JR7800, this report did relate to to last weeks judgement which I don't think the market has fully comprehended the significance thereof.
What this Judgement has done is,
1. Pave the way for the Global settlement to be implemented, fixing the amount of the liabilty which has already been provided for is the last finanacials.
2. Made it now possible for the Companies future Audits to now be signed off "unqualified" which will now allow institutional investment
3. Because Audits will now be "unqualified", the Company will be able to access cheaper finance and be able to renegotiate its current loans at cheaper rates which it was not able tp do previously.
4. Is now able to do an 'about turn' and focus its legal drive on those that did harm to the Company including directors, banks and the previous auditors who signed off on the 'misleading' audits, and hence recover some of the losses it incured which have run into billions!
Any financial journalist who simply now just did some homework will agree the incredible job the Company has done in turning this around, and more than that, would have to agree that Steinhoff (having gone through what it did,) they must now be one of the most compliant corporates around.
Futher, given the current share price, I would challenge them to dispute that this must be one of the most undervalued opportunities on any stock market today.
As far as Netherlands action today, I believe that it is a simple issue on which we will get a quick decsion and which I dont believe Conservatoriam have any chance of success.
The above just my opinion but hey, I'm just one little voice who is very heavily invested In SNH and maybe I need to be optimistic.