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I laughed because it makes no sense. Bonnier family hold around 500m AAA shares, recent placing at 2p. Debt owed is 1.4m. In the requisition they have committed to pay 1.4m in escrow until the EGM process is completed. This does not suggest Bonnier family are bankrupt and AB is not “the go to”. It is abundantly clear the real shorters&manipulators are using the Bonnier family to hide their illicit activities. It may have worked if they refrained from spreading FUD.
I don’t think I have missed anything. If 30m was used to open short positions (suggested in court documents I read) the money is not off the table and there is a monthly payment on the borrow. “Buy shares as cheaply as possible” if party A was hoping to destroy party B, they would be banking on party B to capitulate at the lows.. short covered, return shares to BOS and live happily ever after. Now it seems party B has deep pockets and no intentions to capitulate AB shares. This would leave the shorting party in a right pickle. AB going from strength to strength, making record numbers, stronger backdrop, ad spend on the upturn, MT buying like a dog on heat and M&A activity looming in the next 12 months is a recipe for disaster for these shorting manipulators. Now if the shorting party was leveraged to hilt, the monthly payments on the borrow can become very painful. Could this be the reason NC is liquidating his MTL shares?
Anyway, enough conspiracies for one day, I am sure the truth will surface sooner rather than later. One thing we can both agree on “massive manipulation”. I for one would rather be long than short. I had a very good week on Tesla, profits into AB next week. I strongly believe Stuart Last and Mike Tobin will lead us to victory.. slight sniff of a incoming bid and these manipulators will be blown to smithereens.
This spat between certain shareholders has no bearing on the business and I am confident the share price will return to fair value sooner rather than later.. said our esteemed leader Stuart Last.
It was merely conspiracy theory number 2. You could laugh it off, or accept that’s there’s some truth within there. I don’t see that 192 could be shorting, they seem to be caught with their pants down already. What you seem to miss is that if there was a deal with BOS, then 30M has already been taken off the table. There’s no upside for a shareholder if they’ve already collected on the upside, what they need to do is just hand over the shares (as cheaply as possible). The outstanding debacle remains irrespective between 2 parties whose claim against each other could easily wipe one another out if judged. Is it better to keep the delays going on and on until someone capitulates ? I remember not so long ago that the share price rallied on rumours of a settlement of this case. it was unfounded and the share price slipped again. It is so simple what’s going on here and it could point in the direction of massive manipulation.
Zak the contradictions and holes in your posting history are abysmal. A blind man can see you play a key role in manipulating AB’s share price. I just hope AB board and regulators act fast to track you down. Your posts strongly suggest you are conspiring with a number of parties to manipulate AB’s share price. I don’t believe you have anything against the company, but you certainly have something personal against this Bonnier family. Your motive is clearl.. you are manipulating AB’s share price to destroy your enemies Bonnier family.
From research and speaking to reliable sources. How do you know he didn’t save aaqua?
Zak what evidence do you have the Bonnier family have been selling down?
You have pushed this narrative for a good part of 18 months. On one hand you are saying Bonnier family have lent their shares to short AB, on the other you claim he is or was a distressed seller.. which is it?
“The stock is going no where until the court case is resolved” we have witnessed this statement from you in the past. If I was a investigator, you would be top of the list. The conviction in your statement confirms you play a key role in conspiring to manipulate the share price for the last two years.
I don’t know how you came to the conclusion I like Robert Bonnier, I don’t know him or your history with him from AAA. I reached out to my contacts after you persistently spammed this board with FUD and justifying it by blaming the Bonnier family and AAA. I proved you wrong as a liar many times. Do you remember when you intentionally misled this board by thinking AAA were dumping shares? I posted a statement by AAA director “they have not sold a single share and have no intention to sell”
Zak has gone above and beyond to spread FUD in order to keep the share price suppressed. I think in the very near future the chap hiding behind the avatar zak7795 will be globe trotting to avoid authorities in many jurisdictions.
why have none of u ever question 192 pte's position? why while the stock got pumped up to 2223p he never sold a share. why when they collapsed they never did a thing? don't any of u think that's strange? boom doesn't trade on fundamentals we all know that. the company even stated their concerns on that last week. the business is doing great and what's just happened? they have gone from 320p back down to 235p. these scumbags control boom at present. that's why no proper fund wants to buy in even though boom is a great little company. before u **** me off bearhunter if u don't agree with that i know ur intentions aren't genuine in boom cos some of the +ve stuff u say about bonnier is very concerning. the super rich bonnier, a man who's only ever run firms to insolvency. fact! the super rich bonnier who has only sold boom in recent years even at these stupid low prices. so is he broke? super rich and doesn't care or stupid? he's certainly one of them. the super rich fella getting sued by anyone whos ever done business with him. aaqua.....i presume are in insolvency. what's the receiver gonna do with their 403k shares? anyone ever wondered that? according to the tr1's mrs bonnier now out. e&l (mr bonnier) has 150k left. this is my theory. candy wants to ruin bonnier for conning him and knows he's got no money so the last thing he wants to boom shares rallying so bonnier can raise more cash. candy doesn't want boom shares down here but maybe he can wait longer than bonnier can. just my thoughts
I agree with growing balls. This stock is going no where until that court case is resolved.
