RE: Early26 Apr 2024 11:32
So Optiva Securities issues a brokers note, the same Optiva Securities that acts as a broker for Energy Pathway, so hardly independent.
£2m raised at the IPO, but gas production expected to start in LATE 2025. £2m ain't gonna last until late 2025 for both stages.
Stage 1 pre-field development will consume the £2m, stated in the Brokers note.
Stage 2 paid for via strategic industry or financial partner PLUS DEBT, so Optiva Securities, EPP's own brokers state in brokers note
Second equity funding of £21.5m during FY24 alone. Debt funding of £53m in the same year. Note, the debt taking 18 month to pay back FROM FIRST FLOW.
Between now and the end of 2025 this is surely going to be diluted to an inch of it's life with £53m debt funding and £21.5m second equity funding in FY24 alone. What about dilution in 2025 before the first gas flows at the earliest end of 2025??
24p near term price, lol, really folks?
Update
IPO'd at 4p, closed yesterday at 1.95p.
You got to chuckle, this is going to need £millions more before gas starts flowing in late 2025. Just wait for the next (1p??) placing, which IMHO, will be along before you know it. Noted the broker themselves are saying "Stage 1 pre-field development will consume the £2m." and "Second equity funding of £21.5m during FY24 alone."