Hi Kmuirhead - just thinking about this. I guess there is also a...

Hi Kmuirhead - just thinking about this. I guess there is also a healthy risk to the entity lending out the share - what happens if the shorter falls over and cannot fund the share return. There would be no chance of getting the money for the shares out of someone who goes bankrupt - and there are lots of people going to the wall at the moment. So - looking at the number of shares that have been shorted - the risk to the actual holder of the share could be quite high in this environment with a minimal number of shares available on the open market - and if the shorter is looking to purchase with an off-market sale - then maybe that avenue may just dry up as well, because if the share price has the possibility of rising considerably, the SH is better to keep the share themselves.