唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的社交媒体公司股价周三早盘下跌，此前一天，该公司向美国证券交易委员会(sec)提交了一份文件，可能会允许总统的信托基金出售超过20亿美元的股票。
特朗普媒体和技术集团提交了在证券交易委员会的注册周二，这将为总统信托基金出售近1.15亿股股票打开大门，这些股票价值超过23亿美元。
该文件并不保证股份的销售，也不提供任何关于未来销售的信息。自特朗普上任以来，他将自己在该公司的股份转移到唐纳德·j·特朗普可撤销信托公司(Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust)，该公司由他的儿子小唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump Jr .)控制。
该公司最大的个人股东特朗普的抛售可能会令投资者恐慌，并损害该公司的股价。
截至周三午盘，该公司股价下跌了约5%。
特朗普媒体和技术集团(Trump Media and Technology Group)周三在一份声明中否认了特朗普可能试图出售任何股份的可能性。
“传统媒体正在散布一个虚假的故事，暗示TMTG今天提交的文件为特朗普信托公司出售其在TMTG的股份铺平了道路。需要说明的是，这些股票在去年6月已经在S-1表格中登记过，今天TMTG提交了一份例行文件，在S-3表格中重新登记这些股票，以保持公司文件的有效性。事实上，目前没有任何子公司出售股票的窗口，”声明说。
奥巴马此前也曾表示，他计划持有该公司的股份。
“我不想卖掉我的股份。我不需要钱，”特朗普在9月份告诉记者。
金融专家告诉美国广播公司新闻，美国证券交易委员会的文件有效地让投资者注意到数百万股可能在公开市场上出售的股票。
佛罗里达大学金融学教授杰伊·里特(Jay Ritter)表示，该文件提供了有关特朗普在该公司多数股权的最新信息，并标志着另外800万股股票进入公开市场的可能性。他将该文件描述为如果公司内部人士试图抛售股票，就必须提交的文件。
研究公司晨星(Morningstar)的分析师塞思·戈尔茨坦(Seth Goldstein)对美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)表示，“在这次发行中，它说特朗普信托可以出售股票，但这并不一定意味着他们会出售股票。”。“这向市场发出了信号，表明他们可以。”
Goldstein补充道:“这使得股票出售是否会发生以及何时发生都悬而未决。”
一些内部人士利用该公司的高股价，卖出股票获利。
“特朗普媒体在创建运营商业模式方面相当不成功，但他们在出售股票方面相当成功，”里特说。
根据里特的说法，特朗普等公司内部人士的抛售可能会“真正影响股价”，因为这表明人们对公司商业模式的信心正在下降。
“根据招股说明书出售转售证券，或认为这些出售可能发生，可能导致我们普通股的公开交易价格大幅下降，”该文件称。
Shares in Trump social media company sink following concerns about insider selloff
Shares in Donald Trump's social media company sank in morning trading on Wednesday, a day after the company filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission that couldallow the president's trust to sellmore than $2 billion of shares.
Trump Media and Technology Group fileda registration with the SECon Tuesday that would open the door for the president's trust to sell up to nearly 115 million shares, which are worth more than $2.3 billion.
The filing does not guarantee the sale of the shares nor provide any information about a future sale. Since Trump took office, he transferred his stake of the company into the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, which is controlled by his son, Donald Trump Jr.
A sell-off from Trump, the company's largest individual shareholder, could panic investors and damage the company's stock price.
As of midday Wednesday, the company's stock price was down about 5%.
Trump Media and Technology Group pushed back on the possibility that Trump may attempt to sell any shares in a statement on Wednesday.
"Legacy media outlets are spreading a fake story suggesting that a TMTG filing today is paving the way for the Trump trust to sell its shares in TMTG. To be clear, these shares were already registered last June on an S-1 form, and today TMTG submitted a routine filing that re-registers them on an S-3 form in order to keep the Company's filings effective. In fact, there currently is no open window for any affiliate to sell shares," the statement said.
The president also has previously said he plans to hold his stake in the company.
"I don't want to sell my shares. I don't need money," Trump told reporters in September.
The SEC filing effectively puts investors on notice about millions of shares that could be sold on the open market, finance experts told ABC News.
The filing provides updated information about Trump's majority stake in the company and flags the possibility of an additional 8 million shares hitting the open market, according to University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter, who described the filing as a requirement if the company insiders attempted to sell off their shares.
"In this offering it says the Trump trust could sell shares -- it doesn't necessarily mean that they will," Seth Goldstein, an analyst at research firm Morningstar, told ABC News. "It signals to the market that they could."
"This leaves it up in the air if and when a share sale will happen," Goldstein added.
Some insiders have been able to sell shares at a profit, taking advantage of the company's high stock price.
"Trump Media has been pretty unsuccessful at creating an operating business model, but they have been quite successful at selling their stock," Ritter said.
According to Ritter, a sell-off by company insiders like Trump could "really tank the share price" by signaling declining confidence in the company's business model.
"The sale of the Resale Securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus, or the perception that these sales could occur, could result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our Common Stock," the filing said.
