RE: TAXI FOR ASHMAN27 Aug 2025 18:03
BTS acquisition was in October 2024 with Ashman drooling over all the opportunities/synergies it would bring including 24 hour processing. As anybody heard anything about any improvements he has made, thought not yet more empty promises. Looking back at the terms of the acquisition, being funded by a loan of Β£950,000 with an existing shareholder (DB) and a subscription for 2,349,624 new Ordinary Shares at 10.64p raising Β£250,000, as well as utilisation of Group cash reserves. Β£950k over 3 years charged at 13% interest first 2 years quarterly interest and year 3 quarterly and interest. In addition, the Company has entered into a subscription agreement with the same investor to subscribe for 2,349,624 new Ordinary Shares at 10.64p raising Β£250,000. Ashman said at the time "I'd like to thank David Brierwood for his help in completing this deal. He has been a long-term supporter of both SkinBioTherapeutics and our strategy to transform the Group through acquisitions of complementary businesses." DB said "I have long admired SkinBioTherapeutics' ambitions to transform the skin healthcare market, and have watched with increasing conviction as the business model has evolved over the past few years. I am delighted to have been able to support the Group to achieve this next milestone acquisition and enabling the transformation of SkinBioTherapeutics from an R&D company to a revenue-generating, profitable commercial Group."
And then comes along Superdrug;
In order to provide additional working capital to facilitate and support the Commercial Agreement and future formulation and packaging requirements, the Company has today raised Β£4.1m (gross) via a placing (the "Placing") and a subscription (the "Subscription") of 24,117,645 new ordinary shares of 1p (the "New Ordinary Shares") at 17 pence each (the "Issue Price"). The Issue Price represents no discount to the Company's closing bid-price on 13 June 2025 (being the last practicable day prior to the publication of this Announcement). The Placing is being made available to certain institutional investors, including Premier Miton. Under the terms of the Subscription David Brierwood (who currently holds 5.51% of the Company's ordinary shares) has subscribed for a total of Β£600,000 which equates to 3,529,411 New Ordinary Shares as part of the fundraising, at the Issue Price and at the same time as the Placing.
So without DB, Ashman would already be history sunk without trace.