RE: RNS28 Jan 2022 13:55
@ Dai
In my personal view for my own personal mind, Steve West (CFO) will need to balance on how much debt to raise and time to pay, especially if they are looking at another deal on the back of the first one like RRE or KIST and use deal 1 for leverage for on deal 2.
Its still possible for them to do another debt + equity for deal 2 independently (without leveraging deal 1) but they will miss the sweet spot for growth in this oil price environment. Compounding is key for growth.
therefore, my take is I would like to see a substantive equity raised from II and potentially PI, anywhere between 30-50% (or more) on the first production deal, (if there is still a live deal on their hands). market is moving fast on M&A at the current oil prices.
Else, if too much debt is raised for deal 1, sp will still jump in my opinion but the company becomes an "oil price play", I might as well go long on oil price (Brent for example), which I am already doing with modest success so cant see the point of buying more ADV shares. What they decide to do on the first deal will dictate whether I hold for growth or sell on news.