As a publicly traded company you're always available to be acquired. The board of directors, as representatives of the shareholders, have a responsibility to maximize shareholder value. If they have an offer that potentially meets that goal, they consider it.

It's going to be a heck of a surprise to my title insurance company.

Our current systems were certainly creaking under the load, and then we bought the new company, which was just going to break it. Something had to change.

Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.

Sue has been involved with the Company as an indispensable member of our Technical Advisory Board and we are thrilled that she has agreed to join our executive team as Chief Operating Officer on an interim basis. Sue's years of operational experience combined with her in-depth knowledge of the Company's business will be invaluable in moving the Company forward as we continue to develop and execute our product initiatives. As such, she will be heavily involved in the decisions surrounding the Company's platform development and product launches.

This is pretty typical response...Very rarely do you have a hostile takeover where the (target) company says: 'it's a great price'.