FBR General Discussion, page-4969

The issue of a takeover is that this is essentially a binary proposition: it's either a game changing success or a complete failure.

If the former it will be worth squillions, if the latter, completely worthless. There's no world where FBR has a place but not a very big one. Once CRH have decided they want 300 Hx then they will soon decide they want 1000 Hx.

So how do you price a takeover in such a circumstance? If you're CRH and you're pretty sure it's going to be worth squillions then any takeover offer means you've signalled to the market (both incumbent holders and competing buyers) that it's a winner. You're not going to be able to offer 1 per cent of squillions you'll need to offer 20-30% of squillions - maybe 10-20% if they think FBR holders are impatient.