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Comment on this article
David Taylor
March 22, 2019 at 4:05 pmThe article is incorrect with respect to the date of the acquisition of DCT. The article states the acquisition was 1 year ago – the announcement was made only 3 days ago.
Gavin van Marle
March 22, 2019 at 6:44 pmYou are correct David. Our apologies, the article has been amended.
Kind regards,
Gavin
David Taylor
March 22, 2019 at 10:44 pmThanks Gavin.