RE: Out of curiosity22 May 2021 19:46
Adoubleuk,
"Exactly. Rock and a hard place, isn't it ? Because without extending the lease, and continuing production, the bondholders are likely to see an even smaller return on their investment !!!!!!"
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You're making it sound like shareholders are doing bondholders a favour..
but in fact bondholders are doing you a favour by willing to extend the bond and provide you 5%.
I think bondholders will be happy without extending the bond and taking on that risk. The bondholders will get whatever cash available AND the assets.
Sure they might lose out, but will not have to take on that extra risk and their losses will nowhere near be as much as shareholders.
The equity is worthless, so there's also that, they don't have to swap debt for equity over extending the bond.
For shareholders, it's 5% or 0%.
For bondholders, it's get back majority of the money, or take the risk and get back even more.