The way I see it: Dean missed the week of the 21st deadline on MS (I can only wish everything will close today.) QASP needs money to close the MS deal; paperwork might be done, but unless we have the money in the bank nothing will close.
If we are assuming that the information in the PR yesterday was in real time, it may be tight to close MS today. However, it is entirely possible that the 72 hours might have begun a day or two earlier than the PR.