A Few thingsFirst - the Shorts won. Get over it. You can talk about them getting killed etc all you want, but htey had shorted 60M shares before this thing went below 4 - a good deal of it when it was above 6. They will make 70% or more on this little adevnture in less than 8 months. How are the longs doing?
Second - longs can win too, but only if they buy before $2.8.
Third - if one more long suggests that shorty is getting hurt by having to pay the dividends, see point number one. They have already made 3 years of dividends.
Fourth - the Trader deal will close well before the end of July. Mgmt finally gets it. Under committ and Overdeliver. They don't want to miss again so they are being conservative in the statement.
Fifth - Pity those that sold out of fear at under $2.2. This market is brutal - and quite frankly - what the hedge funds have done should be illegal (correction, probably is illegal) and should be prosecuted.