RE: Share Price2 Sep 2020 00:02
Ethio, I have to disagree with you re this forward sell of the placing, as there is no logic to it. I have participated in many placings too (including one in ITM at 40p when the market price was 50p) and these have always been below the current share price as was the one you state you took. In those cases, you may have the opportunity to forward sell as there is a clear arbitrage. However, in this case the placing was made as very clearly stated in the RNS, " at a price of 22.5p per share, which is equal to the closing price on 17 August 2020." Therefore there was no arbitrage/forward sale option. You cannot forward sell if there is no market price advantage, so your supposition that the placing was forward sold just doesn't hold water. We've had no RNS confirming the submission as yet let alone anything detailing the ii's which took part in the placing and until then I would suspend judgment as to whether existing ii's have increased their holdings through this placement or we have new investors on board, OR even whether the submission is overtaken by bid events. We shall see, but one thing is certain, you don't forward sell below your acquisition price unless you are a complete idiot.