RE: Can someone explain the basics here5 Mar 2021 12:40
Magoo. My understanding is that a cash shell company cannot raise capital from the market in these circs without re-defining its nature of business and issusing a prospectus first to outline the transition of the business from a building company, etc, beforehand. It can, however use any existing assets (CASH) on the balance sheet arising out of the sale of the previous traded company to make aquisitions of another PLC or list what is in effect a private company into AIM via that route. There is a difference as new market participants have no idea what the prospectus is, whereas any existing share holders know all there is to know from the RNS'. How much cash does it currently have is the question?
The point is that they cannot raise market capital without re-defining the business.. so to say it trades as a SPAC is factually incorrect as it is listed as a shell company whose previous business has ceased.