Message from agm -28 Jun 2022 11:46
Right. Here goes. Duncan looked awful so clearly feeling it. Lots of questions put to Duncan who answered everything. Oxford Finance pulled the deal even though the company had a heads of terms to refinance with a mix of debt and equity. OF knew that but still pulled the plug. The admin guy was there too who said they are trying to rescue this finance deal which will sort everything, they are also talking to OF but the admin guy said a deal
is unlikely. It rests on this finance deal short term, longer term it is about trying other refinance or offers for assets. If it comes to offers, admin are mostly bothered about getting OF and other creditors repaid. Shareholders bottom of the pile. Duncan was asked if they prepack, there will be a lot of very angry shareholders. Duncan said no plans for that, he is a shareholder as is Alex and they want to save 4D. The company did breach on 2 counts. They renegotiated the $7.5m to $5m but had it held in 2 US accounts rather than 1. Technical breech as they could have easily moved the money into one. One shareholder asked the admin guy if they had gone below $5m privately . He said they had. So major breech. They also breeched a balance sheet criteria because the non plc companies held too much in their balance sheet when the Spanish government made a one off payment to cover furlough workers in Spain during Covid. We are where we are. In hindsight Duncan should have done a placing but he had no idea the capital markets would be so difficult. As asked about milestone payments. They think Merck will licence 3 drugs from the JV vaccine work which attracts 5-10m
US$ each. I asked if that could be accelerated. Duncan is in discussions with Merck but said they don’t work quickly. One shareholder who is a scientist with a huge holding asked Duncan after the AGM when Duncan came round and shook hands with Alex and asked if there were any more questions before we left, from 1-10 Duncan , what are your thoughts thus will be saved to trade on AIM, Duncan replied, a very good chance. I hope he is right.
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