RE: Phone call6 Dec 2018 09:39
EvilPlum I think you are being far too kind.
These guys with all their apparent experience should have known more than anyone how long M&A can take yet they led us to believe they would have it all done and dusted by April.
They have totally misread the equity markets not once but twice. They thought they were going to get a great placing away in 2017 and ended up going cap in hand and accepting an awful placing that was devastating to the SP leading it to fall to 1.25p ahead of suspension. They then puffed their chests out in June saying they were going to relist late July with new equity at 50p, yet they did not have this funding in place and there obviously wasn't the appetite for it and as we know the company suddenly thought it was a good idea to shut down contact with shareholders yet earlier on in the year they had proudly stated it was important to them to look after existing shareholders.
They also bet big on a steady and increasing copper price when that commodity has been anything but for many years. As you say they did not have a Plan B in place and not only that they used up most of the money on Plan A working and if it did not we would be in real difficulty. That is a shocking way to attempt to do any take over let alone one as big and cumbersome as this.
So what now. IF the equity markets are stepping up as we are led to believe, then at what price. The company is not in a strong enough position to barter with these guys from a position of strength with the coffers empty. It spells out to me that existing shareholders are probably going to have to eat s--t again.
I understand the staff thing, but what about redundancy payments.