Sell not a surprise31 Oct 2023 08:19
This drop was predictable. Extension was expected. Can David Levi get to warrants SP, if he releases really good news. If not its some form of raise , payment for orders, or a pre payment from Tarana. In reality warrants still would not bring in enough cash.
On 1 September 2023, the Company announced that it had received notice of cancellation of one such contract (first announced on 30 July 2021). This contract was with an Israeli company, Siklu LTD ("Siklu"). Siklu entered into financial distress following the cancellation of its IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Market and as a result terminated the contract with Ethernity. The contract cancellation took place after the Company had issued large orders for components to fulfil the contract and after the Company assigned more resource to fix the design failures of Siklu. This has resulted in the Company holding an excess stock of components which have not been used.
On 18 October 2021 and 20 September 2022, the Company announced signed contracts for $3 million and a follow-on contract for $4.6 million respectively with its Chinese customer, that operates in China and India. The Company claims that the Chinese customer has breached the two signed contacts as the customer has not collected the orders which were fulfilled by the Company for XGS-PON and GPON. In addition, the Company is not in receipt of the contracted advance payment due in accordance with the terms of the $4.6 million contract. This has resulted in a debtor balance with this customer of c. $1.1 million, which remains unpaid. The Company continues to support the Chinese customer to seek a resolution.
In addition, the Company believes that two of its long-term customers have been violating the usage of a license from the Company for several years and will be taking steps to claim against this infringement.
Lastly, the Company had anticipated receiving a significant cash payment from a customer during the course of the last two weeks, however this has not yet materialized. The customer was due to visit the Company this week, but this has been postponed due the current emergency situation in Israel.
These events have materially adversely impacted the Company's trading and prospects and resulted in the Company's current cash-flow difficulties, and therefore the Board has taken the decision to submit the TSP Order today. The Company's current cash balance is c. $107,000.