But why depress the price? The shareholders are going to sue. Lawsuits could hold up any deal, especially with this administration, and especially if its China behind it.
I don’t think anyone will be able or smart enough to figure who the real motivated party is....until the purchase suddenly erupts.
In this case, if you get the stock down to $35, with sales lagging...I think a lot of stock holders will be willing to dump their depressed stock.
Lets see in two weeks what the stock value is (today at 79.68...I’m betting on it dropping to $74. Once sales amounts get announced in early 2019, you will see another decline.