after market announcment, page-7

I think its a walking plank hint before the SP dives into the sharks. Aspen is dragging this out either because
1)its found something that it compromsing
2)its trying to drag this out and later make a low ball offer that it knows undervalues Sigma assets and will cause a SP drop due to rejection from the board. This will then cause a re-acceptance of the low-ball offer. Either way this delay is foreboding and in this sort of market, cash and cash flow is king.