Ann: Quarterly Activities/Appendix 5B Cash Flow Report, page-28

It is also done to free up stock from those who are easily persuaded. I think VRX is a very tightly held stock with a lot of long term holders, and with Delphi scooping up 30 million shares, it proves the point. The only way to grab a decent holding it seems now is to now try shake the resolve of the nervous holder.
As the previous poster said, if this was a paid for forum with no free accounts, it might self regulate a bit better.
I also think the moderators could do a better job of monitoring, but that is no easy task.

The point is VRX are actually making a lot of progress and the only remaining thing slowing things up a bit is the EPA process, which has to be expected from this far reaching organisation.