RE: Prospectus is out18 Nov 2020 18:27
AML are bankrupt without shareholders agreeing to the resolutions.
How better to achieve that than raise the share price and get them all in profit/happy? Sleight of hand masterstroke by Stroll.
They barely have any cash coming in, in fact they burned through £500M cash in the last 9 months.
De-stock continues at lower prices per car, so very low income for the foreseeable.
DBX sales terrible, 345 in Q3, Valkyrie now Q3 2021, Valhalla now slated for 2023, Vanquish 2024 & 12 months until current range get a refresh.
it’s not difficult to understand how important these new bonds and cash raise are for AML’s future. It’s crucial they get the funds.
Stroll is indeed playing this perfectly, he knows how to get what he wants.
Market demanded 10.5% on the bonds when AML were touting them at 9%.
13.5% 2 lien notes are firmly in ‘junk’ status.
That’s one of the highest rates in Europe by any company this year.
AML placed this debt privately with unnamed investors (!!!) who also received warrants that could hand them 5% of the company!
Why would they repay the government loan at 2.5% with a 10.5% bond? Because they couldn’t pay it back any other way.
Debt is ballooning and income decreasing and will be for most of 2021.
Current cash is £300M, after resolutions are passed it will be 500M, which will be burned though in faster than 9 months as the interest rate is much higher : I reckon 6 months before they are back diluting again.
The consolidation is to hide the fact there are so many shares around now, nothing else. Purely aesthetic.