RE: Death Spiral1 Aug 2023 19:36
If the deal is as bad as you say, the shares would be down 50%.
Here is another take.
In essence, Lanstead will be alloted 930m shares at no cost to themselves, having entered into an agreement to sell 38.75m shares each month for 24 consecutive months back into the market, the proceeds of which are handed to Oriole at a monthly rate of £73,625/mth using a benchmark or perceived average of 0.2533p/sh.
Lanstead's fee for doing this is 83.7m shares which presumably can be sold at anytime.
I guess an RNS will be released each month quoting the amount raised for comparison with the benchmark figure ( + or -) for the duration thereby acting as monitor to the proceedings.
There is now another performance indicator. Measuring not only how well the BOD are carrying out their duties and the rest, but a measure of how well the company is viewed by the retail trade or private investor (you and me). Talk the company up and maybe the monthly figure increases, shout the company down and maybe the monthly figure decreases. Subtle.
Gives the retail trade some control over the share price (if you are a believer in what's written on BB can make a difference) and in command of it's own destiny to a degree.
All IMO. Dyor.