RE: Bringing in the big boys4 May 2021 13:10
SD was CFO at Northern Star - clearly the financing part of any business is right up his street.
Rosso you make a good point. Whether there is or isn't a placing, GGP is at a pivotal point in its transition but doesn't have the revenue streams (yet) to hold the cards in the negotiations.
You want a big player to help you realise the value of an asset - the price is a stake in the asset as we see with HAV.
You want to avoid having to giving up large %s of your assets and go alone, you need cash, but how quickly can you get it?
Sadly mining isn't a "monetise assets quickly" industry, it's a drawn out process. So, you either wait until HAV is producing, sell some of it for cash or raise cash in the market.
IF a raise does happen, it will ultimately unlock further assets in the portfolio with the longer term value to GGP being higher. It may just fill the interim gap until HAV is producing revenue. I don't really see an issues.
Completely different industry but look at AVCT, they were spiked up to 240p last April, raised their full mkt cap at 120p(that was actually above 1m avg SP) which included some big name II's like Conifer Asset Mgnt. The funds unlocked potential the business could never have done otherwise and back up now at 260p.
It's not an evil when put to good use and unlocks genuine value and the right people come on board. They charge a price for their status (i.e. rarely at a premium to the SP).
It's only when you see the "for working capital" words you get worried.