But there is no preclusion against any of the other vulture capitalists shorting the stock.
Possibly. But wouldn't the restricted stock have to be transfered to the other VC before they could short against it?
You haven't heard about Sasquatch the penny hedge fund that shorts POS stocks?
Damn, no. I guess I have to get out more often.
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