Risky recovery play?8 Feb 2013 10:23
The way I see this is that the RNS was very positive with MOST of the lenders on board and willing to accept a "haircut". It was made clear that this was not a debt for equity swap, (the equity is currently worth a fraction of the debt) nor was there any type of shareholder dilution considered.
Although a wildly different business, this brings back memories of yells restructuring which brought a massive spike in the share price. That's where the comparisons end of course but people do still go to the pub and do eat out even in these challenging times.
For me, if this restructuring goes ahead (and from the RNS I think it's more likely than not) then this has the potential to be an outstanding recovery play.
It appears NUMIS at least think so too....
Let's get the conversations going....
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