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Have you read the rules on this board, particularly #3 and #6?
3. No SPAMMING (this board or others)
6. No random letters from the alphabet. If you have a pick include research, charts, highs, lows, possible landing spots, shiny objects and blinking lights. Just letters from the alphabet will be deleted and you will be warned of impending doom.
Thanks buddy...I still wish I had listened to my instincts and sold at .05. Could have pocketed half and used the other half to buy back the same position. LOL Then I could put the pocketed half into ATRN on the dip tomorrow. Oh well...That's twice I failed to listen to my instincts now. I'm going to get it right eventually. Repetition is the best training technique.
Nice!!!! I haven't visited the ICPA board in awhile...what's the general consensus on that PR? Is the sentiment positive, or negative? In other words are people seeing that as legit or just fluff? Just curious what people are thinking.
LOL...I don't know. Was looking for thoughts. I was researching the term rollup and that was top of the search list on google. Has some similarities to Atrinsic's technology - multi functional platforms, mobile, social, analytics.
The RollUp Media Platform enables independent publishers to create and curate high quality content including a CMS for easy publishing; a commenting system to engage audiences; access to third party content libraries; video production and streaming; tools to gauge trending topics on Twitter and analytics. Its distribution services can help with tools and consulting for SEO; social media distribution into Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other platforms; multi-platform publishing via HTML5/responsive design and mobile/tablet apps and traffic analytics.
I found this and think it illustrates how the word "terminated" can be placed into the context that means that the company completed negotiations for the acquisition of the agency business. I know Duelittle was arguing semantics with me today regarding this after I replied to his comment that Terminate and Finish have two separate meanings.
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "terminate"):
close (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement)
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/terminate.htm
Troponym: (grammar) A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of a more generalized meaning.
To stroll (to walk in a leisurely manner) is a troponym of "to walk".
To close (to terminate negotations) is a troponym of "to terminate"
Thoughts here on this new startup called "ROLLUP MEDIA"?????
http://www.bandt.com.au/news/media/online-publishers-targeted-by-rollup-start-up
http://www.rollupmedia.com/
http://www.newsmaker.com.au/news/16908
What is a rollup??? THOUGHTS???
A Rollup (also "Roll-up" or "Roll up") is a technique used by investors (commonly private equity firms) where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged. The principal aim of a rollup is to reduce costs through economies of scale. Rollups also have the effect of increasing the valuation multiples the business can command as it acquires greater scale. Rollups may also have the effect of rationalizing competition in crowded and fragmented markets, where there are often many small participants but room for only a few to succeed.
An investor faced with an opportunity to invest in two competing companies may reduce risk by simply investing in both and merging them. Rollups are often part of the shakeout and consolidation process during an economic downturn or as new market sectors begin to mature.
DIGGER ONE, THIS IS DIGGER TWO. I COPY BACK OFF JUST FOR A FEW WEEKS...ROGER, WILCO - DIGGER TWO OUT.
Slow day today...Only 181,000 reads and 609 posts. LOL
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I can see how some might say interest is waning.
But they did not announce "an initial public offering, a tender offer, or a partnership offering" through the PR. So how is a "roll up" or "going private" beneficial to shareholders.
A Rollup (also "Roll-up" or "Roll up") is a technique used by investors (commonly private equity firms) where multiple small companies in the same market are acquired and merged. The principal aim of a rollup is to reduce costs through economies of scale. Rollups also have the effect of increasing the valuation multiples the business can command as it acquires greater scale. Rollups may also have the effect of rationalizing competition in crowded and fragmented markets, where there are often many small participants but room for only a few to succeed.
An investor faced with an opportunity to invest in two competing companies may reduce risk by simply investing in both and merging them. Rollups are often part of the shakeout and consolidation process during an economic downturn or as new market sectors begin to mature.
I will say a prayer for you tonight to get a price that you are comfortable selling at tomorrow...Then I'll say a prayer for the rest of the board for the same reason. GLTU and US.
So in your opinion, Blues Clues is buying Atrinsic? What do you think the buyout price will be? Awesome DD man...Can we sticky this?
Nice find Bass!!!!! I would give you a member mark but I already did months ago!
Ok George!!!
You are free to think on your own...
I didn't specifically put anyone in that category, but was rather eluding to the possibility that it may be the way insiders see retail investors...
I don't consider myself a part of that group...NO. You may, however! It's a free world!
Ok, you got me...I'll change the word "deceive" to "strategically word" How's that? LOL
So Now the Company is into Deception??!! and Was Only addressing the PinK World...the "unsophisticated shareholder"
Later if will put Out News for the rest Of the Educated World???
Yes, I will try to before too late tonight.
That wasn't directed towards you Chag, but rather Rudyboy for being a SA...You are good with me
Obviously you are having a difficult time understanding that people can twist words and convey meaning with vague use of wording, especially when words can be taken out of context.
I can draft a document to be very deceiving to the specific and very unsophisticated audience I'm targeting if need be just by wordsmithing the document to convey the meaning that I desire, yet just vague enough that I could claim a separate meaning if confronted.
One needs to consider the Contextual Use of the word!!
But You might consider being a Lawyer!!
It goes back to Understanding the English Language...Terminated and Finished have two separate meanings!!...fwiw
NOPE!!! LOL
It sounds more like they are trying to sell off pieces of the company, before an ultimate Chapter 7 liquidation filing, which will include cancellation of the stock.
