RNS and other issues3 Jul 2019 18:13
Although I desperately want to, I can't find much to be happy about in the RNS.....looks like the market isn't too enthused about it either.
Wed July 3rd 2019…‘(Alliance News) - Infrastrata PLC said Wednesday it has started the next stage of progressing the Islandmagee gas storage facility in Northern Ireland, with funding discussions and a refined construction strategy.’ have I missed something here?.........sounds great but wasn't the funding ALREADY in ADVANCED discussions months ago?
RNS 17th April 2019.. 'The Company undertook discussions with potential debt providers during Q3/Q4 2018. The Company is pleased to announce that it has now received indicative terms from two banks. ……. The Company believes that is now (i.e. at April 17th..... we are now in July!) in a strong position to negotiate the most optimum financing structure between the potential equity partners and debt providers.'
Also, I don’t like the wording of the following….. ‘Following the entry into a binding term sheet with Vitol SA, INFRASTRATA WILL DRAFT AND SIGN a gas storage agreement, that will be based on the binding pricing and capacity terms agreed in the term sheet signed in June.’……..How about VITOL signing it also ?....... by stating INFA (implying only INFA) are signing it, that infers it is VITOL who wants to lock INFA into the deal not BOTH PARTIES wanting to lock in the other ……it suggests it is a fabulous deal for VITOL and hence, not the best possible for INFA ! …… Hopefully it is merely a poorly written description of what is actually occurring.
Plus....I was under the impression that the 1.6M from the EU was absolutely nailed on.....
RNS 19th April 2018
'Once the Placing completes, the Company will have achieved the milestone of raising sufficient funds for the FEED to match the European Union Connecting Europe grant, enabling up to €4,024,000 of grant funding to be accessed by the Company, of which €1,600,000 has been received in cash by the Company and is currently held in escrow pending release against verified FEED expenditure, with the balance to be paid in instalments after satisfactory completion of each FEED stage;'
That was well over a year ago....forgive me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the same 1.6M that we are still waiting for....and if it is ...how about the rest of the 4,024,000 we were promised?.........are we no longer getting that ?.....surely we have done all we were tasked to do to receive it all?
Confused.com.
I expect I'm not the only one confused by all this.