And, $500,000 annually was added to the overall deal with 7-Eleven.

People involved in the negotiations said there was a slightly less than even chance of an overall deal being struck on Saturday.

"But in the end, Bantam's was the best overall deal."

Archipelago's stock price has increased 201 percent, to $58.20, making the overall deal worth about $9.4 billion.

Either way, if it's true, then we will lose close on a million on the overall deal.

In a more sensible capital, the overall deal would not be worked out behind closed doors.

An emergency portion, a fraction of the overall deal, could be approved immediately.

GigaOm says the overall deal, which also included cash, was valued at $40m.

The new agreement appears to have cleared the way for the overall deal to go forward after four years' delay.

The overall deal is expected to close by April 2011.