Here's a table of the short interest in SCOX during the McBride administration. It includes: the share price at the time the short interest is computed (i.e., the closing price on the last day of regular-way trades that settle on or before the fifteenth of the month); the approximate number of shares outstanding and market capitalization at that time; and the FINRA minimum maintenance equity requirement for the short positions, i.e. the sum of the amounts of cash that would be freed up in short investors' margin accounts by closing their positions (or in other words, the amount of money that they're choosing to keep tied up in this position).
(After the table, there are some notes about the history of short-interest reporting and of margin requirements for short positions.)
Trade Date $/share Outstanding Market Cap. Short Int. Maint. Eq. Req. 2002-06-11 $ 0.80 13,929,000 $ 11,143,200 44,159 $ 110,398 2002-07-10 $ 0.86 13,929,343 $ 11,979,234 49,350 $ 123,375 2002-08-12 $ 1.11 10,422,000 $ 11,568,420 49,616 $ 124,040 2002-09-10 $ 1.60 10,422,000 $ 16,675,200 51,352 $ 128,380 2002-10-10 $ 1.10 11,362,431 $ 12,498,674 40,458 $ 101,145 2002-11-12 $ 1.22 11,412,000 $ 13,922,640 40,114 $ 100,285 2002-12-10 $ 1.52 11,412,000 $ 17,346,240 38,677 $ 96,693 2003-01-10 $ 1.31 11,412,000 $ 14,949,720 35,966 $ 89,915 2003-02-11 $ 1.20 11,999,000 $ 14,398,800 35,651 $ 89,128 2003-03-11 $ 2.40 12,192,623 $ 29,262,295 84,150 $ 210,375 2003-04-10 $ 2.92 12,262,003 $ 35,805,048 37,437 $ 109,316 2003-05-12 $ 3.29 12,302,000 $ 40,473,580 33,397 $ 109,876 2003-06-10 $ 9.20 13,050,854 $ 120,067,856 276,810 $ 1,384,050 2003-07-10 $ 11.16 13,334,886 $ 148,817,327 391,346 $ 1,956,730 2003-08-12 $ 9.72 13,663,000 $ 132,804,360 458,520 $ 2,292,600 2003-09-10 $ 17.00 13,845,797 $ 235,378,549 894,777 $ 4,563,363 2003-10-10 $ 16.42 13,845,797 $ 227,347,986 925,518 $ 4,627,590 2003-11-11 $ 14.48 13,824,000 $ 200,171,520 1,616,098 $ 8,080,490 2003-12-10 $ 14.86 13,824,000 $ 205,424,640 2,057,561 $ 10,287,805 Trade Date $/share Outstanding Market Cap. Short Int. Maint. Eq. Req. 2004-01-12 $ 16.10 13,824,000 $ 222,566,400 2,141,937 $ 10,709,685 2004-02-10 $ 13.33 14,340,000 $ 191,152,200 2,407,088 $ 12,035,440 2004-03-10 $ 9.51 14,414,606 $ 137,082,903 2,777,603 $ 13,888,015 2004-04-12 $ 10.40 14,414,606 $ 149,911,902 3,952,844 $ 19,764,220 2004-05-11 $ 5.45 14,231,000 $ 77,558,950 4,622,916 $ 23,114,580 2004-06-10 $ 4.89 15,335,432 $ 74,990,262 4,521,373 $ 22,109,514 2004-07-12 $ 5.16 15,335,432 $ 79,130,829 4,636,010 $ 23,180,050 2004-08-10 $ 4.30 17,460,000 $ 75,078,000 4,581,975 $ 19,702,492 2004-09-10 $ 3.71 17,484,473 $ 64,867,395 4,703,151 $ 17,448,690 2004-10-12 $ 3.64 17,484,473 $ 63,643,481 5,015,844 $ 18,257,672 2004-11-09 $ 3.42 17,666,000 $ 60,417,720 5,306,632 $ 18,148,681 2004-12-10 $ 4.78 17,666,000 $ 84,443,480 4,875,629 $ 23,305,506 2005-01-11 $ 3.56 17,666,000 $ 62,890,960 4,385,645 $ 15,612,896 2005-02-10 $ 4.36 17,911,000 $ 78,091,960 4,000,041 $ 17,440,178 2005-03-10 $ 3.98 17,911,000 $ 71,285,780 4,068,560 $ 16,192,868 2005-04-12 $ 3.86 17,915,292 $ 69,153,027 4,099,841 $ 15,825,386 2005-05-10 $ 3.63 17,918,000 $ 65,042,340 4,094,476 $ 14,862,947 2005-06-10 $ 3.90 17,923,510 $ 69,901,689 4,077,789 $ 15,903,377 2005-07-12 $ 3.89 