RE:Five cent spreadsyes, thanks, was well aware of it. Articles started coming out in June this year about the pilot.
The best way for MDM to avoid this moving forward is to grow their market cap in excess of 3 billion and/or increase its trading volume to over 1 million shares (Daily, I presume) such that they are no longer eligble for the pilot. :)
https://www.lightspeed.com/active-trading-blog/5-things-need-know-new-tick-pilot-program/