RE: tree shaking!4 May 2021 16:50
gkb - what was the reasons outlined by VAST for consolidation? Please se below... If vast doesn't have enough vote, VAST should be OK. If there are other reasons for consolidation, then it is an issue. :)
"The main reason for the consolidation is that the number of Ordinary Shares currently in issue is now
considerably higher than that of other companies of a similar size on AIM. Combined with the current
low share price, the Company has been advised that the share structure is inappropriate for an AIM
company and needs to be rectified. The Board also anticipates that the higher price per New
Ordinary Share should, in due course, improve the marketability of the Company’s shares to
institutional investors.
The main reason for the subdivision is to ensure that the price at which the New Ordinary Shares are
traded is well in excess of their nominal value. The subdivision will also pave the way for the
Company to distribute dividends to shareholders as the Company becomes profitable, should it
decide to do so. This arises from the creation of the block of economically valueless New Deferred
Shares with, in aggregate, a relatively large nominal value and which, together with the Company’s
Existing Deferred Shares and its share premium account, can be cancelled and set off against the
existing deficit. This cancellation will require separate approval by shareholders at the appropriate
time, as well as court approval."