RE: SP13 Jul 2022 14:13
I know it may be unpalatable for us but looking again at the RNS regarding the loan, it would be currently favorable for the company to pay in shares as the reference price is based on the SP in the 5 days "prior" to the drawdown, which I don't know exactly what that would be but it was over 1p at that time.
"The Company and the Lenders may mutually agree that the Company satisfies any payment of the amounts due under the Loan Agreement by the issue of ordinary shares of €0.001 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a reference price of the average daily VWAP for each of the five consecutive trading days preceding the drawdown date of of each advance of the Facility (the "Reference Price"). If such settlement is agreed by the parties, the value of Ordinary Shares the Lenders will receive at the Reference Price will be 115% of the amount of the Loan Facility being settled in lieu of repayment of the debt."
Rather than issuing new shares the company could buy shares on the open market for anything less than 0.86p and still be better off than paying with cash (assuming the reference price was around 1p)
I suspect though as this is AIM they will simply issue new shares and the shareholders will shoulder the weight.
There is also the issue that the "Mutually agree" statement is included , are Riverport going to basically accept the short fall in equity due to the drop in SP, or could they demand the cash ?
Or am I misreading the RNS statement totally ?, As with anything EQT financing it's never simple!