RE: M&G acceptance28 Oct 2021 22:13
@Dave and EV That is old news. If they get to 75% they will APPLY to delist. It doesn’t outline how long this process will take or how tradable your shares will be in the interim. Seems like more scare tactics from the BoD to create doubt.
What isn’t so clear to me, due to all these arbitrary cut-off dates (which are making less and less sense due to the suspension), is will shares still be bought by Ganfeng from those that sit tight until after these cut-off dates? If it is announced after the cut-off that Ganfeng have say 80-85%, it would be in their interest to keep buying to avoid the hassle of having minority shareholders.
As for the delisting, this has only happened to me once before. In that case the shares were moved from my ISA into my trading account (same broker). The book value should change to the value it comes out of the ISA at, so tax implications if you were to sell immediately should be minimum. If you can’t sell immediately due to liquidity, is this a problem? I bought for a LT investment, I bought for dividend income. Could this not still work out to be the case, even as a minority shareholder?
As I say the wording of all the RNSs and documentation of this scheme has been to create fear and doubt, to panic folks into selling. Even the over 75% under 90% outcome can be worked with (and may still make you rich!) and I suspect if this was the case more opinions would arise.
They are some unknowns here but once the BoD are gone things can only look up! ;) I’ll be holding until they get over 90% and I am forced to give my shares up.