You still have Dan O'Niell lurking on Sayona's share register as well as being significantly tied in with Altura.
And if you remember correctly , it was O'Niel who stepped away and distanced himself from the temporary 1 year stint of Sayona Managing Director and fill in for the previous Corey Nolan until Brett came along and took up the position in July 2019.
So O'Niell had been a non-executive Director of Sayona since March 2000 and interestingly resigned virtually 1 week after the Strategic partnership with Piedmont was entered into in January 2021 .....and well BEFORE we were awarded the successful bid for NAL in June 2021.
So he effectively sells 40 million shares on the 22nd January 2021 for 5.014 cents , resigns effective from the 24th January , and unlike Lynch's final Director's notice declaring NIL holdings , is himself declaring on the 29th January that he still holds 49,587,664 ordinary share , 625,000 OB 2.0 cent options , and 872,094 OC 3.0 cent options. However if you compare closely his final notice to that of the Directors 3Y notice showing his 40 million sale of ordinary share on the 22nd Jan to that of his Final notice where he declares holding 49,560,664 , you clearly get a discrepancy of 27,000 of which he must have sold those between the 25th Jan when he wasn't a Director and his Final notice on the 29th Jan.
But this Guy's interest I reckon get even more intriguing from these early dates in 2021 when he just resigned and his holdings were all recorded under his fund E.M Enterprises QLD - Trustee, Director and beneficial interest in superannuation fund...... to what we now see in the subsequent various Top 20 listings including those in the Annual Reports of 2021 and 2022 compared to now 2023.
Because if we look closely and logically interpret 2 of the Top 20 holding accounts which have arisen since that resignation , we can clearly see the 2 entries in the that have a very similar breakdown to his surname in the " Deonei " accounts. So it makes a little sense that the ' D' is for DAN , and the ' onei ' is for O'neill. Either that or some ' Trickery ' play on holding account names so as to almost confuse the interpretation of this account r.....
Of course if that is the case , we can follow O'Neill's last holdings declaration as a Director of the 49,560,664 share at the time of his resignation PLUS his 1,497,094 OB's & OC options which he more than likely converted. So that's a holding of 51,057,758 before we get to the 2021 Top 20 Annual Report numbers which show a combined total with his EM Enterprises -Sherwood account of 117,532,361 ( EM was 38,625,264)....and a potential increase of 66,474,603 shares that he's potentially added to the date of 10th September 2021.
And that makes sense when you move on to October 12th 2022 Annual Report balance because this is when you see the EM Enterprise account drop off and the ' Deonei ' second account come on line with 45,866,954 shares together with the other ' Deonei ' account with 85,529,517 for a combined total of 131,396,471 and an increase over the year of 13,864,110 shares.
We can then move to the 31st August 2023 Top 20 balance where we see BOTH these Deonei accounts totaling 173,588,072 and another 42,191,601 being added over the course of the 10 months or so since the 2022 Top 20....., and a grand total of a staggering 122,530,314 being potentially added in this persons control since their resignation in 2021.
And its interesting because when you look at the change between August 31st and September 30 ( Annual Report balance 2023 ) you see there has been NIL change in these balances of these TWO Deoneil accounts. And that's strange becausea.) that month would have been the most opportune time to ADD ore shares , andb.)the fact there is no change tends to reinforce this notion that these accounts represent a SINGLE investor only.
So I guess in summary with respects to O'Neill - the way her left abruptly , the fact he is still a Director of 1MC , and also the fact his declared holdings in their Annual Report are NOT clearly or easily visible in their ( 1MC's )Annual Report Top 20 when his balance clearly would qualify in terms of absolute number held . All of this together with what I am suggesting with Sayona's ' sneaky ' register just reinforces my original ideas I have held for many years ...., and that's this :-
That Altura never thought it would fall on its own sword before Sayona , and that ALL the time it was them who had design's of the struggling Quebec lithium miners in Nemaska & North American Lithium. So it was them who fancied themselves as the potential ' Acquirer ' of these assets when they were down on their luck and Sayona was also teetering badly with its struggling Authier project.
But when Altura went down first , they tried everything including pulling back from Sayona ( hence resignation O'Neill , Brown's reducing his holdings, pinching 51% control of Pilbara lithium assets ) to resurrect 1MC. And this pinching of the Pilbara assets on the cheap was because Buckler , Brown , and O'Neill still held considerable influence over the ' Wet behind the ears ' Brett Lynch.
So I still think their attitudes remain the same in regards Sayona and I do think that what's happened is almost like a ' Windfall ' opportunity for them . A second chance if you like to somehow grab hold of these assets that they always fancied themselves as being the rightful suitor of.
So its this ' behind the scene's ' potential accumulation of shares that's go me intrigued here. Because t and which e if O'Neill can potentially do it , so too could Brett . And because Brett at one stage had ONE account which had only 38 million share held in it and which by today's current Top 20 listing wouldn't even make it in.
So he too could be sitting now ( in part ) , outside the Top 20 with a significant balance of shares broken down into several entities.
We know this is the case for Buckler because his LAST Directors notice is out by exactly the 10 million when you compare to the latest Annual report. So that reconciles obviously with his 15 cent directors options he converted at the end of July , and obviously did this in the name of his Shazo Pty Ltd instead of his Point Pty Ltd or his private name.
Even Crawford is showing 149,709,011 shares in the Top 20 listing dated 30th September 2023 but per the actual Annual Report disclosure under his Directorship shows an amount of 171,341,303...., a difference potentially hiding outside the Top 20 of 21,632,292 shares held in another entity other than his Cropanly Pty Ltd.
So I would strongly disagree that Retail represents the high figure that Louis has suggested because we also know that Vietch , and this Mystery holder in Terryjoy Pty Ltd ....aka Terry Smith has ALWAYS been aligned to the accumulations and shareholder movements of Buckler & Brown ever since the DiamonEx days.
So then if you start to consider the ' Control ' percentages if Lynch were still to be lurking , between Buckler who holds 112,589,051 , they ( including Vietch & Smith ) collectively control 7.86% or almost a blocking stake in their own right.
If you then add in the Conseil De La Premiere Nation Abitibiwinni with their 27,500,000 shares or .267% together with Troilus & Piedmont's holdings , you potentially have a BLOCK amount of 21.19% of the entire register comprised of just 10 individuals and / or entities.
If you then add in your Custodian Accounts , you would then have per the latest Top 20 , another 24.25% which excludes Acuity as their 250 million collateral shares are NON voting.
So that's potentially 45.44% voting the same way. So whether Custodian Insto's who have clearly been increasing their holding balances - at least between the August 31st 2023 Top 20 and the September 30th 2023 balance will remain to be seen as to whether they vote NO or yes.
In conclusion , I think its interesting to say the least that we have Dan O'Neill potentially lurking with enough shares and past experience to again slot right into the role of CEO / MD and leaving us pretty much where we started from before Authier began to wane , and with probably no better perceptions in original views by Quebec and its various involved entities and officials. ie their perception of the ' Cowboy ' BOD.
At the very least with O'Neill's directorship to 1MC , he must at least be classed as a related party if those shares are still attached to him or his family. Mainly because they still have 51% control of our related Pilbara Lithium Assets.
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