"..........The newspaper cited unnamed sources close to the deal as saying that J.P. Morgan had made an all-stock bid for WaMu worth as much as $8 a share. But the bank rejected the deal, saying the offer was unclear and worth significantly less than $8 a share, the report said......"
So, if the offer was clearly $8pps WMI might even accept it, who knows. Anyway $8pps or $5pps, whatever the actual offer was it is not wrothed to discuss it any further.