RTO 1/227 Feb 2024 17:52
Let's just look at some facts around this RTO - "when not if" according to The Chain and his happy band of telegram mugs.
First announced 19 October 2022, well over a year ago, expected to complete at the December 2022 AGM. Initial terms indicate will lead to the issue and admission of 921m shares at 4.32p = £39.8m.
Since then we've had, according to RNS
A few fundraises, supplier payments with shares - dilution
Death spiral with Macquarie (Atlas in the background) - more dilution
125m options granted at approx OMV (but now well under water) - even more potential dilution
Lots of expensive "industry experts" onboarded
Lots of RNS Reach communications (non-financially material noise) around Leinster and Cameroon
A fire (or two)
RTO update 30 October 2023 (just after the anniversary of the first announcement), says expected to complete "early Q1 2024" on terms that will be "materially the same" as those announced in October 2022. Is that concerning the issue of 921m shares? A valuation of £39.8m? Because by now with a share price of 1.35p, 921m shares and £39.8m are two very different things.
Then the RNS that first got my interest - 7 November 2023. Margin Loan Facility between CLG Capital and Century Cobalt, with TM1 shares as security. How CLG could potentially de-risk that borrowing didn't take long to work out. Then when looking into the characters and chancers involved in what the company assures us is its past (oh yes, despite there being various offshore vehicles and nominees we are assured that the beneficial owners are all fine upstanding people) I start to fear the worst for the small mom and pop shareholders in this little bunco. The share price starts to drop almost immediately despite some buying, because of heavy selling (as I predicted).
Warrants extended - a definite sell signal
Replacement holding announcement - "administrative error". Another big red flag.
Then a quick rally around the AGM statement, indicating that the RTO Prospectus should be circulated in Q1 (note the slip from complete in early Q1). Revenues are a paltry £372k for the year, barely enough to cover one month's costs.
Then whammo - 8 January - £5m death spiral also with CLG. £1m drawn, another £1m can be drawn before RTO completes. This is no doubt to provide much needed cash for overheads, and to prove liquidity to the regulator. Obviously it does anything but.
The same RNS covers the repricing of warrants, but almost none are exercised as they go immediately under water. All that achieved was to crash the price further.
It has been downhill ever since. Very little news during the lock in to support the price, all buying has been swamped by large sells.
So the board assert on 13 February that the RTO is still happening, on terms materially similar to those announced in October 2022. Again, we have to ask ourselves what is "materially similar"? 921m shares or £48m valuation? Because now at 0.65p, those remain tw