How I see it16 Apr 2018 11:58
How I see it
FG came back in 2015 with a goal to realise all assets current and past and in his words �the monetisation of all of the Company�s existing assets, through selected realisations, court-led recoveries of misappropriated assets and substantial debt-recovery processes.�
FG announced in the Annual Results for 2015 RNS 30/06/16 that he had reduced the carrying value of the Mediapolis assets further from 20 million to 13 million (this was after we were informed in the interim results that the land carrying value was being reduced from 35 million to 20 million)
FG announced also in the Interim Results RNS 30/09/15 that an offer was made for Mediapolis of 20 million including debt. This would have meant at that point in November, Mediapolis was worth net to Clear Leisure at 20 million and this included the Villas.
FG issued a Trading Update RNS 30/03/16 and it is here that the key to the future plan is located, �Our investigations to date have uncovered historic claims on Mediapolis from suppliers, counterparts, banks and Mediapolis� bondholders amounting to approximately EUR 14.8 million although the current legitimacy of some of these claims is as yet unclear.�
Then when you look at what FG managed to achieve in the reduction of the Bond interest rate from an original 9.5% to 1% and then link this to the paragraph above could there have been some doubt about the legitimacy with the Bonds?
Then we find out that Mediapolis posted a profit of 335,000 for 2016 RNS 22/06/17. You then have to ask the question, why Mediapolis was put into liquidation? There appears to be no merit to the bulk of the claims from suppliers, counterparts, banks and bondholders because there is only one preferred creditor for 165,718 and we are the main creditor for 2,678,357 and then we are also entitled to 93.85%. We also discover from the RNS 27/02/18 that total unsecured recognised debt is 8,749,860 and we have a claim on 8,211,897 which leaves 537,963 (93.85% and 6.15%)
If you actually think about this. First Charge to CLP 2107 and then small creditor 165,718 and the balance goes to us 93.85% and 6.15% to the others but the others were in above and included in the 14.8 million and they are legally only entitled to 537,963 (suppliers, counterparts, banks and Mediapolis� bondholders amounting to approximately EUR 14.8 million)
So then you have to ask the question (hypothetically) did the small creditor push for liquidation so that true value could be released and all the potential spurious claims jettisoned once and for all?
Then on liquidation, the escrow funds of 1,370,000 are released, the Land can be sold at auction, the 10 Sardinian Vilas can be sold and best of all the licences are no longer required and can be sold on, maybe not for what they were valued at 31/07/14 for 35.6 million but a lot more than some people think.
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