mcmullank20 Feb 2017 21:09
You have with respect misunderstood the deal. FAM will issue 108 million shares to the vendors of Bluejay; in return FAM acquires the 40% of Pituffik that it does not already own. The issued share capital of FAM at present is 619 million shares. Once the deal is completed following the general meeting on 10th March the share capital of FAM will increase to 727 million shares. 108 million shares out of 727 million equals just under 15%. For 15% FAM gets 40% of what could prove when the JORC resource is announced a tremendous deal for the shareholders in FAM. What we do not know at this stage is how much of the sands from which is derived the ilmenite will form the JORC resource - time will tell. An adjunct to the deal is that FAM in respect of Pituffik will no longer have a joint venturer in the form of Bluejay for the purposes of structuring deals and it also makes FAM less a target of a takeover. Since the shareholders in Bluejay are in the round directors and shareholders in FAM, there is less temptation for the directors to award themselves tasty options. As far as I am aware the ceo does not give himself a very large salary.
Following the December placing and completion of the December 2015 deal, today's announcement was likely to take place at some time; it was a question of timing imo.
I am more than satisfied with the deal.