"Dragon and Sum: Do you really think Ken Stowe was brought on board for a $5.00 bid? IMO if AE was willing to accept a $5.00 bid we would have seen that a while ago.

AE could have sold shares at those prices over a year ago. Why would he sell now for a price he could have had then? I don't understand why you think a depressed share price is going to force AE's hands in accepting a $3 - $5 buyout. No one is saying the final sale price will be $20 but I think most informed individuals are laughing at a $5.00 sale price. Besides, there are other options than a buyout still on the table as far as we know."

These are all good points of consideration and they certainly make sense. My assertion is that sometimes other factors rule out what would be desireable or likely. I don't know what lurks in the dark here, if anything, but I've seen it come out in other stocks and deflate a lot of people who thought their dreams were a done deal. At the same time, I'd also have to say that Zen is in about as good a position to bring in a good price as any.....but do enough people know it?