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2011:22:301 A. Well you know, I didn't even turn up for that meeting, I don't go in for that2 kind <strong>of</strong> adulation or that, but I can have a little bit <strong>of</strong> pride in what I am3 capable <strong>of</strong> producing.4 Q. 32 But <strong>just</strong> on the next paragraph, which is sort <strong>of</strong>, we are now suggesting here so11:22:525 that you can make progress, is that you, <strong>before</strong> we approach the retailers, it6 is important we produce Demographic material etcetera etcetera and the7 suggestion is that you might hire Management Horizons, they are used by the8 majority <strong>of</strong> department stores, if they were convinced that there would be 509 per cent <strong>of</strong> the convincing achieved in persuading retailers to look at11:23:1710 Westpark. Did you ever employ Management Horizons?11 A. I did yes, and it was they who organised the presentation in the Berkley Court.12 <strong>The</strong>y organised the video and most <strong>of</strong> the material that was put together for the13 display in the Berkley Court with the exception <strong>of</strong> the model which was done by14 Taggarts <strong>of</strong> Belfast, had it done.11:23:4415 Q. 33 Could I <strong>just</strong> point out <strong>Mr</strong>. Gilmartin, this is dated the 31st <strong>of</strong> July 1989, that16 you are getting this report, from I think <strong>Mr</strong>. Harris?17 A. That's correct and the display was on the 4th <strong>of</strong> July 1990.18 Q. 34 Would you accept that this report is contradicting your previous evidence that19 you had all these retailers listed and available?11:24:0620 A. No no, this was -- as I mentioned earlier with the due diligence, this was our21 due diligence to make certain that we had every T crossed and I doted.22 Q. 35 Could I put it to you <strong>Mr</strong>. Gilmartin, this letter is putting back your23 contention that you had every retailer signed up for 1.5 million square feet,24 this plan is only suggesting --11:24:3325 A. We had the numbers <strong>of</strong> people and I think we may have, may have survived the26 list <strong>of</strong> people who had their names down for space in the shopping centre and I27 would safely say it amounted to over a million square feet -- we have actually28 got evidence, I am hopefully it is still intact, to prove that. And the square29 footage they were requiring.11:25:0530 Q. 36 Is there any chance, belatedly that that evidence might be made available toPremier Captioning & Realtime Limitedwww.pcr.ie Day 474

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