RE: Nothing changed17 May 2024 13:45
Hull.
My email to cfo, ceo, chair 17th Jan 2023, c 16 months before the chinese deal cancellation and disaster of h2 last year.
"A lot of hot air in the last year ("exponential", "at the finish line", "great positive things", "Indian contract in place" etc), now clearly backed by little evidence. Another deeply, deeply disappointing trading update continuing the history of deeply, deeply disappointing trading updates. Yet again the board of directors and senior leadership team have completely failed to hit even vastly reduced six month commitment reforecast three short months ago by 20%. However you look at it, lets not beat about the bush, another appalling six months business performance.
As a private shareholder the leadership teams basic grasp of and delivery against strategic, commercial and operational issues appears poor at best if not non existent - from the commitments made you are either not understanding, assessing and mitigating business risk or more worrying just plain complacent believing your own hype.
If I just take one point from my initial note below "there appears to be a failing in understanding these influences to develop conservatively weighted forecast and then mitigate inherent risk with a clear action plan in both P&L and balance sheet". From repeated failure to achieve revenue forecasts it is clear there are systematic failures of really basic pipeline / contract forecast management.
Every other question remains in place. No surprise the result is, as forecast, a deeply discounted placing and dilution, with Bergen still to dilute even further with an even lower price from the c 10p when the original communication was written.
I now have absolutely no faith in the professionalism and ability in the board at this point in time to execute, and after repeated failure why should I? More worrying for me I now also have zero faith in the integrity of any communication you make and consider past assurances deeply and deliberately erroneous. Having your tummy tickled on proactive with pre planned questions and answers seemingly happy with the company's performance is problematic for me, as a board need to seriously look at your own performance rather than slapping each others backs. Whatever your excuses the market price, unfortunately for long term holders, reflects the reality of just how badly you have managed the company"
Nothing has changed.