RE: Why no BO Yet?13 Jun 2022 20:18
There is no chance of a BO prior to AGM, simply not enough time for a bid (hostile or otherwise to work through!).
The only way a hostile/any bid will be accepted is if a majority of shareholders vote for it at an EGM, although some frustrated PI's would accept say £4 (£1bn mcap), the II's and many PI's wouldn't (IMO) and the Board certainly wouldn't recommend such a low bid! So such a bidder would have to slink away or up their bid, and if they upped it from say £4 to say £6 they still wouldn't be recommended/accepted, IMO. All of which takes time and hence not before AGM.
At this stage any prospective bidder would have to make a knock out bid to carry the day, say £10++, and there could be a bun fight too, before its recommended by the Board.