RE: Tug of war.......10 Mar 2018 16:10
Adenjo- i think don't need to worry so much about the banktruptcy, as this is very very unlikely to happen here. What we do need to be concerned about however, is the refinancing terms as they if the 'white knight' decides to take say 90% of the company to wipe his debt then we are well and truly f*****.
As he only holds a 3rd of the debt I don't see the other lenders allowing this, unless he convinces others jump on the bandwagon, or he takes a lesser stake.
I know people are comparing this to Punch Taverns where Mcintosh was a founder and all shareholders were wiped in a D4E, but they seem to forget PT had a debt of £2.3bn against a market cap of £85m which is more than 20x over, hardly a comparison.
Though i must admit the shorters loading up did have me slightly nervous.