muganda wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:Sober wrote:With most guys selling less than 1,000 shares I wonder how cumbersome it is accumulating some numbers from the market. These guys would have pursued the Carbacid deal and control the market, i would consider getting a few of these shares for the granddaughters
Carbacid/BOC is old news. That takeover died not coz BOC didn't pursue it but coz Matiba (22% of Carbacid) blocked it. And he lost out coz he sold his Carbacid stake to Centum [which made ma-millions] at a discount. And the remaining shareholders in Cabacid did very well as well as they focused on CO2 and not the BOC takeover! So everyone EXCEPT Matiba came out ahead!
Karma is a bitch.
Eh, you misread the man's motive. Most old rich men do only the business deals they want with people they like.
So Matiba in selling to Centum at okay price was satisfied - from his perspective.
I am not so sure. I think he wanted to takeover Carbacid then flip it. Or it was an ego trip. Either way, CK made out huge. They bought Matiba's stake, resolved the stand-off, and sold off at 2x (or more) the purchase price. In the meantime, Matiba was forced by BBK to face up to his debts. I think the sale proceeds were used to settle Matiba's debts.
Some idiotic shareholders of BBK asked BBK to forgive Matiba's debts. A smart shareholder suggested those (generous) shareholders should inform BBK's registrars to use the (generous) shareholders' dividends to repay the loan. Apparently, the registrar never got any such instructions!
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett