$BBBY Ryan Cohen sold all his shares & calls... BUT:
There is a rule for transactions of 10%+ shareholders, which states that "any profit realized by the insider as a result of the two transactions (i.e., as a result of the “short-swing trade”) must be disgorged to the issuer
Does this mean that Bed, Bath & Beyond will get the profits from Ryan Cohens share purchases?
The profit on his shares is $58,676,002.03
$BBBY #BBBY
Ryan Cohen, famously known for being the chairman of GameStop, bought a 9.8% stake in Bed, Bath & Beyond in March this year. This purchase also included far OTM calls at strikes 60, 75 and 80
Back then, the price rallied to $30
In his letter, he specifically expressed interest in Buy Buy BABY, saying he wanted to make it the Ultimate destination for babies. His plan was to spin off to lower debts on BBBY
Since then, Ryan Cohen fired the previous CEO and installed 3 of his own boardmembers.
2/ In January'21 GameStops stock price ran up dramatically as retail found out it was 140%+ sold short.
On 1/28/21, RobinHood and some other brokers decided to take away the buy-button for retail on $GME, amongst a few other tickers.
This action was unprecedented & unlawful.
3/ On February 18th, there was a congressional hearing on the GameStop events.
Ken Griffin was asked if anyone in his organization had contact with RH about restricting or doing anything to prevent people from buying.
He replied: "Let me be perfectly clear, absolutely not"