RE:maybe it's the insider sellling driving it down...pennymaker69 wrote:
https://www.tradingview.com/x/W2aciEQb
It seems you continue to deliberate post negative FUD
No insiders are NOT dumping.
For clarity, warrants are not same as options. Stock option exercised in this case triggers a FULLY TAXABLE benefit which is equal to the difference between the exercise price and market value of the shares which is pegged as the previous last trading day closing price. You can NOT postpone the timing of tax payable.
After exercising(buying) the shares, one can either immediately sell the shares OR hold onto them but will still be subject to the triggered taxes payable.
Sale of shares re:capital gain tax are also applicable. So for clarity: The options exercised are immediately triggering a taxable benefit payable AND the sale of the shares is also taxable under capital gain plus proceeds needed to exercise the option itself..hence I have zero concern on sale of shares to execute.
Based on all the incredible verticals to date HPQ imho the future looks incredible and wouldn't want to be on the sidelines looking in when things liftoff.
Also directors get paid via shares/options by the company and they are entitled to $ cash in at whatever time especially when HPQ is a pre revenue company and sp didn't have much a heartbeat for the past 5-6 years prior to mid 2020. Why wouldn't they cash in more so after all this time of service when it was much harder in the prior years. Regardless, there all kinds of reasons that insiders sell - health, emergency, financial, home purchase etc. Some to just cover the taxes and exercise option or warrants share costs!
Bernard's past response previously posted:
Really not certain how to reply to your question:
"Could you comment on the recent sale of shares by your director?"
I did not know that HPQ directors were my property...
HPQ directors are individual with different strengths that they bring to the table.
One of the remuneration tool used to attract individuals to join a board is granting them options to buy shares at a set price over a long period of time.
We have done in the past, but we are presently unable to issue new options because of a loan covenant dictated by IQ, and now we have a series of these options expiring in September of this year, that are in the money.
The good thing about options is that sometimes you can buy shares cheaper than they trade on the market. The counter side to that is that exercising options triggers significant tax implications, that is why often people exercising options have to sell half or more of these shares just to cover tax liabilities.
Investors should not try to read to much into the fact that an insider is selling, often there are thousands of reasons not related to HPQ that forces a director to sell.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Bernard