RE:RE:RE:RE:Could another party bid??I am not sure how you can be so sure. Perhaps Shell's metrics have changed now that the oil price has changed. Perhaps Shell was investigating when price of oil was $26-30 and there was not much sign of recovery and decided to limit any expenses to the max but now that oil looks to have some legs, maybe they have re-evaluated their metrics and have allocated more money for acquisitions. This would be prime time to acquire if oil really is going to be stable and rise from here. I would imagine that these companies are re-evaluating all the time.
Now, I am not saying this is going to happen or is even likely to happen. But there is another 5 weeks before we vote on the deal. Who knows who might be interested if oil keeps rising. Just saying it is a possiblity even if not likely.
I am long...until June! Lol