Ok now I get what you meant.I find it hard to believe that's...

Ok now I get what you meant.

I find it hard to believe that's what they really want though. Don't forget the minor detail that they all have sizeable equity stakes in CLA, enough to put them in the top 10. They each have about 27m - 30m shares in CLA.

Do you really think that they would deliberately sell their own equity short, just so that they could *possibly* have a paying job at SVM after the deal goes through?

I mean, instantly eat a loss on their potential equity value, guaranteed, on a whim and a promise of a future job? What if they don't get that job, SVM could just get rid of them after a few months.

Would you do such a thing if you were in their shoes?