Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc (ADXS)

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Gantor, I would hardly blame you for wondering if the silence on the part of ADXS is deliberate in order to help their hedge fund investors cover. However, I fail to see what the company or management could gain from a multi year manipulation scheme. If the suspicion is that they are being paid off through affirmative votes for comp raises every year, it seems like an awfully huge legal risk, compared to easily profiting from a stock rise over 3 years, as retail and non manipulative institutions would have happily voted for them for good stock performance.

However, I never say never and there might be the remote possibility that Dan knowingly struck some dirty financing deals, for lack of better options, and got fired when the details came to the BOD's attention. And now Lombardo and the BOD might be allowing the funds to get it over with once and for all, before initiating a better funding model for the future. But this would be pure conspiratorial speculation that wouldn't seem outlandish only because of the way the stock has performed while the company was largely silent. But if true, I would be inclined to think that there won't be a buyout in the near future; I mean why would the BOD and Lombardo worry about burning the funds if they can no longer hurt the company as it's being sold? If the conspiracy is true then there would no telling what would happen next and I would prefer to sell the stock on the next rise up. But I still remain unconvinced that management would take such a risk. Events that will unfold over the next few weeks and months will shed a lot more light, though they will never complete the picture for us.