[Tr8dervic]

Up 19990% on 500 shares. Must be a mistake?

[creede]

Nice price.

APLN(2011/07/20)
Time (EST) Volume Price Exchange Bought/Sold Tran/Type Legend
12:40:42 500 0.20 OTCEQ_NBB

[creede]

re APLN -

it lives.

APLN(2011/03/07)
Time (EST) Volume Price Exchange Bought/Sold Tran/Type Legend
09:31:18 1150 0.014 OTCEQ_NBB

[creede]

re APLN -

Wow - that was a great trade.

Same reasoning applies here, imo. If I can pick up some more cheapies, I will. May be a year or more before they get L2 again, but I have found that extreme patience often pays off.

[ragmuff]

Makes sense, I had one with a big spread and got a small fill 500 shrs at .085 bid, sold two weeks later at the ask 10.50.
Good hunting.

[creede]

re APLN -

thank vic.

Say, I wonder what we can glean from the new name. I would imagine that the "AE" stands for "April Energy", which would probably mean we are still in the energy sector. Hope this time it's some kind of alternative fuel..

Not all together sure what the "Holding I" means, except that seems to imply there will be a "II".

Holding Company

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its only purpose is owning shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow the ownership and control of a number of different companies. In the U.S., 80% or more of stock, in voting and value, must be owned before tax consolidation benefits such as tax-free dividends can be claimed.[1]

Sometimes a company intended to be a pure holding company identifies itself as such by adding "Holdings" or "(Holdings)" to its name, as in Sears Holdings.

United StatesIn the United States, Berkshire Hathaway is the largest publicly-traded holding company; it owns numerous insurance companies, manufacturing businesses, retailers, and other companies. Two other large notable holding companies are United Continental Holdings and AMR Corporation, publicly traded holding companies whose primary purposes are to wholly own United Airlines and American Airlines, respectively. In some instances, holding companies have held capital for pending investments.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company

[creede]

re APLN -

thanks ragmuff.

I first did a little cursory DD on this stock back in 2007.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=20509632

I have always dedicated a portion of my portfolio to very low liquidly plays like APLN that have very large spreads. I always surmised that the large spread could be a good indicator that the float is either low, or locked down. When I find one that I like, I put in extreme low ball limit orders and then just forget about it. Sometimes they fill, and then I do a little more digging.

Kinda sounds like a backwards approach, but when the dollars amounts are as low as what I am spending, it's pretty low risk.

[ragmuff]

Sorry I do not know how to past links…went to this site and found two companies that share contact info and web page APLN and APRIF, APRIF pps@$23.
• (APLN.PK) APRIL ENERGY INC Reviews | YourStockReviews.com


APRIL ENERGY INC is traded at Other OTC. APRIL ENERGY INC is a part of the Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration industry, inside the Basic Materials sector, it has 25 full time employees
yourstockreviews.com/Symbol_APLN.PK.html • Cached page

(APLN.PK) APRIL ENERGY INC Reviews

APRIL ENERGY INC is traded at Other OTC.
APRIL ENERGY INC is a part of the Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration industry, inside the Basic Materials sector, it has 25 full time employees.
The average volume of APRIL ENERGY INC is: 127.273.
It's last calculated p/e is: N/A and it's Earn-Per-Share is (EPS): N/A.
In the last 52 weeks, it's lowest price was: 0.01, it's highest price was: 0.23.
This company's biggest competitors are: BP plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., , Total SA, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Eni SpA, Repsol YPF SA.

APRIL ENERGY INC contact information is:

One Ridgmar Centre
6500 West Freeway Suite 800
Fort Worth, TX 76116
United States

Phone #: [phone]
Fax #: [phone]

Click here to enter this company's website.

(APRIF.PK) APRIL GROUP ACT Reviews

Approach Resources Inc. is traded at NasdaqGM.
Approach Resources Inc. is a part of the Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration industry, inside the Basic Materials sector, it has 25 full time employees.
The average volume of Approach Resources Inc. is: 114,065.
It has a market cap of 150.96M, It's last calculated p/e is: 6.57 and it's Earn-Per-Share is (EPS): 1.11.
In the last 52 weeks, it's lowest price was: 5.39, it's highest price was: 30.00.
This company's biggest competitors are: BP plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., , Total SA, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Eni SpA, Repsol YPF SA.

