RE:RE:RE:RE:Curious..Yep - its just fun speculation on a what if scenario and it depends on the offer.
Its pretty easy to see there was way too much short volume relative to the float during the short attack. That implies a lot of naked shorts and derivatives. There could easily be more out there than the float when you add it all up. It doesnt take much - the VW Porsche squeeze happenned when the total shares long + short were 107% of float. That 7% is big a problem if there is an outright purchase offer. But if it is just a strategic investment financed by issuing capital from treasuery (aka WEED/CTZ Deal) then its only a bad day for shorts.
You only need to look at Tilrays run up to $300. That is recent history of forced buying in the MJ sector when someone got offside on somne short call options. There was no mercy...its safe to assume APHA is still heavily shorted - covered, naked and derivatives. I could be tragic for some novice short bystanders who don't really understand the risk they have taken on.