17,923,510 $ 69,722,453 4,056,211 $ 15,778,660 2005-08-10 $ 4.19 18,037,000 $ 75,575,030 4,062,727 $ 17,022,826 2005-09-12 $ 4.02 18,037,735 $ 72,511,694 4,013,342 $ 16,133,634 2005-10-11 $ 4.31 18,037,735 $ 77,742,637 3,993,939 $ 17,213,877 2005-11-09 $ 3.74 18,041,000 $ 67,473,340 3,954,930 $ 14,791,438 2005-12-12 $ 3.93 18,041,000 $ 70,901,130 3,931,631 $ 15,451,309 Trade Date $/share Outstanding Market Cap. Short Int. Maint. Eq. Req. 2006-01-10 $ 3.91 18,041,000 $ 70,540,310 3,877,718 $ 15,161,877 2006-02-10 $ 4.20 20,992,000 $ 88,166,400 3,840,057 $ 16,128,239 2006-03-10 $ 4.11 20,993,848 $ 86,284,715 3,839,448 $ 15,780,131 2006-04-10 $ 4.34 20,993,848 $ 91,113,300 3,843,841 $ 16,682,269 2006-05-10 $ 4.53 21,002,000 $ 95,139,060 3,844,013 $ 17,413,378 2006-06-12 $ 4.37 21,090,757 $ 92,166,608 3,834,780 $ 16,757,988 2006-07-11 $ 2.51 21,090,757 $ 52,937,800 3,833,951 $ 9,623,217 2006-08-10 $ 2.56 21,094,000 $ 54,000,640 3,796,633 $ 9,719,380 2006-09-12 $ 2.22 21,093,981 $ 46,828,637 3,802,485 $ 9,506,212 2006-10-10 $ 2.28 21,093,981 $ 48,094,276 3,710,718 $ 9,276,795 2006-11-10 $ 2.29 21,094,000 $ 48,305,260 3,649,233 $ 9,123,082 2006-12-12 $ 1.04 21,094,000 $ 21,937,760 3,656,378 $ 9,140,945 2007-01-09 $ 1.17 21,094,000 $ 24,679,980 3,558,909 $ 8,897,272 2007-02-12 $ 1.03 21,234,000 $ 21,871,020 2,839,468 $ 7,098,670 2007-03-12 $ 0.99 21,233,105 $ 21,020,773 2,575,539 $ 6,438,847 2007-04-10 $ 0.92 21,233,105 $ 19,534,456 2,062,926 $ 5,157,315 2007-05-10 $ 0.81 21,234,000 $ 17,199,540 2,450,197 $ 6,125,492 2007-06-12 $ 1.30 21,437,141 $ 27,868,283 2,457,278 $ 6,143,195 2007-07-10 $ 1.33 21,437,141 $ 28,511,397 2,439,968 $ 6,099,920 2007-08-10 $ 1.56 21,485,000 $ 33,516,600 1,535,622 $ 3,839,055 2007-09-11 $ 0.72 21,484,761 $ 15,469,027 828,925 $ 2,072,312 2007-09-25 $ 0.18 21,484,761 $ 3,867,256 842,394 $ 2,105,985 2007-10-10 $ 0.18 21,484,761 $ 3,867,256 815,229 $ 2,038,072 2007-10-26 $ 0.35 21,485,000 $ 7,519,750 831,049 $ 2,077,622 2007-11-12 $ 0.28 21,485,000 $ 6,015,800 821,091 $ 2,052,727 2007-11-27 $ 0.21 21,485,000 $ 4,511,850 813,313 $ 2,033,282 2007-12-11 $ 0.19 21,485,000 $ 4,082,150 822,830 $ 2,057,075 2007-12-26 $ 0.18 21,485,000 $ 3,867,300 827,993 $ 2,069,982 Trade Date $/share Outstanding Market Cap. Short Int. Maint. Eq. Req. 2008-01-10 $ 0.092 21,485,000 $ 1,976,620 819,010 $ 2,047,525 2008-01-28 $ 0.08 21,589,000 $ 1,727,120 786,801 $ 1,967,002 2008-02-12 $ 0.06 21,589,000 $ 1,295,340 759,393 $ 1,898,482 2008-02-26 $ 0.18 21,588,885 $ 3,885,999 700,887 $ 1,752,217 2008-03-11 $ 0.15 21,589,000 $ 3,238,350 722,344 $ 1,805,860 2008-03-26 $ 0.11 21,589,000 $ 2,374,790 700,291 $ 1,750,727 2008-04-10 $ 0.11 21,589,000 $ 2,374,790 709,789 $ 1,774,472 2008-04-25 $ 0.12 21,589,000 $ 2,590,680 706,334 $ 1,765,835 2008-05-12 $ 0.10 21,589,000 $ 2,158,900 698,663 $ 1,746,657 2008-05-27 $ 0.105 21,589,000 $ 2,266,845 698,263 $ 1,745,657 2008-06-10 $ 0.105 21,589,000 $ 2,266,845 690,027 $ 1,725,067 2008-06-25 $ 0.13 21,589,000 $ 2,806,570
Short Interest figures for NASDAQ securities, as of settlement on the fifteenth of each month,
have been collected and made publicly available by the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA, formerly known as the NASD)
since 1987. See NASD
Notice to Members 86-61.
