Bang on paddy. I need to step away from this board. Far too many posts thinking wit their lizard bain not their logical one.
We are evolved to see risk and danger where it doesn't exist because that is a better survival strategy. There are no tigers in bushes in 2022 UK but the mechanism is still there as evident here!
There is a lot of ignorance and FUD on this thread. Companies don't open their books unless there is a clear, credible offer that they are likely to accept. That is true everywhere. Equally they had to announce the approaches because Candy did.