Future Gold8 Oct 2018 17:42
I can't believe I'm hearing all this. You all are supposedly LTH's with full knowledge of how the company operates but talk as if you are newcomers with grievances against the BOD because the price has just dropped 30 points. I told you all the price would challenge 9p as part of the placing phase so this is not unexpected, and there is nothing wrong with this drop if you know what the reason for the temporary drop is. You've got to admit, we were all definitely taken aback by the way the settlement deal was announced. Took everyone by surprise including the BOD. £1m for the settlement left them with £300,000, insufficient to operate the business, so the placing was the inevitable consequence. To sum up, the BOD achieved the deal we all hoped for and were then forced into a placing because of it. Maybe someone could explain how this should have been handled differently..
To some extent I agree with TW, options are an incentive to drive the company forward, however that's about as far as I agree on this point. When a director is offered options the company isn't at that point giving anything away. In fact in this case Jeffrieys 10p shares could be undercut by purchasing them at 9.5p today. If on the other hand the price increases to 20p, he then has the option to purchase at 10p, and to be honest, who gives a hoot if he does. The company has performed well enough to raise the market price to 20p, so why not, he's done his job, I'm also sitting at 20p and have made the same profit as he has, what's the fuss. Maybe we should all think about how this guy got to the position with which the opportunity arose to get the options, instead of bashing anyone who might be seen as getting an incentivised freeby.