The biggest issue for the company is bypass pay, which COS08 will get rid of. SLS is just a tool they are using to get better leverage on our testicular region to pressure us to take COS08. See it for the game it is.
There is a fair chance the money will be returned when the situation improves in anycase. It aint about SLS it's about bypass pay, that's why there is a carrot attached to signing COS08 sooner rather than later.