I just think that is wrong though scorp.. He should have released those financials on time as promised. If there was a "problem" that he was aware of, he simply could have stated the issues and advised the public that they were going to be re-worked to accurately reflect the factual numbers.
He could have also, simply by using a calculator, gave some general guidance as to what the true figures should have been in the neighborhood of.
The "price raid" for which you speak of then would never have materialized.