Did some more research on BNX's major shareholder Mr.Doody, and heres what I found:
Mr.Doody has been part of a couple successful company takeovers in the past decade, he seems to be very particular in which company he buys.
"Seventh Energy Ltd" - A southern Alberta oil and gas play that was formed in 1996, Doody took a fair sized position in 2001, the company was bought out by PrimeWest Energy Trust in 2003-2004, then PrimeWest was acquired by TAQA North in 2008. Doody owned around 70,000 shares in which he started accumulating at around $1, all the way to $3.50 a share. Not sure how much Seventh was purchased for though, probably higher than that.
Seventh Energy info: http://companydatabase.org/c/crude-petroleum-natural-gas/oil-crude/operates-oil/drilling-production/exploration-activities/projects-canada/seventh-energy-ltd.html
Insider buying: http://www.albertasecurities.com/DisComp/Insider%20Trading%20Library/5828/InsiderTradingMarch30_2001.pdf
Insider buying: http://www.albertasecurities.com/DisComp/Insider%20Trading%20Library/5829/InsiderTradingNovember10_2000.pdf
Another interesting thing was that BNX's previous director Gregory Turnbull was on the board of Seventh Energy from 1996 until 2003, in 2003 he joined Crecent Point Energy.
Then in 2007 Mr.Doody had purchased shares of Humptys International Restaurants, couldn't find any exact price, but from a chart I found it looked like he got shares in around the mid to high teens. He purchased a 10% stake in the company
News: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Humptys-Shares-Purchased-by-Doody-630609.htm
Then in Q3 2009, Humpty's was bought out by a private Alberta company at 26c a share. If you look at Humpty's financials through Sedar, their revenue had dropped substancially from 2007 to 2009, yet they were still bought out at a premium
News: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Humptys-Restaurants-International-Inc-Announces-Going-Private-Transaction-TSX-VENTURE-HMP-1017698.htm
Shortly after that, Mr.Doody had started acquiring shares of BNX.A, and in Dec 2009 he purchased an additional 10% stake in the company. Since then Mr.Doody has been acquiring shares even as of recent. He owns 17% of the Class A and 27% of the Class B shares. In BNX's MD&A, it says that Class B shares can be converted into class A shares at a ratio of 1 Class B to 10 Class A, so he owns quite a substantial position in the company.
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4/5/11 at 11:48am
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