A lot of the Gamblers??15 Jan 2018 12:35
There are alot of people on here calling people who invested in this company gamblers and not investors, which is a completely inaccurate and idiotic statement.
The reality of the matter is the situation has veen mismanaged, and false statements were given by the company which should ve referred to SFO. Yes things were bad in July which is when I bought back in July, but by no means a disaster.
Yes there maybe so e gamblers, but please don't tar us with the same brush as this company was perfectly investable.
The points below are what caught modt investord like myself out.
1. At the time the directors reassured everyone that £300m of assets would be sold to bring down debt, which was a positive. However they then decided to keep the £250m canadian business in October, even though the company was starved of cash and banking convenants were being breached. Did this make comnercial sense?
2. There was also a mention of a rights issue at the time, but this never materialised.
3. The directors chose to take another high interest loan for an already struggling business. We were told this money would last until April by which time more assets would be sold to bring down debt. However 2 months later they need double that amou t to stay afloat?
4.RNS just beforr Christmas said everything was ok with the lender and banking convenants had been deferred. No mention of any any additional funding required, do unless the board bought dome ependsive xmas presents, how has the money vanished in 2 weeks? Of course the reality is they were aware of it all along, as we now know whitehall have been contingency planning for the last 6 weeks, similarly they have had administrators on standby for a similar amount of time. So where has 140m gone?
I could go on but i won't as it's all over, but i can assure you it's not just all gamblers that bought this share..