Agree with you. You don't put out a proxy asking for support from shareholders if you are about to announce bad news. The data is good, they know it and they are just setting the stage to make it hard for anyone to get the company on the cheap.
Blue.. Everything you said is spot on.. The market is going to try and knock the leeches (traders) off the whales as they accumulate.. We already know 15 month = SOC!