But I could be wrong, certainly been wrong many times before.
'liquidation'
'stakeholders; NOT shareholders'. Big difference between the two groups.
GO ATRN
I wanted to share my favorite quote from my all time favorite person...Mark Twain in reply to that post
He once wrote, "It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt"
This is FALSE...the alert said NO SUCH THING. You can produce no evidence that Atrinsic paid for it!!!
After making the finding in the link below, I still question some of your argument here but I welcome continued, informed debate on the subject:
Usually when a company buys back shares from "the float" (shares trading on the open market) they will announce it. I'm not sure if there are any SEC rules that they have to announce it but the usual reason is to help raise the pps.
This does not change the OS count, it would reduce the public float and these shares would go into treasury and have no voting power.
Stock repurchase (or share buyback) is the reacquisition by a company of its own stock. In some countries, including the U.S. and the UK, a corporation can repurchase its own stock by distributing cash to existing shareholders in exchange for a fraction of the company's outstanding equity; that is, cash is exchanged for a reduction in the number of shares outstanding.[1][2] The company either retires the repurchased shares or keeps them as treasury stock, available for re-issuance.
It is relatively easy for insiders to capture insider-trading like gains through the use of "open market repurchases." Such transactions are legal and generally encouraged by regulators through safeharbours against insider trading liability.
Repurchasing shares when a company's share price is undervalued benefits non-selling shareholders (frequently insiders) and extracts value from shareholders who sell. There is strong evidence that companies are able to profitably repurchase shares when the company is widely held by retail investors who are unsophisticated and more likely to sell their shares to the company when those shares are undervalued
The most common share repurchase method in the United States is the open-market stock repurchase, representing almost 75% of all repurchases. A firm may or may not announce that it will repurchase some shares in the open market from time to time as market conditions dictate and maintains the option of deciding whether, when, and how much to repurchase. Open-market repurchases can span months or even years. There are, however, daily buy-back limits which restrict the amount of stock that can be bought over a particular time interval again ranging from months to even years.
I think that depends on how much the company can buy back, what timeframe they have to buy back and what the O/S ends up being once the announcement were to be made. The total buyout price would be divided by the O/S, whatever it may be at the time to determine the price per share that shareholders would receive. JMO.
I don't have a clue what FB and MS is doing or willing to do.
And, I've never been a joiner type of personality. So, "we" doesn't apply to me...I'm content with being patient.
haha...Zuckerberg got married yesterday!!!
But the biggest news is that he was sporting a suit and tie during the ceremony!!! LOL
http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/20/zuckerberg-marries-chan/
LOL...I can hear the buyer now. Hey, can we just go on ONE date without your brats? haha
I asked this question several times but no one has really given a legitimate answer...Can the company legally buy back shares into the treasury to be automatically deregisterd per the last POS AM filing and thus decreasing the O/S and increasing the value per share in the event of a buyout?
That possibility keeps popping in my head...If I'm an insider and already own shares and I know that we are in buyout negotiations, I hope this stock continues to decline so that my MM can put shares back into the treasury (which would automatically deregister them under the last POS AM filing) and for each share that gets pulled back out the O/S, my investment value increases...So, when the buyout price is announced the fewer shares O/S the more price per share we get. Just more speculation but I think it might be a loophole to insider trading.
I just answered this question with a quick google search:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_repurchase
Quote:
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It is relatively easy for insiders to capture insider-trading like gains through the use of "open market repurchases." Such transactions are legal and generally encouraged by regulators through safeharbours against insider trading liability.[1][2]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LOL...And read this part haha
Quote:
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Repurchasing shares when a company's share price is undervalued benefits non-selling shareholders (frequently insiders) and extracts value from shareholders who sell. There is strong evidence that companies are able to profitably repurchase shares when the company is widely held by retail investors who are unsophisticated and more likely to sell their shares to the company when those shares are undervalued.
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This sounds VERY FAMILIAR!!!
Amen brotha!!! You speak many truths here!!! Too many people enjoy reading their big words on the message board talking about legal action, blah blah blah. Oxygen thiefs!!! Talk is cheap but in this case, it's like dating a woman with brat kids. At some point you decide she ain't worth it. LOL If FB or Microft (or whomever) sees all Atrinsic's brat investors they may simply just walk away.
PATIENCE!!!!
Thanks Naomi...I know it wasn't true and that he was posting false information. I just wanted a post refuting the comment just in case someone read it unaware and took it as the gospel.
I haven't even checked my email to see if I got that same message. Guess I should.
The funny thing is...no one has expounded on the original PR. One would think that some savvy reporter (if they think it's newsworthy to post on the TV news) would have tried to contact the company and atleast made a statement saying that the company wasn't available for comment or something to that affect. No quote from management or BOD and no safe harbor statement. Interesting way to put out news. I bet if we dig back through the filings, the "agency" business that they are referring to was mentioned...perhaps in a context that they were planning to transition from an ageny type operation to affiliate marketing. Just a thought. I plan to reread the filings and see if I can find clues.
This just seems to be artificial news to me...Even the TV station doesn't try to dig deeper. LOL That's odd.
For newbies out there holding shares of ATRN, please don't believe a single word that you read on a message board to make your decision on whether to buy or sell
Well, that was helpful!!! LOL
Aim High was paid $7,500 by Atrinsic, Inc. for this public awareness message
One more for you (#22) in exchange for a free reading from your Magic 8 Ball at opening bell Monday. haha