Cornerstone offer3 Jul 2020 09:01
To call it an offer is laughable, how do you think this board would react to an offer, say from Newcrest, at 24p, 20% above current price, and in shares at that, the premium could easily be wiped out between accepting and being allocated the shares. No the reason for the bid was to stir the bowl and see what rises, be it a counter offer by a multinational for cornerstone signalling an intention to take out Solg later, or just to see how the market reacts to news. Well the market hasn’t reacted and I think the multis with time on their side and a bigger kitty can play a better game of poker than NM. Name of game is getting the price as low as possible so when the offer comes 25p won’t seem ridiculous. Share price is being managed lower and our only real hope, other than an early offer, is for a few hedge funds to see the medium term profit, shame Crystal Amber is tied up with bigger potential gains in Allied Minds.