The Way I See ItEach brokerage house may be different but at RBC they had mentioned with the tender documents that the offer expires on April 20th but the reply date for myself to contact them (RBC) if i was to tender my shares is April17th. In phoning them they had mentioned that if I tendered my shares any later than the 17th then there was no garentee that they would get the transaction completed. It seems they need a few days to make it happen.
Then a few days ago I received another letter from RBC with the headline "Cash Offer with Currency Option" and the reply date was April 18th.
So the way I see it is if I am going to tender my shares then they need to be contacted by the 17th and then i need to let them know by the 18th how I would like to get paid.