RE:Why dividend I think this is key in order to attract all sorts of investors including those who hold stocks long for divided. Most analyst will even have divided paying stocks as a category since they know some potential investors are watching. Management here has proven that they don't need loads of cash to make great acquisitions and with around than 95M share (everything exercised), VLE does not need to spend crazy money to pay around .25 annually. Imo, they can do both and shore a really good sp in around 12 months from now even with 60-100M. And VLE should have more than that in the bank already, but lets wait for the deal to close to get the exact numbers and true picture.