lucky, mydog
8年前
3) Deficiency Determination
In circumstances where an SEA Rule 10b-17 Action or Other Company-Related Action is deemed deficient, the Department may determine that it is necessary for the protection of investors, the public interest and to maintain fair and orderly markets, that documentation related to such SEA Rule 10b-17 Action or Other Company-Related Action will not be processed. In instances where the Department makes such a deficiency determination, the request to process documentation related to the SEA Rule 10b-17 Action or Other Company-Related Action, as applicable, will be closed, subject to paragraphs (d)(4) and (e) of this Rule. The Department shall make such deficiency determinations solely on the basis of one or more of the following factors: (1) FINRA staff reasonably believes the forms and all supporting documentation, in whole or in part, may not be complete, accurate or with proper authority; (2) the issuer is not current in its reporting requirements, if applicable, to the SEC or other regulatory authority; (3) FINRA has actual knowledge that the issuer, associated persons, officers, directors, transfer agent, legal adviser, promoters or other persons connected to the issuer or the SEA Rule 10b-17 Action or Other Company-Related Action are the subject of a pending, adjudicated or settled regulatory action or investigation by a federal, state or foreign regulatory agency, or a self-regulatory organization; or a civil or criminal action related to fraud or securities laws violations; (4) a state, federal or foreign authority or self-regulatory organization has provided information to FINRA, or FINRA otherwise has actual knowledge indicating that the issuer, associated persons, officers, directors, transfer agent, legal adviser, promoters or other persons connected with the issuer or the SEA Rule 10b-17 Action or Other Company-Related Action may be potentially involved in fraudulent activities related to the securities markets and/or pose a threat to public investors; and/or (5) there is significant uncertainty in the settlement and clearance process for the security.” (emphasis added)
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sec-supports-finras-rule-6490-authority-over-actions-anthony-esq-
lucky, mydog
8年前
finra might not be keen on approving corporate change requests for a company under sec investigation.
On March 31, 2017, NewGen BioPharma Corp., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), filed an application to change its name to Greenwind Holdings Inc. The name change is being made pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 92A.180 and 92A.200 by merging a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company with and into the Company. The Company is the surviving corporation in the merger, and in connection with the merger, the Company’s Articles of Incorporation will be amended to change the Company’s corporate name to Greenwind Holdings Inc. On April 3, 2017, the Company filed an Issuer Company Related Action Notification with FINRA to effect the name change, and the Company’s application is currently under review by FINRA. The name change will be effective on or about April 17, 2017 upon review and approval by FINRA.
http://ih.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&article=74273608
Big Brother
8年前
Well, if this was indeed a shell scheme then it certainly wasn't an obvious one, as they would have pulled the wool over the eyes of Dr. Singhvi, Dr. Patel, Dr. Jaikaria and Dr. Alam, four highly intelligent individuals with extensive corporate and Wall Street experience on every level.
I personally believe that all involved, Greenwind and NewGen, wanted this merger to happen.
nodummy
8年前
In my old pre-promo research on NEWG from November 2016, I suspected that the O'Flynn family from Ireland was involved in the set-up of this shell and the creation of all of the free trading stock registered in the sham S-1 filing when it went public.
Same O'Flynn family that was involved in paid promo tickers GOFF, DPSM, and SPWZ.
More about the GOFF scam at this link:
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2015/comp23195.pdf
It will be interesting to see if the SEC eventually files charges here to explain what they meant in the Suspension Order when they said:
The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securities of NewGen BioPharma because of questions regarding the accuracy and adequacy of publicly available information about the company, specifically (i) the identity of its former sole executive officer, director, and majority shareholder; and (ii) possible undisclosed former and current controlling persons.
I'm curious if my suspicions about the O'Flynn family secretly setting up this very obvious shell scheme were correct.
Big Brother
8年前
If that's the case then so be it, I once read somewhere that we never completely lose in penny stocks, we either make money or we learn a lesson. Well I have learned a valuable lesson, whenever a stock gets halted by the BCSC it's time to sell an move on, regardless of how good it looks.
Virtually every stock that has ever gotten a BCSC Halt Trade Order has turned out bad for investors, there are a couple exceptions, but not many at all.
Big Brother
8年前
The vast majority of these companies probably deserved to be suspended as they were more then likely share selling scams, p&d's, zombie tickers, etc....and there are dozens and dozens more currently trading on the OTC.
