What I do know is that the DTCC never asks companies to cover all shares for their members. The norm for the DTCC is to ask the broker-dealers to seek shares from the company directly.
So, either Isaac was doing what he was instructed by a higher up, he was acting at his own discretion, or someone is lying about what Isaac asked for.
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