Don't claim to know the answers. But I think that GE is done with buying shares as of today. In my research around Axis/Canon I believe I saw something that suggested that Canon could not buy out Eliot (Eliot owns 10% plus of Axis) as then Canon would be on the hook with the other shareholders. According to what I read, some more time must pass before Canon could negotiate with Eliot w/out affecting their obligations to other shareholders.
Regardless of what i read with Axis, I think that GE is going to stick with what they say. They are going to stick to their latest and best offer. Remember, as a company that will be buying other companies in the future, they have their reputation. I don't think they would try to get cute over what for GE is a small amount of money (e.g., the remaining shares of Arcam).
I think that the stock price is going up because of ...... supply and demand. 3D metal will likely be huge, and the best 3D metal printer company in the world (that is now backed by GE) ... has a lot fewer shares available ...... and we have some of them.
I think with 75% of Arcam, GE has all it needs.
