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Backfire wrote:
Why would anyone bother? What anyone could possibly win there? If someone really is interested in buying out GW, why not be honest & upfront about it?

No, the real question is why would anyone want to announce it openly. If you're pursuing a deal to take over a company I would imagine the default would be to keep everything as secret as possible until you have a final deal. Less embarrassment if the deal doesn't work out, less chance of your competition interfering, etc.

 Micky wrote:
Something to remember is that talks can happen and arrangements can be made and negotiations can occur and deals can be agreed on without them having to announce a damn thing.

They only have to announce it and tell everyone once paperwork has actually been signed.

Last I checked the non-PE shareholders were, combined, holding a greater percentage of shares than the PE groups were. The non-PE shareholders would've heard something by now if they had tried to reach out to them, and we would've heard something on the forums. Even if they make deals with the PE groups (which is the easiest way to go) they still don't have majority control.