A willingness to purchase a minority shareholder's shares at a price does not preclude a finding of oppression where the majority has engaged in a course of conduct designed to force the minority out of the company. The cumulative effect of hostile conduct must be assessed, not individual incidents in isolation. Entry into a new agreement replacing an earlier repudiated agreement extinguishes rights under the earlier agreement where the innocent party has not accepted the repudiation.
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