***MUST READ POST*** Eddie’s gameplan - He bought Sears the way he did, for the amount he did, so that he could later merge SHDLQ with the equity of the acquiring entity owned by ESL. This is a sourced and credible article from Bloomberg. Not something put together by stock message board wannabes... https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/lamperts-sears-bid-targets-tax-offsets-possibly-worth-billions