He could very well have not done anything to alleviate these concerns in the first place.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_55...b002d5c078b44c
Handing his businesses down to his children is very much an "anything." We can't just expect him to sell what he's spent his whole life to make in a fruitless gesture to appease people who will never cut him an inch of slack regardless. He knows a terrible deal when he sees one.