I've been through  NSS stocks before and they have ended up in the greys.  Some entity wants TECO out of business.  The closer they get to success;  the more risks with the law they will take trying to succeed in their efforts i.e. the involuntary  bankruptcy.  Last couple years it was only the daily MM manipulation, etc. IMO hedgies will pay individuals to purposely assist them in bringing TECO down which  pales to having to costs to cover 100mm NSS shares in the end.   TECO has been walking a fine line between false starts and the  2012 exaggerated PRs and this ongoing attack.  Time has not been on TECO's side lately and Bull knew this.  When someone controls 10's of millions of shares in a company and sees this blatant attempt by hedgefunds or whomever to put them out of business;  you step up and volunteer to manage the work yourself  or risk losing all.  Has anyone considered that these ex-directors weren't caught assisting these NSS culprits or were bribed by these NSS culprits to leave TECOs employment just to assist in bringing them down.  This might sound like a movie or conspiracy theory but with enough money at stake in the millions of dollars;  I wouldn't put it past any entity to pull out all stops in protecting a multi-million or billion dollar hedgefund.