Aside from the semantics, the implication was that unless such an agreement was made (for Hicks to purchase a small proportion of Gillett's holding) then Hicks would continue to block any sale of shares to DIC. Nobody knows here whether he is or isn't in able to block such a sale. If he is, then he certainly IS in a position to insist on his demands being met. But let's face facts, nobody here knows enough about the way the deal was structured to categorically make any assumption about what can or can't happen. We'll just have to wait and see, feeding off the scraps of half-truths that get tossed to us from the likes of SSN.