I personally don't believe NEWG should have been suspended, yes someone clearly dropped the ball somewhere but they never set out to defraud anyone IMO. In fact if NewGen(private) terminated this merger and moved on to go public through another shell company, I'd gladly line up to be one of the first buyers.
Whatever the case, I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens, they may still try and get this one reinstated, there are a lot of investors with big time $$$'s in this.
Renee
8年前
NEWG SEC Suspension:
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2017/34-80318.pdf
Order:
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2017/34-80318-o.pdf
The Commission temporarily suspended trading in the securities of NewGen BioPharma because of questions regarding the accuracy and adequacy of publicly available information about the company, specifically (i) the identity of its former sole executive officer, director, and majority
shareholder; and (ii) possible undisclosed former and current controlling persons.
From the ORDER:
It appears to the Securities and Exchange Commission that there is a lack of current and accurate information concerning the securities of NewGen BioPharma Corp. (CIK No.0001537274) because of questions regarding the accuracy and adequacy of publicly available information, in periodic and other reports, about the company since at least January 9, 2014, specifically (i) the identity of its former sole executive officer, director, and majority shareholder; and (ii) possible undisclosed former and current controlling persons. NewGen BioPharma Corp. is a Nevada corporation whose current principal place of business is in Seattle,
Washington. Its stock is quoted on OTC Link LLC, operated by OTC Markets Group, Inc., under the ticker symbol NEWG.
Big Brother
8年前
Good grief, $100K on the ASK @ $1.60 62K shares WTF.
When I first started looking into this I thought all they had to do was:
A) Get the merger done on time
B) Limit dilution
C) Don't do anything stupid (ie promo, trading halt, etc), keep everything extremely professional and legit
And this could be the best play on the OTC in years.
They basically butchered all these things, thankfully the pps is still holding up for now but what a mess they have made of this, no amount of DD could have predicted this.
Big Brother
8年前
Canadian trading halt should be lifted tomorrow, be interesting to see if it brings sellers.....buyers....or has no effect, I'm guessing it's not going to have much effect.
This merger has been a mess thus far, way over the Jan 31 completion deadline, stock promotion, trading halt, etc. Plus there was too much dilution pre-merger, there is currently at least $85K sitting on the ask @ $1.60 and $1.65 alone.
There is still potential here but it's definitely not the slam dunk I thought it would be when I originally started conducting due diligence.
Big Brother
8年前
As far as stock promotions go it was actually quite good, the pps isn't that far off from the high of $2, so it wasn't a true p&d type scenario, the share price has actually held up very well.
It's just the timing that was incredibly stupid, pre-merger should be a quiet period, not a promoting period, thats why I didn't believe that was what was happening.....even though the trading activity, with the extreme volatility and incessant flipping was what you'd typically see in a promotion.
Who executed the promo is the bigger question, Alfiler and/or the Irish had the most to gain BUT they could have lost the merger as well, so there was a lot to lose. Maybe a 3rd party executed it, without the companies knowledge, seems more likely.
Big Brother
8年前
BCSC Halt Trade Order??
Anyone familiar with this...? Looks like the first stock halted by the BCSC since 2015, I guess this would explain the volume drop off.
Seems like we should have seen an 8K or PR on this issue. It looks like many of the other companies on the list were involved in paid promotional campaigns.
Even if there was some sort of promo on NEWG, why would they be singled out by the BCSC, there are promos everyday on the OTC. For that matter why would NEWG have even done a promo to begin with, they didn't need it, it would have eventually run on it's own.
It's all very bizarre.
http://www.bcsc.bc.ca/Enforcement/Halt_Trade_Orders/
http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/NEWG/news/BCSC---Halt-Trade-Order?id=151512&b=y
http://www.bcsc.bc.ca/Enforcement/Halt_Trade_Orders/PDF/2017_BCSECCOM_46/
Big Brother
8年前
Huge blocks on the ask today, someone wants out but the volume is gone. Wish we knew what happened or is happening with this merger, things seemed to be progressing nicely then it all went to shite.
I have no idea what the latest 8K was about, why was Brad Long, an IR guy made president of NEWG..? I see no obvious connection between Long and the folks at NewGen(private). Did they go a different direction? Is Long going to be IR for NewGen post merger...if so...why would he be president..?
It's all very bizarre.
As far as Brad Long is concerned, I like GLLA but it's highly illiquid, they just entered cannabis(e-liquid) industry back in November and they still get very little interest from investors....and it's only a .12 cent stock. Personally I'm not impressed at all with the job that has been done by IR there.