RE: Mysq21 Jul 2018 20:18
You raise some interesting points, Invest4theLT.....
Could it actually be that Eric has played a mastermind stroke and has foresaw that the Atlas shares could be bought-up by a.n.other party - such that the other party could increase their stake / share of MYSQ "on the cheap" so to speak?
That could be why we are seeing relatively large buys coming in (especially towards the end of the trading day) as we saw yesterday. It still appears that whoever this other party are, they are probably hoovering-up whole swathes of shares at a relatively cheap price, I suspect in the knowledge that once they reach their optimum level, the joint venture or indeed takeover could be announced, which would send the share price skywards.
I may have to change my tune then? Maybe my thinking now is that there will be some form of joint venture. Maybe between Tencent and MYSQ. We know that Tencent and MYSQ held talks earlier this year and maybe at that juncture in time, Eric could have mentioned to them in private that he would potentially favour some sort of join working arrangement rather than be taken over. Maybe Tencent agreed not to takeover MYSQ, but when Eric was ready to do business again the two parties would speak.
We also know that in a recent RNS, it was announced that Tencent and MYSQ were no longer in discussion with each other. Maybe that was in the knowledge that at some point in the future the two parties would speak again and perhaps even collaborate.
Hmmm.....who knows what was said and what their plans are? A joint venture would sort of fit the mysterious goings on as of late with the share price movement and the rather cryptic RNS's that we have had. It seems that a lot of ducks have been lining-up in the background and when the timing is right, a big announcement may be made.
What do others think?