RE: Alarm bells ring4 Jun 2019 11:29
Placings are out of the question at present as this is impossible to do below the par value of the shares, which is 0.1p. A consolidation does not alter this scenario as the example below illustrates as the par value of the shares will increase in proportion to the consolidation:
A company has 1,000,000 ordinary 1p shares and is valued at £1,000, giving each share a value of 0.1p. This may be seen as too low a price per share. The company therefore completes a 1,000 for 1 share consolidation which reduces the number of shares to 1,000 and increases the nominal value and share price to £10 and £1 per share respectively.
Each shareholder will, after the consolidation, have fewer shares but still own the same percentage of the shares. The shareholders’ rights, therefore, will not be changed as a result of the share consolidation.
Looking at the interim accounts to last June, cash burn could be estimated at around $800,000 per annum. There can't be enough cash left at present to sustain the company until Christmas despite the warrant sales and placings of c.$600,000 at the turn of last year.
The only sources of capital raising would be the sale of the Honduras operation (bought for $450k), sale of the Australian assets (maybe $250-350k) or a further injection of capital from RP.
As it stands, the company does not appear to be trading as a going concern and it will be interesting to see the auditor's report in the forthcoming accounts with regard to this.
http://www.lse.co.uk/share-regulatory-news.asp?shareprice=WSBN&ArticleCode=fbez9s70&ArticleHeadline=Interim_Results
https://www.informdirect.co.uk/shares/share-consolidation-how-to-consolidate-shares/