Here is a possible simple scenario bubbling, Qualcomm sticks and says no to AVGO with an attitude ( we listened carefully what AVGO had to say ..blablabla BS ) and said "why wait" the Qualcomm way. AVDO walks away as suspected but AVGO will continue to stick with compelling offer (Note - it was around $55 and going south when it all started ). March 6th comes , new faces in BOD face off with existing ones. PJ gets grilled for the current situation on day number 1. Investor community pushes for quick direction. Stock goes to 50's again. BOD collectively realizes, its better to settle for $82 and move on by march end before.
Perhaps RIF list is already ready. They will bundle the groups/org, so each groups/org averages out the RIF count for various political reasons.