>LFB valued the stock at 0.31; the market is saying a dime or so; why are you so sure we'd get more in some sort of "auction" situation?<
The stock includes a lot more than the IP. Just as seawater is not precious even though it contains gold, some would hold that a package deal that includes present management is viewed by the market as less valuable than the IP standing alone.
An auction that offers the going concern is underway every market day. A auction that offers the IP unencumbered by special bonuses like the CEO and CFO will only occur if the going concern stops going: going, going, gone [crack of gavel].
It will be objected that we have to have Cox to have Meade. I not only reject that, but consider Meade's services in the employ of a potential acquiror something they would view as desirable but dispensable.
On a related note, I think the notion that Cox is selling common equity out to procure a personal sinecure is dubious. It might well be that the first action LFB takes as majority owner will be to fire him (or offer him a 50% pay cut).