A reminder of why certain people arrived at Eurasia11 Jul 2022 14:10
Why was Artem brought in again? Oh, that's right -
"The experience of Artem and his knowledge of Eurasia can significantly speed up our Russian assets sale process"
KPMG, now, why were they appointed? Oh, that's right -
"We also recently welcomed KPMG on board as agent within Russia to progress our asset sale strategy."
Now, the gent who is retiring this month, why was he brought here? Oh, that's right (he only gets paid if the sale takes place ;)----) -
"Eurasia is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Vasilievich Sushchev (PhD in metallurgy) as strategic adviser to the Board. Alexander is a former Chief Executive Officer of SMCM (molybdenum and rhenium metals producer, that he helped sell to a company affiliated with Rusal) as well as former manager of Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest palladium producer. Alexander will be working closely with the Directors of Eurasia, Mr Alexei Churakov as well as with the banks as the Company is working on a potential disposal of the Company's assets as announced on 24 October 2019. There can, however, be no guarantee that any transaction will occur.
Alexander will not receive a salary for his role. However, it is noted that Alexander will receive 10% share in Deloan Investments Limited ("Deloan"), a Company owned and controlled by Dmitry Suschov (Director of the Company), which holds a 10.42% interest in the Company. This will help avoid the dilution of the shareholders and will allow the right success oriented motivation of Alexander."
Oh look banks are mentioned, now why were they brought here? Oh, that's right -
"The Banks have agreed to work on a success fee basis, so that their motivation is directly linked to a successful completion of an alternative asset transaction superior to those outlined in the announcement of 15 September 2019. The interest from the Banks is originating from the recent palladium acquisitions namely Stillwater for c. US$2bn by Sibanye in 2017 and NAP for approximately CAD$1bn by Impala Platinum earlier this month. The title of the slides for investors prepared by VTB Capital is as follows: "The Last Non Consolidated Palladium Play"
All of the above + DLA Piper, UBS, Citic Merchant etc have all been brought here to do one thing!
GLA