If the plan was to shaft the NS'ers, then ideally the best plan would be to come out with 2 or 3 positive NR's in a row, driving the price way up, forcing them to cover at a significantly higher price.
By remaining silent, and letting the share price crumble, the only ones that are getting shafted are the "longs"
Camps 2 and 3 are still viable options, IMO
As for the divy, Lil Jazz is correct - basically the shareholder of record on a certain date means nothing, its the ex-divy date that matters (I think you need to own 3 days before the ex-divy date)
But, this is Pinkieland and I don't think they even need to annouce an ex-divy date. They can say, ok shareholders of record on a certain date will receive the divy. No ex-divy date and who ever owned shares on that date receive the divy - Period.
MBL