Approach Resources Inc. contact information is:

One Ridgmar Centre
6500 West Freeway Suite 800
Fort Worth, TX 76116
United States

Phone #: [phone]
Fax #: [phone]

Click here to enter this company's website.

[Tr8dervic]

Creede, good work. The financials, share structure and a business description are what I believe is needed for solicitation. Not sure if they need to be audited or not. If so, a simple audit should be ok, ala pre Sarbanes Oxley standards for the pinks.

It might be as simple as just providing all the info straight to pinksheets.com.

Vic

[ragmuff]

Doing some nice DD creede, I looked around for about an hour this morning and will keep going. No bid ask yet it may be a while but worth looking into.
What tell got you started on this one?

[creede]

re APLN & Joseph Bartel -

well.... there is a WHOLE BUNCH of info on the Hub regarding Bartel. Seems his hand has been in many plays. I've only just started to look around and it has gone to extremes. One company (SMPP) has an a/s of about 5B, and as you can imagine, it's a triple zero sub. Another company, AVIX, has an a/s of 500MM, and it's trading in dollars.

I'm gonna dig some more just to see what else I can learn, but at the end of the day I wonder if there is much that can be concluded about the future of APLN, since once he finishes the merger, I would imagine he is gone.

Now, all of the stocks that I looked at thus far have been pinksheets. That kinda makes me think that they will not be taking APLN straight to the OTCBB, but instead are going file a Form 211 with FINRA to become solicited.

I believe to do that they need audited financials and a market maker willing. Right?

[creede]

re APLN & Joseph Bartel -

here is a little Joseph Bartel DD.

First of all, he is in iHub iBoxes 4 different times.

iBox search for: joseph bartel

High Profile Shell Facilitator
Asiana Dragons, Inc.
GNCC Capital, Inc.
Media Pal Holdings, Corp.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/iBoxSearch.aspx?SearchStr=joseph bartel

He also shows up many times in 2010.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/msgsearch.aspx?SearchStr=joseph bartel


Using the advanced search function. We see him appearing many, many more times on the Hub in 2008 and 2009.

2009 - http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/adv_search.aspx
2008 - http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/adv_search.aspx
2007 - none
2006 - none
2005 - none
2004 - none
2003 - none


Here is his Linkedin public profile.

Joseph Bartel Owner, Elliot Watson Companies LLC

Sarasota, Florida Area
Send InMail Add Joseph to your network

Current Owner at Elliot Watson Companies LLC
Connections 6 connections
Industry Capital Markets

www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=ctu&id=24978976&authToken=IkNS&authType=name&trk=ppro_cntdir&lnk=cnt_dir

President - JOSEPH BARTEL
Address 1: 1700 PROSPECT ST Address 2:
City: SARASOTA State: FL
Zip Code: 34239 Country:

https://esos.state.nv.us/SOSServices/AnonymousAccess/CorpSearch/CorpDetails.aspx?lx8nvq=D%252fNnE3fiewt%252bHywyGrgOAA%253d%253d

Here is an old post made on hotstockmarket.com in April 2008.

Posted by: The Rainmaker

New DD for AVIX.....New CEO Joseph Bartel, very interesting new AVIX CEO.....His companies name is Elliot Watson.
Here's some background info on AVIX new CEO. Another reason why I like AVIX so much is because it looks like some big money players took over AVIX shell. Also, Bartel did a deal that made 8 million dollars profit. AVIX has 47 million shares OS. If Joseph Bartel puts just one of these type deals into AVIX and earns an 8 million dollar profit that would be earnings of 15 cents a share. That would put AVIX trading in the $1.50-$2.00 per share range at 10-15 times earnings. Huge upside on this deal thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Posted on: Sunday, 3 September 2006, 09:00 CDT

By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.

Sep. 3--Joseph Bartel describes himself as a serial entrepreneur.

The 28-year-old Sarasota resident has dabbled in everything from real estate to a new product he said will revolutionize the plastics industry. He won't say what it is until he gets the idea patented.

Bartel operates under a limited liability corporation called Elliot Watson Companies LLC.

tinyurl.com/4npfgd

Then I found this about Joseph Bartel's Elliot Watson, they did a real estate deal and made 8 million dollars profit on it.

"I wish to purchase the property from the condominium association," Joseph E. Bartel wrote in a letter to the city's chief planner David Hilston dated Dec. 8. Bartel's group is considering re-developing the property with 30 condominium units.

http://tinyurl.com/4kpwpm

Bartel described himself as the founder of Sarasota-based Elliot Watson Co. He also said his firm spoke to representatives of the condominium's management.

