"There is great opportunity for value for money but that can only be adopted if we look at that different option," he told BBC Scotland.
"[T]hese blocks represent the last remaining shallow-water resources of this magnitude in the Nigerian continental shelf and therefore lease renewal represents a unique opportunity for value capture for the Government," the report's authors wrote.
"Greencore continues to believe that a combination with Northern Foods represents a compelling opportunity for value creation for Greencore and Northern Foods shareholders, through the formation of a business with increased scale in the industry and the ability to deliver substantial synergies," it said in a statement.
"The board will review all material new developments since the original merger terms were agreed but currently believes that, other than Britvic's recently announced short-term cost-saving plan, little has changed to alter its previous conviction that a merger represents a unique opportunity for value creation for both sets of shareholders in the short, medium and long term," the company said.
"This would destroy Mannesmann's superior growth prospects and destroy the opportunity for greater value for our shareholders".
"It is a tremendous opportunity to create value for BG shareholders and our Shell holders.
What we do is look for an opportunity to create value for shareholders and where we have some certainty about that".
"This is an exceptional opportunity to create value for shareholders by becoming the leading recycled packaging company across Europe," said DS Smith's chief executive, Miles Roberts.
"There is still the opportunity to achieve value for money, though, if more forces use the technology to improve the efficiency of their processes and make savings in their back office activities".
In a statement admitting defeat, Charter said it had, "always maintained that our greatest opportunity to create value for shareholders is by executing our current business plan".
Again, we believe this proposal represents a unique opportunity to maximize value for Take-Two's shareholders, and that the combined enterprise would be extraordinarily well-positioned to build value for our respective customers, employees, developers and other business partners.
