I'm not in here but......12 May 2010 18:41
Following AndrewYorkshires question below is quite a tricky one. If the Directors bought the assets then the value of business would decrease and therefore the loan to value Loan to value would increase , which could put the loan into the hands of the bank, which is not good!
However, if the proceeds of the sales was used to renegotiate the terms of the facility that would be a good option as they (I poresume) are borrowing at fixed rate (?) and thus if its long term and fairly old, pretty expensive at the moment.
Any negotiation on reducing loan balances with a reduced interest rate would be good.
However, the flipside obviously is that the value of assets remaining will reduce the Financials and thus have a relative effect on the value of the company.
They will have to run the models on the scenarios to see how this affects the P&L.
Of course I don't know the loan structure, nor the proposed structure of purchase of the assets and the resulting proceeds, so this is all high level and hypothetical, but tis could be a long term strategy worth considering by the board. Short termers will bail as it will affect the SP, but long termers hold on to your hats and go for the ride!
GL to all you LGNG'ers