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BUZZ-Plus500: shares suspended down 23 pct pending announcement

** Plus500 (Stuttgart: P55.SG - news) shares suspended from trading after falling as much as 40.5 pct

** Statement to LSE says announcement pending

** Public statements questioning company from Gotham City Research and Cable Car Capital. Links: http://bit.ly/1SmpL8I / http://bit.ly/1c8JzuW

** Hedge funds short include Coltrane Asset Management, Sophos Capital Management and Valiant Capital Management

** Utilisation rate of shares available to borrow elevated at 74.2 pct according to Markit (NasdaqGS: MRKT - news)

** Odey Asset Management long position up through 16 pct according to latest filings

** Stock down 60 pct in last 4 trading days

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)