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As not all the shares allocated for private sales have sold yet but the 30.000 shares on GLBSE sold out within 4 days wouldn't it make more sense to try and sell part of those shares allocated for private sales on GLBSE ?

Keep it totally transparent so people know exactly how many shares are up for grabs (private and GLBSE)

That will also keep arbitrage in this 'pre-ipo' at a minimum

Thanks for your suggestion. We indeed have considered it. However, all current investors' choices are made on the expectation that 30,000 shares are publicly sold and the rest are for private bulk sale. We feel that it is not a good idea to change people's investment assumptions by changing our IPO policy. So we would rather keep the plan as it was, and let the market settle everything down.

1: The first post made clear that 'the ratio may be adjusted' so there could be more shares issued at GLbSE.

2: Current investors knew from the first moment that 200k shares were issued. What would be the difference for them whether the shares are sold are private or trough GLbSE?
Totally nothing, 200k shares = 200k shares..

The ONLY difference is that if the 30k shares were sold out, they could probably sell them with a big profit.
So actually, by not issuing more shares, u are supporting the people (who actually don't give a .... about the company, because they bought them to sell with profit) who are trying to rip other REALLY potential investors off..

Get together a group of interested investors and buy a block, then split up the shares accordingly. Problem solved.

Edit: plus you'll get the discount.

Great idea. Indeed, if they sold public share again eventually it will ends up resold at higher price by others.

Throwing more shares at the public offering doesn't make sense right now and would even play into the hands of those who go short on this IPO. If you're seriously concerned about investing into this company then try the bulk purchase if there's still some available.

I guess what friedcat "could" do is to set aside a chunk of shares for small investors and ask somebody to maintain an order book. Then after the IPO succeeds those shares should be handed to the individuals through the GLBSE transfer system. However, I already see some volunteers doing this in effect: e.g. HorseRider. But it would be better if there would be ONE TRUSTED person doing this, which also has an option on those shares!