Spot on, fanfan.
That’s what’s wrong with the sentence. Unless all of the cookies belonged to the company of the CEO, he wouldn’t take them to begin with. And if they did, he should have taken them all, and sold or distributed them as he pleased.
Exactly. It's like the story about the ten men who went for dinner together once a week, and paid the bill according to their incomes.
Nice to see you. :-)