhere near this length of time, nor needed extent and cost of professional services.
3. Buyer will have spent some on DD, but will also have perused and utilised company documentation.
4. We don't know if they are happy (or sufficiently happy) with DD. All we know is that the DD has been 'successfully completed' . This is an example of the vague wording often used by the board.
5. DD isn't signed off, as such. It is completed and reported internally by the prospective purchaser.
6. Next stage depends entirely upon the position of the purchaser. It is they that hold the cards. They may require more information, or events to occur before progressing further, or they may wish to negotiate on price, timescale or a number of factors.
I would hope that negotiations have been cordial, and that much progress has occurred, and like you, that the obese lady is about to utter.
Lets face it, she's much older than she was, when this all kicked off. Hopefully she hasn't developed dementia!!
I, again like you, just want this whole thing concluded, so we can move on.