If you would take another look at my post, you would see that the "unspecified" bit is actually under a theoretical example.

We were well aware of the contents of the ultimatum.

We considered our actions to be an appropriate response to it.

Personally I just want to chime in and say a corporation only becomes surplus to requirements when you let it be. The best corporations adapt and overcome when trouble hits. They switch focus, come up with new ideas or walk a new path. They don't just keel over and die.

I think of when a corporation I helped found lost well in excess of 40b in assets from a patient thief. It was embarrassing and quite a hard blow. That corporation is still here. I also think of another corporation I was a part of that lost all of its space after considerable investment into reaction tower networks by the line members. That corporation is also still here.

One doesn't gain respect or satisfaction by achieving one or two big things then trumpeting about it before bowing out at the right time. One gains them through the sweat of the brow bullying through hard times and, much like tempered steel beaten out and blasted in a furnace, coming out stronger.