Solazyme volger Kevin Quon geeft het volgende antwoord op mijn vraag hoe het zit met de berichten over inside selling
Doewap,
Because there are automated scanners that allow for people to write about it (http://bit.ly/1mQkoPA). Frankly, you keep hearing about it, because people don't know what else to write about when it comes to this company and don't care to put the effort in. As you can read in the link you just posted, the author's summary overview of the company has an errant focus: "Solazyme, Inc operates as a renewable oil production company. The Company fuels include microbial-derived jet fuels, bio-diesels, and renewable diesels." Sounds well-researched indeed....
These are all automatic sales on set intervals using a 10b5-1 trading plan. So read into it as you want, but its hard to argue that they're based on sentiment over the company itself. Over 2013, Wolfson did the following: Sold 450,000, was granted 230,000, and bought through options 106,059. His net loss of shares was 113,941 shares, directly or indirectly. Given his current 2,866,101 share count, his net holdings would be depleted over 25 years at this rate.
Dillon's holdings were considerably reduced due to a divorce as someone else mentioned. None of the other insiders have truly seen much change in their holdings.
So why does this "news" keep popping up? Because it's written by people who rather have other tools do the work for them rather than actually writing about what it means.