RE: Petroteq8 Oct 2021 14:13
Apparently Petroteq has issued approx 50 million shares in debt for equity arrangements, where the price was below the minimum acceptable to the index. Seemingly this can be done if permission sought and given prior to the transactions, which did not happen in this case.
Not only has this been a corporate faux pas by Petroteq but there must also be a failure at TSX for failing to spot these discrepancies at the time. Sound like it's taking a lot of unraveling and while the SP has been suspended in Canada & Germany for nearly 2 months, it has still been trading in US.
Nothing emerged so far to suggest it has affected the Uppgard client's proposed buy-in, or indeed to indicate the "offer" is any other than genuine. However, for the first time today, the value of the PQE shares in my SIPP is listed as n/a.
I'm not overly concerned long-term as I believe the CORT is a very valuable asset which will eventually end up in the right hands. Were the Uppgard client's offer be withdrawn, I might feel less assured!!!