RE: It looks like market15 Apr 2025 09:42
I think there will be an extension granted on Thursday and more time will be needed. Sidara have made a non binding proposal of 35p, talk of them coming back with 25p is nonsense. This proposal has a number of conditions which Wood and Sidara, along with the authorities involved, will be actively working on and I expect they will be satisfactorily sorted but it will take some time. One of the conditions relates to publishing the accounts and we’ve already been told that the auditors are behind with these and so won’t be completed by the 30th. Unless there is some sort of waiver agreed then Sidara are unlikely to formally offer until they are completed which will mean this going in to suspension for a number of weeks.
All this time required allows the market to play on people’s fears and the uncertainty. Sidara will be content to continue playing the long game here - they have been courting this business for quite some time and timescales aren’t an issue for them. It would seem most parties want this to proceed and so any hurdles will likely be resolved, it just won’t be quick.