RE: $8 billion net debt10 Sep 2021 00:02
Lease liabilities are around $4bn and it is for the remaining debt for which lenders can press Mooky's neck. But the lenders have been happy to lend more, nearly $1bn since past year. They did not ask Mooky to go to share holders. Probably, the reason being CINE has a product that doesn't have a expiry date and there is no existential threat. After all we came out flying from the ashes.
So lenders are confident that debt is serviceable. Mooky also got advice about US listing to get additional liquidity. With cinemas getting back to normal and US listing option, in my opinion, debt is manageable.
We had $6bn debt before covid, including lease liabilities and the share price was at £1.90.
Now we had Peel hunt price target of 75p, Bernberg 85p and Barclays 115p, Jeffries 150p, all in this year since March. Wonder if they were irrationally positive and dimwitted and only the ones on this board are the cleverest!