RE: Lynparza in the press17 Mar 2022 19:39
Ralovatt,
Here how it works.
Lanstead already have the shares (see RNS on 21st December 2021) for the first tranche of 22m (+2m for Lanstead themselves)
They effectively have paid 1.5p for each of these shares and promised the proceeds to NFX against a base price of 2p.
Lanstead will not be buying any shares.
So, they have the shares and pledge the proceeds (£330k being 22m x 1.5p) to the company in 4 equal monthly payments.
This means that if the sp stayed bang on the 2p base price, NFX would get £82,500 each month for 4 months (£330k/4)
So, if Lanstead have to pay NFX the £82,500 where do they get that money? They either pay from their own coffers (highly unlikely) or they sell their shares and pass the money across.
So, to pay NFX £82,500 with a 2p base price, they could sell 5.5m shares at 2p for £110,000, give NFX the £82,500 and pocket the difference as profit.
Or they could sell 4,125,000 to get the £82,500 and pass it on to NFX and Lanstead keep the spare 1,375,000 shares.
As we see, Lanstead hold the shares and sell to pay NFX.
Now, what about the difference scenario of the share price?
If the sp was 1p for the settlement (50% below 2p base), Lanstead would owe NFX £41,250, so if they sold 5.5m then Lanstead would net £13,750 to themselves.
But if the sp was 3p. (50% above 2p base), Lanstead would owe NFX £123,750. But given they could sell 5.5m shares for 3p they would net profit £41,250 to themselves.
If the sp was 5p (250% above 2p base) Lanstead owe NFX £206,250 and Lanstead net profit is £151,250.
If you could post your workings Rav, that would be great.