Yes I'm aware of that - I was cleaning out the old files last week and must have come across five different letters from BP and later JF, explaining why the float was off, yet again... I reckon that "float" rumour must qualify as an urban myth by now, it's been put on hold so many times!
I don't believe that sale would have been contemplated until the expansion was complete, though. A float, maybe, but not an outright sale.
But WTFDIK...