Now think about it – how many awarded and still unexpired options are out there today?
Now think about this – what if stock price goes up to $40? All the unexpired options holders will go wild and exercise right away – which means that the company will need to sell stock to them at $23, while forced to buy it at the market price at $40. Just think about it again, how many unexpired option awards is still out there? What I’m trying to say is – maybe the company cannot afford the stock price rising above $30 – if this happens, the losses will be horrendous. Think – what was the actual reason for the stock options buyback program few years ago? Call me the conspiracy theorist, maybe I am, I wish it was all my delusions. But look, once the stock was sitting dangerously long close to $28 zone, this stupid mishap with forgetting to warn the Street about $2.4B investment lowering the planned profits happened. Every one company issues the warning up front in such situation, every single one, it’s 101. Does anyone really believe that the company head accountant along with CEO bot