Featured Properties

The following is a list of some of our projects:

Tranquility at Rock Dove Court
Punta Gorda, Florida

J. Cohen Group, in partnership with Elliot Watson Ventures, developed Tranquility at Rock Dove Court, a luxury waterfront residential condominium community in the prestigious Punta Gorda Isles neighborhood. After completing the design and entitlement process for the project, including receiving permits for boat slips, we sold the site to another developer for a significant profit. J. Cohen Group secured a 780% return on its investment.

http://jcohengroup.com/Featured_Properties.html

He now runs J. Cohen Group, a real estate development, investment, and project management company. He is also a partner in Elliot Watson Ventures, a real estate development company.

Developed Rock Dove Court, 18-unit luxury waterfront condominium in upscale Punta Gorda Isles, FL. Sold the $9.2 million project to another builder, earning a 780% return on equity. Sounds like Joseph Bartel's Elliot Watson made an 8 million dollar profit on this deal.

http://www.hotstockmarket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59783

[creede]

re APLN & Robert Johnson -

looks like this guy might be just a domaineer.

http://www.domaintools.com/reverse-whois/?email=fd47bf15b8cedc3e03febe8c0eb8a762



Probably about time to do some digging on Joseph Bartel.

[creede]

re APLN -

now the question is "WHO IS Robert Johnson?", since he owns www.goldenopportunityresources.com & www.aprilenergy.com.

He was not listed as one of the GDNO owners.

Ownership breakdown per the filing in march of 2004:

William Morton 9MM
William Strickel 4.5MM
Mike England 16.5 MM

[creede]

re www.aprilenergy.com -

Domain name: aprilenergy.com

Administrative Contact:

Robert Johnson ([e-mail])
+1.6042556546
Fax:
265 S. Renfrew St.
Vancouver, BC V5K 4A7
CA

Technical Contact:

Robert Johnson ([e-mail])
+1.6042556546
Fax:
265 S. Renfrew St.
Vancouver, BC V5K 4A7
CA

Registrant Contact:

Robert Johnson ()

Fax:
265 S. Renfrew St.
Vancouver, BC V5K 4A7
CA

Status: Locked

[creede]

re aeholdings.com -

yeah, saw that a few days ago. Already checked the whois, and I don't think it's related.

Domain Services Provided By:
AE Holdings LLC,
www.xhdomains.com/

Registrant:
AE Holdings LLC
Xtreme Hosting Division
PO Box 19006
Honolulu, HI 96817-8006
US

Registrar: DOTSTER
Domain Name: XHDOMAINS.COM
Created on: 31-MAR-06
Expires on: 31-MAR-14
Last Updated on: 04-DEC-10

Administrative, Technical Contact:
, [e-mail]
AE Holdings LLC
Xtreme Hosting Division
PO Box 19006
Honolulu, HI 96817-8006
US
[phone]

[Tr8dervic]

That's funny. Look what was created today:

http://aeholdings.com/

[creede]

re APLN & April Energy Website -

funny I never stopped to check for an April Energy website.

look familar?

http://aprilenergy.com/

Need to do a whois when I get the chance.

[creede]

re APLN as April Energy News -

cannot find a single news release during the time the company was April Energy. Did find this.

APRIL ENERGY INC is traded at Other OTC.
APRIL ENERGY INC is a part of the Oil & Gas Drilling & Exploration industry, inside the Basic Materials sector, it has 25 full time employees.
The average volume of APRIL ENERGY INC is: 127.273.
It's last calculated p/e is: N/A and it's Earn-Per-Share is (EPS): N/A.
In the last 52 weeks, it's lowest price was: 0.01, it's highest price was: 0.23.
This company's biggest competitors are: BP plc, Exxon Mobil Corp., , Total SA, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Eni SpA, Repsol YPF SA.

http://yourstockreviews.com/Symbol_APLN.PK.html

This says it's the contact info for AE Holdings, but I think it's probably just for April Energy.

2222 Bellevue Avenue
Suite 304
West Vancouver, BC V7V 1C7
Canada
Tel: [phone]
URL: NA

http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/April_Energy_Inc-3669376

[creede]

re APLN & Float -

great work!

