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There control the price on the main exchanges by trading between themselves.

The price has been controlled for a while using the AQX exchange and some LSE volume in last couple of days. It’s my understanding it’s how shorts close unnoticed. Control prices on main exchanges and the volume pumped through completely unnoticed on the many broker dark pools. Broker anonymous dark pool volume/trades are reported much much later as off book usually amalgamated and disguised - Impossible to trace.

One of many explanations of Broker Dark Pools

hTTps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_pool#:~:text=Dark%20pools%20are%20recorded%20to,contractually%20obliged%20to%20do%20so.

No trades through the book so far.

All trades off book.

What will Qube do to close?

Disclosed positions in THG Holdings

Fund % short change Date changed

Qube Research & Technologies Limited 0.79% -0.10% 2 Aug 2023

Total 0.79%

hTTps://shorttracker.co.uk/company/GB00BMTV7393/

But won’t debate this hopefully final mistake anymore as it’s irrelevant.

Matty

That’s not true

Gsolomonuk and Brewman91

Both very new to LSE and joined at similar times

Paid FUD or just deviants?

I only have one account.

Only negative about Matt’s decision to buy City AM at least until he MBO’s.

Then he has to pay for its continued losses and not us!

City AM has never been profitable and destined for closure for over 10 years.

Been in intensive care.

No one invested.

No advertisers wanted it and very few readers read it.

It’s not the initial purchase cost of City AM although that’s a waste, it’s more the ongoing operational costs and the investment required - It was destined for complete closure buy end of July as no one other than MM interested.

Until Wednesday I wasn’t so positive Matt would manage to pull off an MBO and survive.

But after the Board and the major shareholders at least tacitly approved the absurd City AM purchase it was clear the MBO was effectively happening.

Nothing else makes sense now.

Let’s see.

I always thought the Golden Share cancellation was agreed in exchange for supporting Matt’s wish to reject /terminate the Apollo approach?

To be fair all deals would’ve been done before voting taken & announced but the Golden Share cancellation would be announced later.

That’s how deals work.

Deals have to be honoured.

I think they are all excellent suggestions but I really don’t think Matt will entertain any of them in reality?

He has recently admitted that he wants to keep everything together under his control.

Really believe it’s an MBO maybe with Middle Eastern assistance or a hostile takeover/MM removal? - Matt clearly struggles with compromise.

I believe it ends well for shareholders but not convinced Matts wishes will be fulfilled?

S4Capital is Digital Specialist agency.

WPP, Omnicom, Havas, Publics, IPG, Densu etc (the trading agencies media and creative) handle all aspects of digital/traditional creative and media.

Ordinary I would expect the large traditional agencies to look at acquiring S4Captital as it’s price drops but SMS has a Golden Share to prevent that from happening so nobody will move until SMS leaves and the Golden Share is voluntarily cancelled.

I will keep a watching eye and I am sure there will be trading opportunities especially if they win any new business but that cuts both ways if they lose any.

The fasted growing part of the digital cake is in the areas S4Capital is weakest.

ITV /Roku is the movement into VOD from linear TV.

Yes but that’s not great great news for S4Capital.

S4Capital only handles digital only side of their client’s business.

That area of the clients (VOD) spend in the vast majority of clients is remaining with the traditional agency and not moving to S4Capital as it’s part of integrated brand AV (audio visual) campaign.

Polishcap

Makes sense.

Let’s hope they also used their leverage to secure an improvement deadline?

As they say he needs to shape up or ship out!