So I don't know why I haven't shared this information until now. Maybe i thought that if I had posted it at the time that someone from my work would figure out it was me as it was widely known I was balls deep in GME at the time, and still is.
Anyway, I know this is a huge "trust me bro", but I have no reason to lie about this. I'm also willing to provide any mod with as much proof as I can, even though I don't have the document in question in my possession anymore as I've quit this job over a year ago.
Here'goes: At the time of the split via dividend, I worked at the biggest stock broker in Sweden, Avanza. What happened to us during the split, was that we received 3 million shares, in other words, we had 1 million shares prior to the split. I have seen this transaction with my own eyes and have seen the letter from DTC. Whether or not this split was made the correct way or not i.e. with a dividend or a regular split, I don't remember exactly but it sure looked like a dividend to me.
Anyway, that's not the point of this post. The point is, if one broker in a small ass country like Sweden, held 1 million shares at that time and post-split 4 million shares, can you imagine how many shares are held elsewhere. Hell I'd even go as far as to say that I assume that apes in Germany hold 10x the amount of the shares in Sweden as they're a much larger population and the interest in the stock market seems to be bigger in the general public there.
Lastly, there's another broker in Sweden who's Avanza's biggest competitor. I'd be surprised if their customers didn't hold about as many shares as those using Avanza. Not even accounting for all of the big banks here, where you could also hold GME.
I know the consensus already is that there are LOADS of more shares in circulation than it should be. I just wanted to give some concrete "proof" of this.
Stay safe.
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