That finally explains it. Post r/s that would put the current float at probably 750k. That's why they did not do a r/s. It's already been done!

No wonder it never trades.

No wonder asking prices were near $10 per share.

If memory serves, I bought all 15k of my shares at one time. That would mean I got them from someone used to have 300k.

OUCH!

[Tr8dervic]

OTCBB shows the 1/20 r/s ex date 6/3/05 and name change.

http://www.otcbb.com/asp/dividend.asp?sym_id=gdno

It may be that the o/s decreased to ~4mm and the merge out on 10/16/10 involved reissuing ~50mm shares to Bartel to gain control of the shell. Maybe for a nominal sum to Morton, et al.

[creede]

re APLN & Share Structure -

hummmm. You seem to be correct. Only r/s I see is this one:


Security Notes
•Capital Change=shs increased by 3 for 1 split. Ex-date=6-1-04


Any chance it happened and pinksheets just missed it?

The reason I ask is because I have seen a lot of crazy spreads before, but .0002 x .62 is A LOT of distance.

Not to mention that at one point the Ask was $9. I know this because I was filled for about 2k shares @ $9!

Of course, the trade was voided when the market maker stole the trade from me!

Time & Sales
Price Size Exch Time
0.23 391 OTO 12:04:02
1.10 3400 OTO 11:26:50
1.10 1600 OTO 11:26:50
1.60 5000 OTO 11:26:50
z 0.015 250 OTO 10:54:52
z 0.011 250 OTO 10:54:35
z 0.015 100 OTO 10:54:07
z 0.011 100 OTO 10:52:37
9.15 600 OTO 10:13:55
9.05 500 OTO 10:13:49
9.05 100 OTO 10:13:49
9.15 1900 OTO 10:13:00
9.05 1900 OTO 10:12:50

Would you believe me if I told you that it was me that sold the 1900 @ 9.05? Would you then believe my broker called me and left a message saying the MM's canceled the trade?

Thank goodness it all happened when I was away from the terminal.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=26843301

[Tr8dervic]

I see no mention of Bartel in the last PR that Morton issued announcing the name change. I am also confused by the share consolidation mentioned in the release. It seems it never happened? (Plus it's worded wrong. Should read 1 share for each 20 share basis in a consolidation which is the same as a reverse split). Note the links to the old website are now hosted by a poker site, which you already found.

"Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc. Announces Name Change and Share Consolidation
MISSOULA, Mont., June 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GDNO), a Nevada Corporation, announces share consolidation of its issued and outstanding stock and name change.

William Morton, President and Director of Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc., announces that at a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company on May 9, 2005, the Company has resolved at the meeting to consolidate the issued and outstanding shares of the Company on a 20 share for 1 share basis, fractional shares will be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The shareholders further resolved to change the name of the Corporation to April Energy, Inc.

The name change and share consolidation will take effect at the market open on June 3, 2005.

Golden Opportunity Resources (Pink Sheets:GDNO) is a junior oil and gas exploration company focused on finding and developing undervalued oil and gas assets worldwide. Our plan is to build up a solid base of core projects that provide recurring monthly cash flows and on occasion enter into wildcat high risk/reward wells to add the potential of aggressive growth in our company for our shareholders. We are extremely excited about the future prospects of the company and look forward to growing the business with our shareholders for years to come.

For more information, visit http://goldenopportunityresources.com/ or call 1-888-945-4770.

This media release may contain forward-looking statements regarding, but not limited to, management, market potential, distributor success, market size, international sales, marketing, future events and performance of the Company which involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect actual results. Investors should refer to documents that the Company intends to file with the SEC for a description of certain factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and the forward-looking statements contained in this media release.

CONTACT: Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc.
William Morton
[phone]
http://goldenopportunityresources.com

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?ref=rss&d=79347

[creede]

re APLN & Shell Ownership -

turns out there are a couple of filings at pinksheets under the APLN ticker. The first filing I looked at was dated March 11, 2004 and pertained to Golden Opportunity (the company prior to April Energy). Here's what I picked up regarding the shares and ownership:

a/s 300MM (march 11, 2004)
o/s 45MM (march 11, 2004)
Float 15MM (march 11, 2004)

Ownership breakdown per the filing in march of 2004:

William Morton 9MM
William Strickel 4.5MM
Mike England 16.5 MM

Total 30MM

There was an Annual Report for 2004 made in April 2005, and the shares and ownership had stayed the same.

