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A three page letter published on February 9, 2017 calling on the board of directors of Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ: GEOS) to remove CEO Rick Wheeler and CFO Thomas McEntire. In addition, the letter urges the board to explore an immediate sale of the company. Geospace is a global leader in the design and manufacture of instruments and equipment used by the oil and gas industry.

A 9 page letter written in December 2016 to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, summarizing extensive alleged abuses of accounting, pharmaceutical reimbursement and classification guidelines and regulations by Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: LGND), a U.S.-based publicly-traded pharmaceutical company.

In the letter, Lemelson urges the Committee to commence an investigation into these alleged abuses.

An open letter dated July 10, 2017 to Gary Owens, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Geospace Technologies, Inc. urging an immediate share repurchase.
A 20 page letter sent to Congress and the SEC on July 13, 2018, outlining extensive alleged accounting and securities fraud, and abuse of federal and state healthcare laws by Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: LGND). In the letter, Lemelson urges the Committees in both the House and the Senate to commence an investigation into these alleged abuses, as well as the Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) failure to stop them despite being provided abundant evidence of the alleged fraud spanning multiple years – failures he likens to the Commission’s botched Enron and Madoff investigations.

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In @Lemelson v. #SEC the enormous power of the government is on full display. This free speech threat, to quote the late Justice Scalia, ‘comes as a wolf.’

#ActivistShorts $LGND $VKTX #Lemelson #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeach

.@Lemelson will join @LemelsonCapital on the Q2 2023 investor call on July 14. The call will include prepared remarks by management, an update on Q2 2023 activities, market commentary, and a Q&A session. #LCM #Lemelson

.@Lemelson will join @LemelsonCapital on the Q4 2022 investor call on January 18. The call will include prepared remarks by management, an update on Q4 2022 activities, market commentary, and a Q&A session. #LCM

.@Lemelson will join @LemelsonCapital on the Q3 2022 investor call on October 21. The call will include prepared remarks by management, an update on Q3 2022 activities, market commentary and a Q&A session. #LCM

In our opinion, $BIG's first-rate management team is delivering on results: the future looks bright, w/~$34 in book value per share as a margin of safety + 37% of the float sold short.

Disclosure: Long $BIG

With 63.2% of the float sold short as of Jul 29, 2022 (and ~$34 in tangible book), is $BIG a short squeeze candidate in the same vein as the $KIRK and $BBBY memes?

Disclosure: #LCM is Long BIG for its clients
#ShortSqueeze #MemeStocks

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