No, the poster above your ridcuolous comment pretty much nailed it.
The board and CEO want people to forget the old price, was around $40-50 forever. So they leaked that Stryker was looking at buying them on the day Lobo was to be interviewed on Fox. He was asked on the air and confirmed it. That required Stryker to be hands off for 6 Mon. The stock surged during that time... Perfect time to split it and turn $80 back into $30. New normal, forget the past. Now, this company has it going on.
Well manipulated, Olivia.