Day four: Box Clever launch was 'focused on getting as much cash as possible'
Granada and Thorn were mainly focused on the "share of the cake" and "taking out as much cash as possible" when negotiating the launch of the 50:50 joint venture of Box Clever, the Upper Tribunal has been told.
Providing expert corporate finance and accounting evidence on 1 February, Lincoln Pensions chief executive Darren Redmayne told the tribunal this meant commercial due diligence exercises may not have been...
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