This article in the FINANCIAL TIMES claims Pelikan may be taken private in cooperation with a Private Equity group and that it is also in discussions with mutliple prominent acquisition candidates including Faber-Castell, Montblanc and an unnamed Canadian company (i.e.Mega Brands) to bid on i's unnamed Stationary Division (i.e. it's RoseArt stationary products division). It seems highly unlikely that Faber-Castell family would sell to Pelikan.