RE: RNS out17 Nov 2017 17:58
graham-wales; this is not the point of the RNS.
The asset that is the stake in Call Design is being formally turned into a security for the loans by Innovation.
The RNS is about Innovation protecting their position, they are not protecting the shareholders (large or small) or any Director or Officer of the Company.
Don't forget that the stake in Call Design was valued at �280K plus 5 million shares which were 16p or so at the time - so the total valuation of 40% of Call Design at the time of purchase was just over the �1M mark.
If you consider that the draw down facility has a total value of �1.4M and that this drawdown is funded by an exchange of cash for shares where the number of shares handed over is worked out by considering a share price of 16p then you might reconsider who, at the moment, is getting shafted. Especially when you consider that the shares are locked in, ie unsaleable for 1 year after each draw down.
To put it another way, without any security Innovation have to give funding in return for shares worth 6.25% of the cash they are handing over.
To repeat, �1.4M to be handed over by Innovation in return for shares worth �87,000 (todays value)
The only way they can protect their investment is to securitise the stake in Call Design, which as I said above was considered to have been worth around �1M when it was purchased by BOS.
I would point out the following;
If the officers of the Company resist securitising Call Design and the Company goes into Administration before this happens, then the Administrator will sell off Call Design to the highest bidder, that could be anyone with sufficient money, including MT.
In this case the money from such a sale would first be used to pay the Administrators fee's, they then give a dividend to the creditors, including Innovation, of perhaps 1p in the pound, whilst the shareholders get nothing. Everyone is screwed in this situation, except the Administrator.
If the officers of the Company do not resist securitising Call Design over to Innovation and the Company then goes into Administration then although the Administrator will still sell the stake in Call Design to the highest bidder, it means that Innovation get first call on the money raised by the sale. Then the Administrator gets his fee, then the creditors get a dividend, let�s say 0.5p in the pound, and of course the shareholders get nothing.
As BOS has not yet drawn down the whole of the facility I would guess that the value of Call Design that the Administrator will achieve will most probably just about cover Innovations loans and the Administrators fees (funny that), with yes you have guessed it, the creditors and shareholders getting screwed.
In the short term, the only way out of this mess is for the creditors to considerably extend their credit period and for the Company to make some sales.
All is not lost, creditors do extend their credit periods when faced wit