RE: Cathal Friel -European Green Transition listing31 Mar 2024 20:21
This is why reader's shouldn't just read posts but do some research.
"Amryt Pharma floated with a market cap of €29m and was sold last year for $1.48bn (€1.38bn)."
There's a history of reverse takeovers, spinoffs etc, which cloud the fundamentals...
The article doesn't give a full picture of what's happened to the previous IPOs, like Fastnet oil and gas. Reverse takeovers/spin offs from one to another...
Fastnet oil and gas raised $50m since IPO in 2012. 3 years later, they were conserving cash and had only $15m left. In 2015, Amryt reversed into Fastnet.
As of the latest AR and despite the IPO 2 years ago, Polb has zero revenues. Polb was spun off from HVO.
HVO being talked up with the Chairman/Founder dumping majority of his holding. Looks like HVO was talked up so that the chairman/founder could raise money for his next venture as well as gain instant PI following...
The fact he dumped the majority of his holding recently and before the fy results is a concern. Why wouldn't he do the same again?
Fastnet Oil & Gas plc was an independent oil and gas exploration company focused on identifying early-stage exploration and appraisal opportunities in offshore Ireland and Africa.
"Fastnet successfully developed a portfolio of high impact conventional oil and gas projects utilising the experience of the directors and advisory board. Having successfully raised c. $50m, Fastnet became one of the most active small cap oil and gas companies, bringing in Big Oil companies who entirely funded Fastnet’s offshore Moroccan well. Fastnet also discovered one of the larger onshore gas resources in Morocco, and did extensive work in the Celtic Sea basin.
In 2015 the Board of Directors, including its Chairman Cathal Friel decided to shift Fastnet from an oil and gas company to a life sciences company. This decision flowed from the worldwide decline in oil and gas prices (from c. $120 a barrel to c. $30 a barrel) and the associated adverse sentiment towards small cap oil and gas concerns at the time.
The Company immediately conserved its cash, reducing overhead by 95%, thus creating a substantial cash shell with c. £15m in cash."
https://www.raglancapital.ie/fastnet-oil-and-gas