all it means is we're that much closer (whether that's one month closer, or 8 months closer)
i'm sure most of you realize when it comes to publicly owned businesses: that acquisitions, mergers, deals, accounting, filings, transfer agents, exchanges, contracts, licenses, permits, and on and on,,, you're dealing with a tremendous amount of work. And sometimes things don't always go as quickly as you'd like.
And...
maybe the company was taking an approach, and something presented itself that made them realize a different approach was not only needed but in the END would be faster and more cost effective in terms on getting to the same destination or PERHAPS and even better outcome.
us ranting and raving on a board wont move anything along any faster so we just need to be patient. if you're an investor and still watching this stock you wont be selling anyway or you'd lose your 25% stock dividend, so holding was and is the smart thing IMO.