RE: wescoal keaton merger23 Feb 2017 11:42
Brown extended the deadline with UC six times. On the Thursday before the final announcement he said in an RNS that he fully expected the deal to be completed, four days later he stated in an RNS the deal was over with some spurious nonsense about finance and the outstanding signature on the contact with Eskom. ( since been signed together with additional ones). Now we are moving towards the date when RIO require payment of some 17million dollars, where is this money going to come from, more dilution? They have just scraped together 2 million less cost from MandG for the company running costs....there is no tangible progress, someone obviously leaked fake news about CZA being in the running for Keaton to keep the shareholders in limbo.....CZA was a company with great potential, it had a pile of debt, a number of great assets and a political quagmire to deal with in SA. Brown has reduced the debt pile at cost to ordinary shareholders with the company now ready for a transfer to RIO ....As I say Brown and the team will retain their positions or new ones will be created....Any other options to the company? I think not. It is better to hear the negative side of this situation so we can all make a decision based on something more than hope....