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HoneyBadger77on Oct 14, 2023 8:39pm
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RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:2023 VGCX Revised Production Guidance - Misguided?
RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:2023 VGCX Revised Production Guidance - Misguided? Naked shorting is an issue alright but from what I can tell, there are at least some IIROC rules that lenders of short shares need to follow. If the info in this link doesn't make your eyes glaze over then you're a better man than I....Lol.
Joint CSA/IIROC Staff Notice 23-329 – Short Selling in Canada | IIROC ii. Short selling and pre-borrow requirements
"As noted earlier, IIROC published guidance on August 17, 2022 clarifying that Participants, before entering a short sale order, must have a reasonable expectation that they have or will have sufficient securities to allow the Participant to settle any resulting trade on the settlement date for that trade. In this notice, IIROC provides examples where a Participant would not be able to demonstrate a reasonable expectation that sufficient shares would be available on settlement date and the entry of the order would be prohibited."
So further to my earlier suggestion that VGCX borrow the 450,000 Available Short shares and pay the interest to take these shares out of play, the success of this would of course depend that no other shares become available to borrow for shorting which is unlikely but it would sure be worth finding out.
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