Please advise the board whom these "institutional investors" might be JTB?

Whether you think it merits conversation or not, tough.

As for the closing of the deal, you, again, really have no idea what is going on, what is driving the sale, who is requesting delays or for that matter anything that is not public knowledge.

What's the matter, a little bored this morning since the volume has dried up and you can't make your pennies today?