RE:that 10 day average...... Doesn't matter if it was called for or not, that was the negotiated deal. Maybe Chen has an agent/lawyer who knows how to draw up a contract. BOD didn't have to accept it but they obviously approved it....who's fault is that? Athletes can have a good run for couple weeks and score big on a contract, happens all the time. Usually the GM gets hung out to dry when for the rest of the year the athlete is ordinary, goes with the territory. But...if Chen is that good a negotiator then it would be nice to see the same results in the business arena. Maybe we should hire the guy who drew up that contract. Personally I'd love to see Chen put a few good weeks together just for our benefit. I know if I was him I wouldn't turn the shares down, a deal is a deal and legally it gets done. An error in hindsight, now pay the man and move on.
I'll bet with the spectre of Reddit still hanging over the business world that contracts now include certain stipulations regarding major short squeeze events or anything Reddit is found to be implicit in. Our negotiators didn't see it and I can think of a hedge fund that didn't either.