RE: New Theory21 Sep 2018 12:34
Dave73 - I have now altered the wording and hope that makes sense.
I have stated that until a more plausible theory comes along I would stick with my share swop theory. I now have another theory, as that there are new facts to add to the situation. IMHO the cancelled trades were YA forward selling shares they didn't have in April, May and early June, to push FRR for another contract before the 16th June deadline. They just continued forward selling via their broker, but the preference shares were not converted by FRR. This resulted in the trades being cancelled when YA failed to deliver on the shares. They continued this until they had a new deal with FRR announced in the 7th June RNS. The redemption of the last convertible shares from the previous agreement took place on the 4th April. As FRR laid a baited trap, they may have possibly even delayed later conversions after the new deal, querying the convertible price, resulting in the occasional cancelled trade after the new deal was agreed. Looking back at my posting history, the trades virtually stopped by the 15th June, but those cancelled after the 7th June could have been due to delays in converting preference shares into ordinary shares by FRR as part of the baited trap.