I would have thought that it would be fairly peculiar to make an announcement tomorrow - not a day when many people are going to be paying a lot of attention. I would have thought the first major trading day of the New Year i.e 5 Jan or thereabouts for a decent impact. Brokers notes to follow. If BPRG is to be tipped in any of the New Year press i would have thought that would have been decided already by any tipsheets or papers and a last minute 2003 announcement won't have much influence on that. It would be merely an added bonus. Lets hope the press release, when it comes, has some more detail like revenues expected from the deal etc.