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Maybe there were shares aquired BEFORE the year ago point. If that were the case, they would only need half that many shares in half that time. Say for instance a fund had shares held from 5 years ago, a broker could call them up and make an offer. There are other ways, but I think hog was trying to portray how easily its done.