either AE is the smartest, most devious planning CEO ever, LT

I don't think this needs to be the case. A softer idea would simply be that he realized, via Dr. Charar or on his own accord, that silence with these NDA's was the best approach to eventually derive the value. I suspect no devious plan or that AE is the smartest CEO around, just this damn secretive market at play. What did he say at the AGM - "we are being watched closely"?

I guess we will soon find out all...is a huge PEA, a huge buyout and a AE tell all book really too much to ask for? LOL