Shake & Vac26 Apr 2019 13:10
The Sheikh has 29.9% , perhaps now via his friends & associates , he is in effect merely averaging up in order to gain as much control as is possible , and ensure he will be able to get any plans he has for the company through without any interference from shareholders. And also make it worth using as the vehicle for injecting substantial assets in Nigeria into ADM . The consolidation will obviously attract more institutional type investors, but if they get it on the main market with some serious assets in it , all the funds that aren’t allowed to invest in AIM shares for obvious reasons, will be compelled to buy shares as they often have to have a spread of investments in this sector accross all players dependent on the weighting that they apply to oil& gas investments . So it could be a case of simply securing all loose shares they can prior to any fundamental and company changing announcements , such as an asset being acquired or injected , and an application to go onto the main market post consolidation and acquisition , in order to gain considerably more liquidity , credibility, and also fund raising ability for further expansion. Therefore this is possibly very early days for ADM if the above falls into place and we are lucky enough to still be on the sidelines !