CINE was £1 during pandemic15 Jul 2022 01:30
When the cinemas were closed with streaming threat, CINE was still trading at over £1 and now cinemas are opened and there are big blockbuster releases coming in making billion dollar revenue like Spiderman, TopGun.
Investors are fleeing, shorts are attacking the companies and destroying companies valuation, destroying investors wealth and also destroying the lives of people who will get laid off as the companies goes under but I cannot see CINE going bust. There is a possibility of D4E at some point but Mooky might avoid that with his US listing option that was suggested last year.
When CINE made the payments to the lenders despite cinemas closed, why will it not be able to pay now when the cinemas are fully opened with a billion dollar box office revenue? This is what Mooky is trying to convince the lenders I think. Now the big headache is the cineplex court case, which if goes against Mooky then lenders would lose the patience and could pull the plug but Mooky will still try to convince the lenders and I guess he would succeed because CINE will appeal again in a different jurisdiction in a different country or the damages to be paid could be less than the initial award.
Also CINE mentioned about US listing as another alternative to refinance debt so there are options. Mooky got a waiver so far and if the court case goes in favour of CINE then CINE will cruise back to dizzy heights. CINE is in a much better shape than in pandemic. Lenders did not pull the plug in the pandemic despite the debt so can't see them doing now. Also the maturity of the loans are not until 2023/2024?
Luckily June has been the best month for box office and July is turning out to be another billion dollar revenue and that definitely helps Mooky in negotiations.
Let's hope that Mooky will pull this off. Just pray that the court appeal goes in CINE favour!