Arato Global Opportunities Limited24 May 2019 00:09
@chancers so arato loaned PRD 1.5million interest fee (no coupon). after two years that is repayable in cash at 105% original value plus 10% fee.
Arato also has the option to convert 105% of the 1.5million into ordinary shares at any point. Price per share they will get is the weighted average SP for the last two trading days.
They have also been issued with 2 million shares which they can excise once the SP hits 12p. At the time of issuance the sp was 7p.
On 13th may Arato elected to convert £100k of the loan into shares. 1,441,664 shares were issued which works out to 6.9p per share.
I may be wrong. My thoughts are the SP hit 12p back in march. Arato claimed their 2 million shares and then have steadily sold them and brought the sp down. by converting the loan note they've been able to sell more shares and bring down the price further.
Why would they bring the price down? They still have 1.4million of the CLN which they are yet to convert. makes sense to bring it down before converting more of the loan into shares. Lower SP means they gain more shares.
yes that would mean dilution but shows the lender feels they can make a larger gain by acquiring shares rather than simply repayment on the CLN +fee.
That RNS is badly worded. That's what i've taken from it.