RE: Shorting18 May 2017 18:02
They can offer what they like and point to the pre-offer price to show what percentage improvement the offer is to that price. A ramped up share price on thin trading has no meaning to a bid for the entire company.
There'd be no point in shorting because AVG want to aquire shares, not sell them. If they short then that would be known and all they'd achieve is wasting money on spreads and commissions.
Good news today on contracts and if th emarket had been in a good mood, these would have been mid-fifties by the close.