Just needs to keep giving out free advise on how to block your shares(link)
from being loaned to short sellers.
“It certainly shows concern” about short selling of Trump Media stock, said Kevin Murphy, a business professor at the University of Southern California who is an expert on executive compensation.
“I haven’t seen it before,” Murphy said when asked how common it is for companies to give shareholders instructions on how to thwart short sellers.
“Managers who ... think the stock is undervalued aren’t going to be overly concerned about short sellers,” he said.
“For long-term shareholders who believe in the Company’s future, the Company is highlighting the following actions you can take with your brokerage firm to prevent the lending of your shares for short selling,” Trump Media said in its supplement to its FAQ on Wednesday.
The tips include holding DJT shares in a cash account at a brokerage firm as opposed to a margin account, “opting out of any securities lending program,” moving Trump Media shares to the company’s designated transfer agent, and transferring shares to a bank and “holding them in your retirement account.”
The instructions include a helpful form letter that shareholders can send to their brokers.
The letter says, “Please accept this written instruction to make sure that the following securities are held in my cash account only and accordingly are not available for any stock loan activities.”
“I hereby expressly opt-out of any securities lending programs and instruct you to not loan out any of my shares,” the letter says, before a section that the sender can fill out with their number of shares.
The detailed instructions contrast with the much simpler instructions posted initially Wednesday in the FAQ, which just said, “To prevent shares from being loaned for a short interest position, contact your brokerage to place restrictions on the lending of your shares to short sellers.”
A Trump Media spokeswoman told CNBC that the company ″believes it has a responsibility to provide factual information in response to the questions its shareholders are asking.”
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Posted: 04/18/2024 at 1:32PM