date:Dec 27, 2013
nal bid process in the event other companies are interested in buying the Arkansas company.
Seneca and Allens were poised to seal a deal in 2011, stating in a joint news release in July that year that they had signed a memorandum of understanding. The deal would have made Allens a subsidiary of Seneca, but in early September 2011 the companies terminated negotiations.
Allens started looking for a buyer in early 2013 and retained a firm to help, according to court documents. That firm sent quer