Hi everyone - back after a very long absence.

I have two thoughts about what we know so far: good and bad.

The good: Gowlings is involved.  If there wasn't some legal activity going on on behalf of the shareholders, no one would ever know the details of the deal.  Even if it never becomes public, I would expect the Gowlings would have to be told the numbers even if a confidentiality restriction was put upon them where they couldn't publically give it out.

The bad could be significant:  the payment schedule apparently could stretch over muliple years.  In a buyout scenario, the value to the shareholder is not the shareholders' share of the money, (Gowling increased or not), but rather the current value of the settlement amount.  It isn't inconceivable that the company would agreed to longer payment terms as to reduce the individual shareholders' payout.