I enter TAW in mid 2016 and think this is the longest TH in my memory. However, as you said, BOD should take as much time as they need.
It is interesting that the TH was announced only 2 weeks after the merger, which is indicating to me that some kind of talks were held during TAW days and TH was put ASAP to avoid any leak of info.
I do not bet my money on twitter gossips as few of my friends lost a fair bit on certain stock suppose to be "tag of war" between number of Chinese companies and promoted by the ex HC "Lithium Tweet Guru".
My feeling is that it will be kind of new very aggressive direction for A40 making 2019 a year to remember and 2020 when we all see the true value of our BOD.
A40 Price at posting:
25.5¢ Sentiment: Buy Disclosure: Held