We won't go hostile. We want to own the whole
of the business. Therefore we want to own over 90 percent in order to squeeze out the minorities.

Our business is booming at the moment. It's actually affecting our stock levels. It was the busiest summer in my six years here. This is the first place I've ever sold cars where no one asks about fuel consumption.

That is a significant level,

The three top shareholders (Fidelity, Cevian and Burdaras) are very much in favor of the transaction. We are confident that the compelling logic of the transaction is coming through,

Although we have had indications from certain Skandia shareholders that they do not accept, this has got a long way to go,

The (threshold in the) prospectus is at 90 percent. We want the whole of the company,