And that is a valid reason to be having some exceptionary news prior to holkding the AGM. Cant really see why they "mgmt" would want to walk out onto the thin ice created by them for who?? 

Either great big shiney metallic ones, or utterly brave, or they are about to bring out the good stuff, so they could experience the love and adoration of the owners. Why would any self respecting ceo and/or other officer of the corp knowingly want to put themselves through a gauntlet of unimpressed shareholders?

Difficult to fathom is that.