Genuine holders please contact the ASC5 Oct 2023 11:45
With something similar to the below,
complaints@asc.ca
jcowen@canoverseas.com
rgaffney@canoverseas.com
Dear ASC,
Myself and many other shareholders in Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) suspect that Anavio Capital Partners LLP (possibly colluding with Joh Berenberg, Gossler & Co) are again shorting COPL's stock.
The bond holders appear to be shorting the stock as to drive the share price as low as possible to maximise their gains as the debt is repaid in shares. I just don’t know how that is allowed to occur in a regulated market.
Please can you investigate this?
(please see previously sent emails below for more details)
Kind regards,
To: Complaints
Cc: amillholland@canoverseas.com ; Rgaffney@canoverseas.com; cathy@chfir.com
Subject: Re: Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) market abuse concerns.
Areas that required investigation include..
Despite large conversions over the last 3 months, Anavio (Anavio Equity Capital Markets Master Fund Limited) never had a TR1 which seems at odds with their stated “commitment” to the firm.
Anavio insisted on having a board member added to COPL's Board of Directors, as part of the bond/finance agreement, so are there sufficient controls in place to exclude Anavio from having inside information as the trading “pattern” looks different since then , i.e, just constant pressure on the SP despite absolutely no negative company news or macro degradation to support the drop that we have seen.
It also makes no sense that a sophisticated financial company such as Anavio would be selling significant amounts of bonds at, on face value, a loss, when the terms of issuance restrict short selling which would be required to hedge their exposure at issuance and avoid losses.
On July 18 the fact that Anavio received VWAP shares of 72m (c.12%) of the current market cap at the lowest share price ever, seems a little coincidental, and again no TR1, and yet large selling. Anavio have form. Please refer to the Norway regulatory findings in 'Flyer SA' (earlier this year).
https://www.finanstilsynet.no/en/supervision/market-conduct/decision-regarding-violation-penalty---short-selling/
Decision regarding violation penalty - Short sale
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www.finanstilsynet.no
Kind regards,