A day after Active Alliance, Inc. (AAI) voluntarily
suspended the trading of their shares on Nov. 22, five of AAI's major shareholders
agreed to sell 60,000,000 shares (75% of AAI's outstanding shares) to Prime Metroline Transit Corporation for Php
200,000,000 (roughly Php 3.33 a share).
Much to my surprise, well not really, Prime Metroline
Transit Corporation happens to be owned and controlled by Enrique K. Razon, Jr.
(also the owner of Bloomsbury Investment). In light of this, we can safely draw
an end to the week long speculation that Razon's new company Bloomsbury
Investments, which is constructing a $1 billion integrated casino resort
complex, will most likely use AAI as a vehicle to go public.
The question now is, will the Exchange or the SEC accuse
and charge anyone for insider trading? Just to make sure we understand what
insider trading is, Investopedia.com defines it as "the buying or selling
of a security by someone who has access to material, nonpublic information
about the security".