My guess is that these pending deadlines are being extended to allow for finalization of the settlement; thus avoiding the necessity of having to make additional legal filings pursuant to the original order.

From an accounting standpoint, for a company to actually 'book' a settlement number means they are reasonably assured there is a settlement and they know the number. Thus I construe the deadline extensions to be perfunctory in nature, but that is just my opinion.

Thoughts from Ron and others would be appreciated.