Warrants + Placing thoughts21 Dec 2016 13:16
Cash fundraising of approximately £11.7m at 18p per share with a small number of international investors combined with the issuance of out of the money Warrants on a 1:2 basis
65m new shares plus 32.5m x 80p = £26m
cash fundraising of £5.0m at 20p per share from new investors ("New Investors") combined with the issuance of Warrants to the New Investors on a 1:2 basis exercisable at 80p per share, expiring 180 days after issue
25m new shares plus 12.5m x 80p = £10m
The issue of 10 million new shares at 30p per share to new investors ("New Investors") to raise £3.0m before expenses, combined with the issue of Warrants to the New Investors on a 1:1 basis exercisable at 80p per share and expiring 180 days - latest deal announced today
10m new shares plus 10m x 80p warrts = £8m + £3m = £11m (assuming warrts are converted)
so still raising the original amount near £11.7m but less dilution by placing at higher price - increased the placing price from 18p to 30p = 66% increase - plus issuing 1:1 basis warrts to raise the other £8m within 6 months expect shares to rise by over 166% (80p less 30p = 50p div by 30p = 166%)
Practically this can be viewed as the following assumptions:
A transformational deal they buy into that may already be a profitable company but very undervalued
Buy into a pre IPO Co & expecting a good IPO price/deal, then for the market price to rise substantially
Have a potential buyer for the Vietnam Coal asset - assuming NWT Coal also sells their 68% wi
With their contacts they may of already have potential buyers in this asset.
I guess the investors in this have pushed for this change in the placing price & to get more warrts on a 1:1 basis rather than 2:1 knowing what the end prize is!