I emailed the company yesterday regarding 'the deal'. They couldn't offer any specifics (of course) but I will say that the language used gave me confidence.. "There is a lot of money at stake", (quite a lot which - I think - belongs to MM and co) followed by "The board believes it is not in the best interests of shareholders to rush this".
To me that says, 'patience will be rewarded', just perhaps not in the timeframe we're all hoping for. (Yesterday)