If Bonnier had all this money why's he sold down his Boom shares if Boom is so great. Doesn't it make more sense that he's sold down coz he needs cash. Doesn't that make more sense. I'm getting the impression u like Robert Bonnier and if that's the case ur the only man who does. Why do u guys always forget to mention 192 PTE Peter Antonioni. He's got 1.4mln shares. He's Bonnier's mate. Anyone ever wonder what he does with his shares? If anyone is loaning out his shares to short its him
Bearhunter...where do u get the idea Bonnier has all this money? He didn't fancy saving Aaqua with it then?
I agreed with soundman&Dogging, very fitting.
LOL, TB!!! I've got Darktrace on the brain today, obviously I mean MT.
I'd never question MT's motives, in fact his contribution to the past, present and future success is immeasurable.
BBB - It would be insane for NC to trade them as you say, he would have to notify. Simply lending them out though, that's another matter... Lots of IIs do it, get a 'short' fee in the immediate term with a 'long' gain strategy in the medium plus term.
Also, I'd never questions TB's motives, maybe he doesn't want to move the market. Maybe he just wants more shares, and under 250 who can blame him.
Has some very shady recent history, i do not think a few regulations would prevent him opening a short, especially if he knew he was going to accuse RB of all sorts. you could make lovely gain.
I can’t fathom the logic in these shorting theories. All I would say is Candy could not be behind anything as he’s a major shareholder and has a representative on the board. Any trading in the company’s shares would have to be advised to the board and reported in a TR1 to the stock exchange. He has market sensitive information which limits his ability to trade.
Soundman, I think we should leave it to Michael Tobin to decide how he buys shares. He’s a very experienced investor of businesses and I’m sure he knows what he’s doing is correct. His track record should give us all confidence.
Lmao definitely a conspiracy theory this one. However, was this NC’s motivation to recklessly open a illegal short position? High probability it has backfired and left NC+ others in a right pickle.
Have NC+others miserably failed to capitulate the bonniers?
From my research, Bonniers own 500m AAA shares, no need for them to sell AB shares. “AAA bankrupt Bonniers” couldn’t be further from the truth. Bonniers can probably buy AB from their back pocket from what I hear.. but WTFDIK
You gotta love a conspiracy theory. Here’s another: with the court action, AAA go after RB for his debt and bankrupt him. His only go to is AB, unfortunately no liquidity and low share price. How long can he hold out from selling ? Does the SP really matter for investors, it’s looks range bound until the mysterious buy out comes in. But that won’t be happening until the shareholder court case is done and settled. There can only be one Victor. Conclusion the court case needs to end.
Another 5000 shares out of MMs hands
Not comparable to Darktrace obviously however this one seems to be almost on same level with US interests and exposure would not surprise me at all if this one gets a rampant bid or MB with a strong order book for next Q and future, great times ahead i would suggest. DYOR
He's a great Chairman to have with the endless support, but the silly thing is that he makes so many purchases of circa 5k whenever the Company isn't in a closed period that it's almost more noticeable when he doesn't. If he actually saved his pennies and made 100-200k purchases it would make the market take more notice.
One things for sure though. He isn't buying shares because he has too much money and needs to get rid of it. He's expecting it to pay off and sooner rather than later .
Another £12k worth purchase! Is he planning to buy the company? lol
Mike Tobin now at 5%.
Does not look like he will be stopping any time soon.
Back to the below post. Sudden uptick on volume, paying 340. Short covering?
RE: Media and tech stocks22 Apr 2024 18:15
AB’s share price has not moved in line with indices before. Someone suggested Nick Candy’s pledged shares to Bank Of Singapore were given as borrow to short AB. Has someone finally traced those shares to Berenberg? Are they suppressing the share price to cover the short position?
Market makers Berenberg&Marex are definitely up to no good judging by their movements last few sessions. It is worth keeping a close eye on them in coming sessions.
I refer to the below post by Growing Balls.
“If there was any requirement to buy shares as cheap as possible, there must be a certain large shareholder in Boom who needs to pass 2M Boom shares to Bank of Singapore in exchange for 30M GBP. If I was said person I would try and pursuade the powers that be get the shares as low as possible so I could buy them all and pass to BOS. Especially if I had already loaned my 2M shares out to to someone else.”
Https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-stocks-may-finally-be-back-fashion-2024-04-23/
Good spot Bh3.
I have seen speculation about BOOM moving to Nasdaq on this board. With so much of it's business done in the US it does seem logical. Audioboom may not yet meet all criteria necessary for the Nasdaq otherwise it would surely have done this.
Nasdaq buying AIM would be an interesting move but with so many loss making tiddlers with tiny revenues on the AIM? The AIM is currently bombed out though, with many stocks 80%+ below their peak. The main market hit new highs this week but the AIM is just above half of it's high. Maybe ripe for picking?
I've regularly teased that Michael Tobin is taking BOOM over by stealth. With a market cap below £40mln and so undervalued this could actually be on the cards. MT may consider heading an MBO. The management could continue to develop and grow the business. Three years of sustained growth and banked profits would then enable Audioboom to seek a full listing on the LSE and realise it's true worth.
In the meantime any of our rivals could offer a substantial premium to the feeble market cap for a company in this strong growth sector, pre or post my hypothetical buyout.
yep i have to agree. nice value added that bearhunter. let's hope boom do something about this ****e aim listing. after what mgt said about this being so undervalued the price movement after the results will only highlight this more to them. will be funny to see if it listed in us with a valuation much higher coz i recon there would be a stampede of selling to start from existing shareholders coz if these listed in the us for a £5-6 equivalent i'll be at the front of the queue to take my profit