RE:And The Saga continues......!!!Just a few extra thoughts..... on this drama being played out.
First, SFarms mgmt released a prompt reply/rebuttal to Riot's latest reproach
& attempts to get the upper hand in this M&A battle. Will post it in the link below, for those who haven't seen yet.......
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitfarms-receives-shareholder-meeting-requisition-184500084.html
This aknowledgement by SFarms, of the "Requisition of a Special Meeting" by Riot, who by the way is now considered an "activist s/h" with several so calle rights by that title....means several things for Sfarms s/h.....going forward. With Riot now having ~15% interest in SFarms, just below the PP (but not tirggering it!) threshold & excercising their "rights" or privileges as an "Activist Shareholder", SFarmsmgmt is now OBLIGATED to put a few things into action. The most critical being to schedule this "Special Meeting" of s/h to table & vote on Riot's demands. And to my knowledge of the rules & regulations, there is NO WAY OUT or ability to avoid this process by SFarms.
This means that SFarms now has about ~30 days to schedule this meeting, for Riot to present it's demandsand to SFarms s/h & thereafter vote upon these so called "items". In addition & during that period, starting from now, Riot is "allowed" to "seek & solicite" OTHER majority holders of SFarms, to gain their approval & vote of confidence. Which brings us to the following in regards to make up of the ownership of SFarms.......which is interesting in itself.
According to my own research & knowledge.... (and if anyone disagrees with this or knows better ....please let me/us know!).....SFarms is only ~15% institutional (Riot's share not includedin this btw!) about 35% by insiders of the company AND the rest or ~50% is widely held by retail/other. Which in my mind .....complicates this matter for both sides. This means that if Riot EVEN manages to gain the votes of ALL the institutional holders, this still leaves them short of about ~20% of the total votes needed for their endeavor to be successful .
What does all this mean? It means that nearly HALF of the retail holders of SFarms have to AGREE with Riot's demands/requests. And i'm not sure f this is feasible or possible, considering the anamosity Riot has created with s/h SFarms their agressive & unwanted "attempts" to TO the company......and the way they've gone about it. But, can it happen? I don't kow & i dearly hope not for Riot's s/h sake!!!! But the odds are definitely in our favor this dies on the vine, IF these numbers are accurate & assessment is spot on....
With ONE single caveat of course.....UNLESS, and as long as Riot does NOT have a "willing" partner in this M&A battle who've slowly.....and under the radar.... accumulated shares in the last two weeks from widely held retail investors. Beause THAT will be the KEY factor in determining who wins out in this drama......the other 50%.
So let's see how this continues to play itself out.......The next move i presume will be for SFarms mgmt to set up a "Special" s/h meeting to abide to their obilgations......So look for some news on this in the next few days.....most likely next week. While for Riot ....i assume....will solicite the votes they need from the other majority holders.....during that time.....if they haven't begun the process already......which i bet they already have 8)......
Will continue adding my thoughts& opinions......for those of you interested...... IF any major developments occurr before that time.....BUT for now .....as that ole but infamous cartoon caricature use to say......"BD....BD...BD....That's all Folks!"
GLTA