RE: Panic sells12 Jul 2019 10:38
Gareth
I did not say you were thick mate.
I do think that you have not read the RNS in its entirety and understood what it means.
They are not making an offer for the company, they don’t need too, they are negotiating what is effectively a take over which already had the boards backing.
They are going to provide £750 million to a company that closed last night with a total market capitalisation of just over £200 million, and debts of £1.5 billion.
If, and it is by no means a fire gone conclusion, they can subsequently turn the company around, then at some point in the future the SP may go up, but, the £750 million is apparently going to be paid for in equity (new additional shares) the dilutive effect of which will likely mean an SP of circa 2p, if, and when it actually happens, and by the way, their shareholders need to agree whatever is finally negotiated, and they may not.
If someone said to you hey look I’ve got a company that has debt of £1.5 billion, and is currently valued at £200 million, will you bail me out with £750 million so that we can hopefully become profitable again at sometime in the future, wouldn’t you expect to own most if not all of the company ?
That’s the position mate, it’s not nice, but it is reality, obviously speculators will buy in and sell out whilst all of this is going on, but there really are only two possibilities here, the first is as described above, the second is that TCG go into liquidation.