Hello, stox
Regarding that appeal to the inside with an .03 bid for 300 million shares. The controlled buy-in to close the position?
And?
And noting the trading pattern for the 90 days following the resumption of trading. With a pretty solid floor at the .04 level. And an increase in volume from day 60 - day 90. A pattern reflective of a negotiated close-out of an open naked short position?
And I'm wondering if Pike wasn't likewise given the same 90 days to complete the acquisition of his (49%?) ownership stake.
And since day 90, we've been seeing a decrease in volume, as well as in PPS. Just an observation I found interesting. Something that would also explain the .04 support broken, and why the volume has slowed down.
I see it was suggested to you that an update regarding share structure could cause the share price to, "go through the roof, especially on the gray market." And it was news to me that there was widespread agreement that anything, even an updated O/S count, could cause a spike on this trading venue. Well, if so, great. But news of Pike's accumulation did not cause a spike in PPS. Nor did our seeing our product for sale at Sears and KMart. Neither did news of the Marvel agreement. And as we saw today, neither has the discovery of our product being offered at Walmart. I'm in agreement with your (classic)response to that suggestion. "And you imagine, do yourself and others, that coupled with the continued absence of the numbers picture in full, and the lack of clarity otherwise, that market level would indeed soar?"
In fact, I'm afraid that even the submission of the 10K and the 10Q's would probably suffer a muted response on the gray market. If we do see the filings, fine. Some PPS improvement would be better than none.
But my suspicion is that we may not see the filings, formally, until October. FINRA being an SRO. And the 211 application asking the Market Maker, "Has the issuer...been subject to a trading suspension order issued by the SEC during the past 12 months?"
Whatever THE issue is with FINRA, and whatever the outcome of the SEC investigation, it's good to know that SpongeTech is carrying on with business as usual. Walmart! Wow! Even if it does take 8 months to regain our OTCBB listing, that doesn't mean that at that time, we will be worth any less than we would have otherwise been.
So, holding and waiting as long as it takes.
Take care, my friend, and thank you, as always.
jay