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Post by kc on Apr 25, 2015 13:00:51 GMT -5
Just remember the song from the seventies. We've only just begun. This is an ultramarathon let's see where we're at and each leg of the race.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 18:08:09 GMT -5
Folks who get options are forced to sell to pay the tax man. It is hard to judge someone without knowing their background, family circumstances, risk tolerance etc. you'll be surprised how people with big income have little wealth, due to liabilities. I can't forgive an executive who sells everything without owning a single share. Go, this is exactly my thought. If you look at compensation year over year, MNKD SVPs killed it in 2013 and 2014 versus earlier years. I'm wondering if they are all suffering a bit from the tax man on these option awards
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Post by parrerob on Apr 27, 2015 5:11:37 GMT -5
Option exercise, Tax reason I am not worried as total package from our new CEO went from 700K shares to more then 1Million shares in the last few months.
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Post by thsloppy on Apr 27, 2015 6:50:19 GMT -5
Right there with you Sav...this is the lowest I've been since I bought in 6+ years ago. I held my chin up diligently through all else including CRL but right now my frustration boils daily. My confidence is with the technology, but not with the leadership.
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Post by nugjuice on Apr 27, 2015 14:00:54 GMT -5
I have reacted to it in the following way. I haven't been as active here, I don't read all the posts, in fact only a few, and I have buried my head in the sand on the share price. If we have a major capitulation in share price, I can only be prepared to bear it, and I'm not selling (but see below), so I'm already in psychological defensive mode of "I don't care." Baba, this is exactly the technique I've used to weather our storms in the past. I've already begun to unplug as well. I've been reading the board much less diligently, primarily because it's a bit harder to keep up with as a result of the added activity. I haven't quite buried my head in the sand as you put it, but I've been there before and I think I'm headed there once again. I did not expect that I'd need to go into shut down mode again with this investment once Afrezza was approved and particularly once the partnership was announced. I'm doing the same thing. Short term noise is only going to make me doubt my position. I added last week, and if this weakness holds up I'm going to pinch my nose, hold my breath, and add more. If I read the forum every day and watch the weekly script numbers I'm just going to doubt myself. This pain won't end until marketing program starts.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2015 14:33:21 GMT -5
Cross referencing the $1.69 options listed in the DEF14 to what Hakan has disposed of YTD, he still has roughly 3 more trances of $1.69 options to dispose of. It appears he's doing this on a near monthly basis, so expect to see his name 3 more times until August (which incidentally is when the note is due). At that point he will be out of $1.69 convertibles. The bad news is he still has 1mil options or so under todays closing price still to be exercised. Im assuming those are the ones he's going to hold on to longer.
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