Talk about reading something between the lines which isn't there at all.
And that is how the story goes.
In the meantime even after this baseless conjecture, the sp has gone down a little further than what it was.
And: ""(That announcement was made on the 7th. option expires o 9th. I guess there is zero chance SP would have went up to above strike price by the 9th.)""
And now even though more than a week has gone by, the sp has retreated to just 4 cents.