Just a thought20 Nov 2020 13:58
Assuming Pingu and others are right and the loan is a power play how does that change the dynamics? My initial thought was Hemo would get the cash immediately, file for INDs and push ahead straight away at the expense of a significant level of dilution. But having looked into the prospectus required to release this loan it seems like it may take a while to release the money, potentially into next year. If that is the case why not wait anyway and do a placing? Because of safe guards also the first tranche cannot even be drawn down unless SP improves. However on paper Hemo have a big financier standing behind them backing them saying we will fund 60 million. Looks very much like a power play with a safety net of actual money IF required.
I am not convinced Vlad will ever draw down any of this loan, and if he does, not much more than the first tranche.
People have posted figures on here before about licencing deals and some of the most important factors are How far through trials are they, how much has the small fish already self financed and size of the small fish company. Hemo were incredibly weak in negotiations, no clinical trials, funded by Eli Lilly and Mcap of ~40Mil. Hard for Eli to justify a generous licence agreement and even harder for Hemogenyx to argue, IF they had refused the offer by Eli, they then had to licence off Eli any joint project developments, which previously they were in no position to do.
Eli labs are back open, RNS says "and have nearly completed the manufacturability assessment and follow-up tests on the antibody." Suddenly Vlad comes out with a 60M loan offer NOW, revealing details about CBR Platform etc.
So assuming this is a power play, assume it works and Eli offer a bigger settlement, enough in cash up front that Vlad does not need the Mint loan, that means no dilution atall now and SP goes through the roof. Vlad will still have the loan available but if the MCap was on par with similar small pharmas and somewhere closer to 3-500M MCap, he would only be giving up like 2-4% of the equity, something I dont think anyone on here would mind?
Anyway, right or wrong we should find out soon enough, if we see a prospectus in the next few weeks probably safe to assume loan monies will be shortly behind followed by IND applications etc, if we have radio silence for the next few weeks might mean vlad is in negotiations and the next RNS is the elusive CDX licencing agreement.
Whatever the scenario I dont see a down side from here, nor do I see news being very far away. Either Eli licence, or loan followed by start of Clinical process with CAR-T, either way its going to explode!