I believe that if they had put out the quarterly, while making an assumption about the German issue, but said nothing, and put it out on time, little would have been said if they revised the quarterly if the German issue was finally resolved, but it was different from the assumption the made. Of course if their assumption was correct, they'd have nothing to do.
I would also question if they resolved a question with the Germans during the current quarter, if whatever change was needed couldn't be put into the report of the current quarter, even if it reflected on earnings in the past. I'm not an accounting expert, but I believe there are different courses that can be followed to a proper result, and nearly a two month delay in the quarterly isn't the best, even if one month was excused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
None of this has any influence on data lock, but it does influence the share price as the more shorts have to work with, the more effective they can be. I frankly don't think all are short, some may wish to keep the price down so they can occasionally add shares while prices are relatively low while waiting for TLD. Regardless of the reason, anything that creates questions is also something they can use to put down the company and/or its management. Others may have done better than our CEO, some would have done worse, some might have us out of business, I believe we need to dance with the one we came with.
Gary
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