I Believe The Extension Was/Is Needed. It was the middle of Jan. before us & the Brokers actually knew what was going on & how to participate. And after I sent checks to my broker they then held the money & don't allow one to buy penny stocks with it for X # of business days. So I wasn't allow to buy until last Thur. Just making it under the wire, as Mon. was the cut off day. So this extension makes prefect sense to me.