“…I don't think he became a billionaire by playing nice and being generous - and I'm sure he is invested here for his benefit only. I assume he isn't too concerned about us retail investors, but I admit I could be wrong.”

Well, exactly! I’m pretty sure that TheBuss wasn’t suggesting that EE is “playing nice and being generous”. That wasn’t his point and I’m sure he would agree with you, as do I, that EE doesn’t give us retail investors a second thought. We’re depending on EE not playing nice and being generous with Teck - that was TheBuss’s point but, of course, we could all be wrong about that, and, probably, a few other things besides.