Can't be, quote from the Digital Music article
"Notwithstanding the buyers’ Fender holdings, Reverb went ahead and pledged not to provide preferential treatment to the instruments giant."
Of course they may well be lying 🤣
Serious note though, if Servco/Creative have dropped $3-400 million just bolster FMIC then, even after dumping 300 staff to lower production numbers, sales must be really pi$$ poor.