RE: Valuation19 May 2025 11:06
"I can't personally believe CC is planning all the trial spending she is without any means to pay for it"
I think D, that one is not necessarily connected to the other.
Once the train of events is set in motion then A follows B. There is no point having done the lab/animal trials and having had very positive results from that, then not getting a human trial sorted. Whether or not funds are in place is a task for another day.
(Also as we all know the BoD have to talk confidently and make the market assume all is in hand otherwise it really is a bloodbath.)
Given how far we are into the trial it is very apparent that AVCT only raise money to get to their next stage. Either because they do not know what the future results will be, and/or that's all the market would stump up for.
I would be pleasantly surprised if there is any sort of deal in the wings about to be announced, only because if not done already why now? Also CC has said BP won't do anything until phase 2 is completed. So on the face of it it only leaves a RI (almost certainly AIM), and dilution. I think if that is the case it will be very painful for current shareholders because again, it will be funds to run a trial without the results of the trial known. So if BP are not interested until the end of phase 2 I think we are back to the funders/banks of this world (how ever it is structured), in having a window to flip the stock rather than hold it for another 2 years or so. Again the fact that BG sold when they did is imo, a big red flag. They know/think a RI is coming and they have had enough of a loss to date.
Where do you set the RI to get it away? how much do you want to raise? The more money to raise, the lower the issue will have to be.
Remember 50p was a shock "give away" price? look at the price now. Now where would it be set for say, £50-75M?
It hinges now on the financial update next week. But given the silence, lack of coris being off loaded, the lack of any deal/license to date, no milestone payments for years, does to me suggest its more likely a typical AIM RI than any other outcome.
(imo, dyor etc etc)