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Absolute Software Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

TSX:ABST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
27 Jul 23	BuyCA$811,005,698	1414364 B.C. Ltd.	Company	53,445,370	CA$15.17
27 Jul 23	SellCA$33,113,113	GAMCO Investors, Inc.	Company	2,182,158	CA$15.17
27 Jul 23	SellCA$13,654,756	Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.	Company	899,850	CA$15.17
21 Jul 23	BuyCA$598,480	GAMCO Investors, Inc.	Company	39,443	CA$15.17
20 Jul 23	BuyCA$4,811,512	GAMCO Investors, Inc.	Company	1,607,370	CA$15.14
06 Jul 23	BuyCA$0	Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.	Company	548,750	CA$15.24
06 Jul 23	SellCA$86,104,014	Edenbrook Capital, Llc	Company	5,506,989	CA$20.36

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ABST?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	2,893	0.00545%
Individual Insiders	750,105	1.41%
Hedge Funds	9,424,989	17.8%
General Public	14,270,048	26.9%
Institutions	28,611,189	53.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 3.9%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 61.36% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
11.3%	Lynrock Lake LP	5,976,709	CA$90.5m	3.59%	12.03%
6.51%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	3,454,108	CA$52.3m	-16.9%	0.19%
6.5%	Glazer Capital, LLC	3,448,280	CA$52.2m	0%	3.39%
4.81%	Trigran Investments, Inc.	2,551,325	CA$38.6m	-57.3%	2.86%
4.04%	GAMCO Investors, Inc.	2,142,715	CA$32.4m	0%	0.1%
3.84%	Wellington Management Group LLP	2,036,027	CA$30.8m	-16.8%	no data
3.65%	Divisar Capital Management, LLC	1,936,577	CA$29.3m	10.9%	4.82%
2.41%	Water Island Capital, LLC	1,278,646	CA$19.4m	0%	1.46%
2.17%	Paradigm Capital Management, Inc.	1,149,015	CA$17.4m	24.6%	0.74%
1.77%	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	940,677	CA$14.2m	26.3%	0.08%
1.7%	Gabelli & Company Investment Advisers, Inc.	899,850	CA$13.6m	0%	2.58%
1.21%	JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments	640,508	CA$9.7m	4.83%	0.01%
1.1%	Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc Investment Account	583,488	CA$8.8m	4.12%	no data
1.09%	Crawford Investment Counsel, Inc.	576,766	CA$8.7m	15.2%	0.13%
1.02%	Triasima Portfolio Management Inc.	540,285	CA$8.2m	-50.1%	0.48%
1.02%	PCJ Investment Counsel Ltd.	539,142	CA$8.2m	0%	2.41%
0.98%	Harber Capital LLC	521,309	CA$7.9m	-52.7%	1.51%
0.94%	Herald Investment Management Ltd.	500,000	CA$7.6m	0%	0.36%
0.93%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	490,837	CA$7.4m	0%	0.01%
0.89%	BlackRock, Inc.	470,488	CA$7.1m	-53.9%	no data
0.78%	S Squared Technology, LLC	414,700	CA$6.3m	0%	2.55%
0.78%	Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP	413,509	CA$6.3m	0%	0.86%
0.7%	Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC	369,366	CA$5.6m	-1.95%	0.23%
0.66%	Christy Wyatt	352,413	CA$5.3m	0%	no data
0.63%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	332,400	CA$5.0m	6.4%	0.01%