Originally Posted by
underway
Right...that's not the same thing. The third party buys up stock at market, and they do it that way so no one knows LIBERTY is behind the deal and is on the prowl to buy up shares and launch take over, which of course, would drive up the stock price. Then Liberty buys the shares from the third party. But, no one can approach SIRI and say, 'hey guys, you just had authorization to issue more shares, so we want them for .10/share even though market says .35. That would be illegal, as it is screwing the company out of money for those shares.