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Fully agree Ted,
Also being clearly a serious buyer ans almost certainly a investment fund as you point out it does give them clout.
I expect their broker has contacted all the known heavy holders to see if they will release some stock for sale,, or arranged sales.
Looks like some was released for them but at a pretty buoyant price, which does give the impression that large amounts of stock are no longer available here. This might well be the precursor to another breakout next week.

looks like their required allocation still not filled.

Stephen Hammonds appointment certainly does raise some question marks, and I would actually agree with Wooly's main views on this one (IE: how much does he cost). However not seeing the whole picture yet so best wait to see what actually happens here . He's had some slatings from the gutter press in the past.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-mps-800-an-hour-second-job-5383336
However was previously with Inmarsat, which being a billion dollar company is light years away from OPTI currently. Clearly works at the highest international level and enjoys the "fruits of his labour". Think its important to see both sides of the coin.
Begs the question why he would want to join OPTI. Hope its not on his previous rate.

RNS & Investor News
Proposed Director appointment
02 February 2021

Directorate change

OptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing compounds to tackle obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes and skincare, announces that it intends to appoint Stephen Hammond MP, as a Non- Executive Director of the Company, subject to the completion of regulatory due diligence being carried out by the Company's Nomad.

Stephen has been a Member of Parliament since 2005, fulfilling roles as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport from 2012 to 2014 and more recently Minister of State for the Department of Health and Social Care from 2018 to 2019.

Prior to his role in politics, Stephen had a successful career in finance at a leading fund management house and at a number of major European investment banks. He was a Director of the Equities division of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson from 1994 to 1998, a private bank providing financial services to high net worth individuals and corporate clients in the UK. After this he joined Commerzbank Securities, a leading international commercial bank described as 'Germany's Leading Brokerage Firm' of the past 10 years (https://tinyurl.com/y5re88mg), with branches and offices in nearly 50 countries. He was with Commerzbank Securities from 1998 until 2003. During this time, Stephen was promoted to Director in Pan European Research, with the responsibility for 70 professionals based in London and across Europe, before becoming an MP in 2005.

A further announcement will be made in due course.

Neil Davidson, Chairman of OptiBiotix commented: "Stephen's appointment reflects the continued evolution and ambition of the Board as the Company moves into the next phase of its development in becoming a profitable international business with global brands. Stephen's international understanding of healthcare, finance and experience of working in senior positions within finance and government complements the current Board's wealth of experience.

"The Company anticipate that there will be further additions and changes to the Board and management teams as it continues to grow sales, expand into international markets and commercialises its next generation products."

For me its Stuart Ashmans words....... That makes it a really good share to hold, not just for profit.

"The high demand for places on the study underlines just how prevalent skin conditions such as psoriasis are, and how keen sufferers are to try something new and natural to alleviate their symptoms. If we can, we want to help as many people as possible.

Does give a snap shot of what kind of demand there is out there for this product. This is just for the trial run. People who suffer badly with this constant itchy condition have told me they would pay almost anything to to treat it, or relieve the itching.
High probability those 250 participants will morph into our first regular 250 customers.

Hi TedJames,
Not worried at all, as I've been topping up here for quite a few years and its nice to see a little return while leaving something for the next guy. Still have a large holding which would make many a financial adviser wince, as its my second largest holding.
For me its balance V risK, Sure if I had 20K invested here happy to risk, but if its much more some adjustment is required.
Wasnt so bad at 9-20p range, but a lot more becomes a lot to lose. Got caught once before on a company when it turned into a 50 bagger, and failed to take at least the stake out.
So leart a lesson there, plus OPTI is more de risked, and a safer bet especially with the nasdaq launch coming this year.

Got to confess I did offload 10% of my stock here, as seeing OPTI share price an even better deal and a much more de-risked bet as they have 60 plus contracts in place and own 22.5% of SBTX stock. Still holding a weighty amount in both companies.
Thats purely down to to differing market caps, and that opti is dirt cheap once their holding here is stripped away.
Here we are still seeing strong steady buying so someone with deep pockets is still accumulating.

some decent buys going through, think the mm's have eased off the price for fill a decent sell, managed to get one of the bigger holders to release some stock. Will spring up when completed.

certainly a demonstration of real strength, well done to all those who took a little profit as well. Cant blame them, just puts something back on the table for the new guys joining. Can see this going into the blue again very soon as most of that topslicing and pofit taking has been completed now, so stock will be less available.

hi train tracks,
did hear on some of our other products, "shelf life" testing was done uo to a year. to make sure there wasnt formulation of anything really unexpected and nasty.. ive used some shakes that are well out of date, and they seem fine. can see if you have to complete tests like that after you get to a formula that suits the customer and agreed price/ contract etc, time can take a long time even if you are going as fast as you can.

or almost free once the SBTX portion is sold.

hello muchbox,
Do you mean, you would like investors to sell so you can buy back cheaper. So trying to promote it....mmmmm
Cetainly not a big sell off of any kind yet . However stock has become in great demand so we shall see. It did have a few very big players buying heavy recently, , no signals that they had finished.

just had half a million shares bought in past hr.. may have been drooped to fill order.

Good to see the sells today. Seeing the traders leave who woul have gone soon anyway, one clear example being the poster who kindly posted his sale today. However seeing some pretty serious buys coming in now. The buyers havnt finished and still very clear demand for stock.

Hi Woolly,
Good to see the start of a smile on your face, certainly right now is not the time to think of selling as its probably going to stage a breakout from the 70p resistance point. If that happens strong market signals will show that its in a new upward trend line after a very long time being depressed in the lower range. Due to the length of time its been there the price correction is highly likely to be vigourous.

Hi Skid,
pretty sure this is it ...royalties are paid end of year, so it takes a few weeks to gather them all in. (A lot of companies have a policy of holding on to payments as long as possible).
Cant say actual income was £££ when you havnt yet been paid.
Looking good today guys..not a day to sell.

Hi Castle is it your brain or your heart saying a quid. I believe the company appears to have a lot going for it, however if there were less shares in issue I could agree and much less. however X11 is a lot. Can I ask how you arrive at this calculation or is it a guessdimation.

great to close on a blue sky high, thats a rare beast indeed especially as its one i'm most heavily into. must confess to having a rudely large glass on the desk.
However this is potentially only the start if you draw the slide across what may comelike I've done it does make TW potential predictions seem conservative. TW put me onto GKP many years ago before any oil was struck, and after tw's advised bailing the price tripled. however i do have great respect for the guy.
I often get into stock too early , and this has been the case with OPTI and here. However f you hold strong for a long time that patience is rewarded....well I do believe things have done good here and opti is slightly delayed in its blast off due to some trapped bulls that needed to offload. However mr. market has a funny was of balancing the books, so I'm expecting a surge there next week. Knew something was up when Cath returned to the job I know and she confessed loves best, scientific research. Good luck to the holders here.. think things are only just warming up.

Hi Researcher, I had a £2.60 ultimate target for OPTI, but would do staged withdrawals before that. Actually got taken a bit by surpise by this one, did intend to topslice circa 50p, however i'll be sitting on my hands till I carefully read through the results of the trial. Reason is twofold
If I sell, might not be able to buy back at decent quantity easily. Also I believe the risks are not that high in it not working.

Also if it works really well, it becomes a very desirable company for big phame to aquire, so as to a valuation at that point, think we have to stick a zero on the current price, and not at the beginning either.