Thank goodness that even on his death bed, "right up until the day of the procedure", dear old Bill was "working hard" to "facilitate the proposed takeover by 777 Partners".
No doubt Bill, in his vital position as Chairman, carried out some detailed due diligence to ensure that these proposed new owners are in no way a bunch of absolute clowns and charlatans. I mean, it's not like Bill has previous for almost selling us to some absolute random who ended up being some whack-job who was sat in a Manchester bedsit on his sofa in his pants eating Wotsits.