Banta Confirms Receipt Of Unsolicited, Highly Conditional Overture

In your letter you imply that you and I have spoken directly. This is not true. To clarify, yesterday I received from your financial advisors an ambiguous request to discuss your interest in our company. At that time, I agreed to arrange a mutually acceptable time to talk with them in order to understand your interest. At no time did your advisors mention any of the economic terms or conditions stated in the hostile, public overture released today. We find your actions to be inexplicable.