Effective September 2007, the reporting frequency increased to
semi-monthly, with the second report made as of settlement at the end
of the month. See SEC Release 34-55406, 72
FR 11071 (March 12, 2007).
The reports are disseminated to the public through
nasdaqtrader.com shortly after the markets close on the seventh trading day
after the settlement date of the report.
See NASDAQ
Vendor Alert 2007-053 and Nasdaqtrader's current "Short Interest" page.
On December 27, 2007, trading of SCO's stock on NASDAQ was suspended, and it began trading over-the-counter on the Pink Sheets as SCOXQ. (See the December 26, 2007 OTC Daily List and the Form 8-K SCO filed the next day.) The stock was formally delisted on March 3, 2008. (See the Form 25 that NASDAQ filed on February 21, 2008.)
Short Interest figures for OTC securities have also been reported semi-monthly since September 2007.
See SEC Release 34-55406, 72
FR 11071 (March 12, 2007). The reports are disseminated to the public through
otcbb.com shortly after the markets close on the seventh trading day
after the settlement date of the report. See the OTC
Equity Short Interest page at otcbb.com. From the
same page, you can look up the short interest for any period in the
last twelve months. To directly retrieve the short interest for a
particular period, use an URL like this:
http://otcbb.com/asp/OTCE_Short_Interest_popup.asp?Symbol=SCOXQ&StlmtDt=03/14/2008
The FINRA formula for the minimum maintenance requirement for a short position is equity per share of:
max(30% of share price, min($5, 100% of share price), $2.50)
(See NASD Rule 2520(c); the same formula has been used since at least as far back as 1993: see NASD Notice to Members 93-23 regarding Rules of Fair Practice 30.3(c), which became Rule 2520(c)(3) in 1996, which became Rule 2520(c) in 1997 (see SEC Release 34-38729, 62 FR 32669); Note that a broker/dealer may have its own, higher requirement, known as a "house" requirement.)
(In July 2007, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) changed its name to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., as part of a consolidation with NYSE Regulation, Inc.. See the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (SEC File SR-NASD-2007-053, Ex. 5) (local copy) and SEC Release 34-56146, 72 FR 42190 (August 1, 2007). The official acronym is the misspelled "FINRA" rather than FIRA; find out more about the NASD/SIRA/FIRA/FINRA naming excitement in SEC File SR-NASD-2007-042, Amendment 1, at 3 (local copy) and in the NASD's July 12, 2007 Name Update (local copy) ("the acronym 'SIRA' could create confusion, or might even be considered offensive by some, because of its similarity to an Arabic term used to refer to the traditional biographies of Muhammad").)
The Shares Outstanding figures in the table above exclude treasury
stock. Each figure is from the latest date (on or before the
applicable settlement date) for which SCO has reported a figure on an
SEC form (usually a 10-Q or 10-K, occasionally a 14A or S-3). SCO's SEC filings can be
found here: http://sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1102542
SCO has always eventually reported outstanding figures for the end of each fiscal quarter. Therefore, each of these numbers is no more than 2.5 months old. SCO has also usually reported a number at least once during each quarter. As a result, the December-end and mid-January numbers are the only ones that are more than 1.5 months old.
For old SCO price data, see: Price history (OHLCV) for CALD/SCOX's entire run on NASDAQ, March 21, 2000 through December 26, 2007.
For price history of an OTC stock, you can go to otcbb.com, type in the symbol (SCOXQ), click "Charts", then "Java Chart", then wait for the applet to load, then click "10 Yr" (or any period long enough to get back to the date you are interested in), then move the mouse to a point over the table, and then the open, high, low, close, and volume for that date will be shown. Alternatively, cut through all the crap and just directly retrieve the human-readable CSV data that the applet fetches, by using an URL like this:
http://app.quotemedia.com/streamer/getHistoryCSV.csv?start=1-1-1&symbol=SCOXQ
Note: The stock price history features at Google and Yahoo only show you share price data rounded to two decimal places (one hundredth of a dollar per share), but the otcbb/quotemedia historical price data has a granularity of four decimal places (one ten thousandth of a dollar, or one hundredth of a penny, per share). The difference can be quite significant for OTC stocks, which often trade in the sub-dime range.
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