RTO by another route18 May 2017 20:32
So Gravity Investment Group (GIG), which own the majority of Forbes, has acquired 2,500,000 ordinary shares in K&C REIT Plc representing a 4.74% interest in that company, for a consideration of £250K to be satisfied by a further issue of shares in Forbes. Guess who owned these shares - GIG!
Now let's see what else is to be acquired by Forbes - yes, it appears that it may well prove to be an asset of a subsidiary of GIG, Imperial World Resorts Ltd. Look at their website:-
http://www.imperialworldresorts.com/
On one of their website pages:-
Established in 2011, Imperial World Resorts (IWR) is an Investor in, & developer of, Five Star Resorts, Hotels & Retreats. Our next Resort development, set in the stunningly beautiful and unspoilt East Coast of Sri Lanka, will set the standard for luxury, unique experiences and service. The resort will open in September 2019 under the expert management of Dubai based hospitality group JA Resorts & Hotels.
In the RNS of 11 May, they say that additionally, the Board of Forbes announces that it is at an advanced stage of
negotiations regarding the acquisition of an investment in a leisure development asset based in Sri Lanka.
What's the betting that the resort development mentioned in the RNS is the resort above?
In the end, Forbes as a vehicle for assets previously owned by the company's majority shareholder may prove to be very good for the rest of us. However, all that has happened so far is that small shareholders are being diluted by the issue of more and more shares each time an asset is acquired rather than the company actually raising more capital.