I have no doubt that when the time is right that there will be an offer to buy Poet and that it will be an offer that a lot of Poet shareholders will be happy with. 

The management of the offering company will want to be sure about what Poet has before they put their jobs, reputations, and future job prospects on the line and they do not want to start a bidding war that might make them look silly.

At this time the shares in Poet are too damned cheap and lowly valued and people are asking themselves what is wrong and what am I missing and as the new beta samples start to circulate and work as advertised the word will spread through the industry and to the investment community and the share price will take off in an upwards direction.

There is so much money sloshing around on company's balance sheets that the amount they pay for Poet will not be of primary importance.

To be seen to be doing the right thing will be.