Now, I think that Joe Bartel entered the picture when it changed from Golden Opportunity to April Energy, but I am not 100% sure as I cannot find any filings or posts to prove it.

Company Notes
•Formerly=April Energy, Inc. until 1-2011
•Formerly=Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc. until 6-05
•Formerly=Regalsch, Inc. until 6-04

Now I just wonder if he still owns it now that it is AE Holding I.

One more thing I would like to note. Seems that the share structure from March 11, 2004 till Jan 5, 2011 did not change by very much in OTC terms.

Per Madison Transfer on Jan 5, 2010
a/s of 300MM
o/s of 52,753,510

That's a difference of about 7.75MM shares.

Will be very interesting to see where those shares went.


http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/APLN/company-info

[creede]

re APLN & Low Float -

lifegear Share Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:19:14 PM
Re: sublime post# 923 Post # of 3655

worst spread APLN .0002x.60, LBPE .002x.03

[creede]

re APLN -

Doubloon Share Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:21:06 PM
Re: NewAgeTrader post# 11 Post # of 63

NewAge...

I talked to Bill Morton today and he seemed pretty upbeat about the future of this company, they hold the land and are planning a total of 12 wells on the property over about the next year to 15 months

I am willing to hold my shares until this property is drilled out and put on line, it is unknown and has a seemingly solid future ahead of it.

[creede]

re APLN & April Energy -

where can we find the old officers list for April Energy?

[creede]

re APLN & GDNO

Whois Lookup for goldenopportunityresources.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
goldenopportunityresources.com domain name record
Registrant:

Robert Johnson
265 S. Renfrew St.
Vancouver, BC V5K 4A7 CA
+1.6042556546

[creede]

re APLN & GDNO

what the hell & lol.

http://goldenopportunityresources.com/black-tiger.htm

http://goldenopportunityresources.com/

[creede]

re APLN & Old Mergers -

Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc. Announces Name Change and Share Consolidation
MISSOULA, Mont., June 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc. (Pink Sheets:GDNO), a Nevada Corporation, announces share consolidation of its issued and outstanding stock and name change.

William Morton, President and Director of Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc., announces that at a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company on May 9, 2005, the Company has resolved at the meeting to consolidate the issued and outstanding shares of the Company on a 20 share for 1 share basis, fractional shares will be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The shareholders further resolved to change the name of the Corporation to April Energy, Inc.

The name change and share consolidation will take effect at the market open on June 3, 2005.

Golden Opportunity Resources (Pink Sheets:GDNO) is a junior oil and gas exploration company focused on finding and developing undervalued oil and gas assets worldwide. Our plan is to build up a solid base of core projects that provide recurring monthly cash flows and on occasion enter into wildcat high risk/reward wells to add the potential of aggressive growth in our company for our shareholders. We are extremely excited about the future prospects of the company and look forward to growing the business with our shareholders for years to come.

For more information, visit goldenopportunityresources.com/ or call 1-888-945-4770.

This media release may contain forward-looking statements regarding, but not limited to, management, market potential, distributor success, market size, international sales, marketing, future events and performance of the Company which involve risks and uncertainties that could materially affect actual results. Investors should refer to documents that the Company intends to file with the SEC for a description of certain factors that could cause actual results to vary from current expectations and the forward-looking statements contained in this media release.

CONTACT: Golden Opportunity Resources, Inc.
William Morton
[phone]
http://goldenopportunityresources.com

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=79347

[creede]

re APLN -

well, I'm not sure. Is it that Bartel took the shell on 9/16/10, or that he was the last owner before the Merge?

[Tr8dervic]

I take it to mean that Joseph Bartel of Sarasota, FL took over the shell 9/16/10, the Effective Date of the last action of Merge Out. Vic

[creede]

creede Share Tuesday, January 04, 2011 3:07:59 PM
Re: SSP post# 233715 Post # of 233776

re "MERGE OUT" -

I have owned APLN for years now, and it has been brought to my attention they are on the daily list for tomorrow with a name change, but no r/s or ticker change. That caused me to check the NV SOS, and I found that it says "MERGE OUT". Does that mean they have merged with another company that is registerd in another state? TIA

NV SOS

http://nvsos.gov/sosentitysearch/corpActions.aspx?lx8nvq=cDFRJOMcS6L8hdMhd1wqzg%253d%253d&CorpName=APRIL+ENERGY%2c+INC.