Exactly, the chances that management has been DELIBERATELY lying to us is zero.
It is not to say that a great offer could not come and management may have to present it to us, but we are not "being set up" for a takeover.
This is the same old argument "people" have been trying to make for years; on the contrary, the company has said nothing but that it is trying to go it alone, and the two recent acquisitions support that notion.
It's a ridiculous statement to make.