Absolutely...... He even admitted derelection of duty to arrange the APA details.
Yet shareholders quietly accepted this......
If I had done a similar thing in my course of work, the gallows would have erected in record time.
As for "the bottom line", Dixon expects everyone to swallow his retoric about tightening belts and becoming "leaner". Record profits aren't enough and will seek to put blame on those that have responsible practices if there is any shortfall of targets.