With the buy-backs going on, the risk for retail (and possibly the company) is that retail likely now hold less than 10% of shares. This poses two problems/issues for both parties.
Firstly, liquidity is fast drying up. With fewer retail holders, daily volumes are very low. A few low volume trades can produce large daily price volatility - mostly to the downside atm.
Secondly, ASX requirements require listed companies to maintain a minimum of 300 (non-associated) holders, with balances of >$2000. The last time I checked, we were at less than 1000 holders that meet this criteria. With the sp tanking and with buy-backs going on (primarily targetting these retail holders), how long before the company breaches these listing requirements?
What happens then? Delisting from the ASX?
With the buy-backs going on, the risk for retail (and possibly...
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-0.010(1.63%) |
Mkt cap ! $189.3M | |||
| Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
| 62.5¢ | 62.5¢ | 60.0¢ | $26.68K | 44.44K |
Buyers (Bids)
| No. | Vol. | Price($) |
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| 2 | 5410 | 60.0¢ |
Sellers (Offers)
| Price($) | Vol. | No. |
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| 62.0¢ | 2000 | 1 |
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