Good point. Appears then that Empire may be opening up their wallet again. Virtually no one has been more LTC beneficial (aside from DR) than Empire. Only stands to reason that they would continue with additional support. I would have to imagine, also, that Empire probably wants to monetize their previous investments into LTC, so for another $1M - $2M, they may finally be able to do so.
Just gotta get a few sales goin' on, and that IPO will look very handsome!