I doubt that Bob will release any shares early. That would not be right anyway. As far as them coming open at the date on their own, I have no idea. I will yield to someone else on that. However Ninja I think has said that we will still have to apply at that point. I will not worry about it until January at this point.
I can now get AR locally which is good as they really are a very good drink. I can also get GR there as well. Sooner or later we will all move on from all of this. Most of us much wiser for it.