RE: BUSHVELD MINERALS LTD Sellers Covered 0.7% of Their Shorts18 Jan 2020 10:19
@AW1 we used to maintain a tracker of holders in the days when we felt FM needed to know he had some defence against attack. At one point a little over 50% of the company could pretty well be confirmed as owned by around 300 holders. Added to that the friendly big blocks FM had links with, there was no realistic possibility of a speculative buy out.
We have stopped bothering last year but if I total those holders in 2019 who confirmed stakes in that year alone it totals 105M. Adding in those not last year but I know have very large holdings (and added to ), we get to somewhere between 180-200M. Add in the big blocks and not hard to add another 200-250M.
So with some confidence it is perfectly possible to deduce that at least 40% of the company (and probably a lot more) is owned by around 150 holders or institutions.
So frankly, 300k of shorters is the ripple of a mosquito right now. There is always the chance of a speculative push, but as several have replied over the months on this, the price to extract the shares would be well over 100p.
FM knows this ... that is why he can just ignore the SP and get on with the day job.
Did you do your homework on TBP ?