Institutions5 Aug 2013 20:34
Your point about II's having 'confidence' in FDI is incredibly naive. In 2012, I received a reply from the newly appointed CEO to several questions I put to him re company performance. In his refreshingly candid email, he said he fully understood my frustration at the company's apparent decline and commented that most institutions had bought in at around 28p. At today's sp, their investment is over 90% down. Such is their confidence in the board that they sacked half of them overnight. The CEO also commented that the new board had taken an urgent decision to mothball a key asset to save the company from folding at that time. Hardly an action of a thriving company. The fact is that II's are locked into FDI and are not prepared to write off a 90% loss at this stage BUT this to me is far from an expression of confidence, more a stay of execution for the new board.... and the jury is out.Owning 65% of a dog turd still leaves you with a lot of crap.....