"PS - price setting for the purposes of re-compliance is illegal market manipulation in Australia."
what are you talking about you, its posts like this that make you seem paranoid and a bit conspiracy theorist like
No one is talking about price setting you need to do some research to understand what will happen here
2c minimum recompliance price allowed by the ASX
some companies if they are too far away from this price will consolidate their capital but nearly all that are at least 1c or above let the share trade freely after they announce an acquisition to see how the market values it
I think after NXR ZIP and VTX the market is now too smart to allow gifts like WPI to trade too far below the 2c minimum recompliance price as it did with VTX and I think this is why it will stay close to 2c but you never know could get an ugly day and it drops but I think plenty of use are waiting to try pick up bargain on it so this is why I cant see it going too far below that 2c level if at all
the other big thing I think your confused about is heraclitus hasnt bought WPI because he doesnt see the value of paying 2c before seeing what the acquisition is, if you read his posts you'll see he kinda agrees with you that he may get a chance to get WPI cheaper