Bell Aliant Inc BLIAF

RE:RE:Shorts

[Dibah42]

StocknerdEQcool wrote: Don't understand why there were still shorts in the last 2 months when they knew very well CBE takeover has been rumoured for quite a bit of time ?

Such deals take months of planning and discussions to come to fruition. But some shorts seem to have started covering as early as April. We will see in about ten days or so how many covered the day the news broke. There was a lot of frenetic activity.

Short Positions for BA

Symbol	Report Date	Volume	Change	Shares Issued	% Float
T : BA	2014-07-15	2,612,874	-26,493	227,834,039	1.15
T : BA	2014-06-30	2,639,367	-145,885	227,834,043	1.16
T : BA	2014-06-15	2,785,252	-65,587	227,834,043	1.22
T : BA	2014-05-31	2,850,839	70,541	227,834,043	1.25
T : BA	2014-05-15	2,780,298	112,775	227,834,043	1.22
T : BA	2014-04-30	2,667,523	-140,345	227,834,043	1.17
T : BA	2014-04-15	2,807,868	-384,815	227,834,043	1.23
T : BA	2014-03-31	3,192,683	464,283	227,834,045	1.40
T : BA	2014-03-15	2,728,400	147,340	227,834,045	1.20
T : BA	2014-02-28	2,581,060	127,164	227,834,045	1.13
T : BA	2014-02-15	2,453,896	533,424	227,834,045	1.08
T : BA	2014-01-31	1,920,472	383,619	227,834,045	0.84
T : BA	2014-01-15	1,536,853	-33,257	227,834,048	0.6