Lambertsloonies wrote: "That's part of my problem with Brown. If he was in meetings with her and other TPL directors over the merger as the testimony suggests, I feel it was incumbent on him to communicate his interests since they were based on GROSS proceeds that would certainly affect PTSC's take. " ::::::::::: I disagree. Brown's deal was with TPL, his employer, and quite likely subjec to confidentiality. I do not fault Brown but I most certainly fault TPL unless TPL took the internal position that the 3.5% referred only to TPL's gross receipts.