Need For Cash Year End I guess, my humble opinion, they need to raise cash to pay for their salaries and performance bonuses/Christmas Bonuses, including Tom's Deal/BONUSES? As well as use the funds for their high expenses, attending the Shows/Conferences, travel, Enetertainment, Jets/Flying and increase staff.
Tom cut your staff, cut the salaries, cut the bonuses, cut the excessive travel and entertainment expenses, explain to the public how you are reimbursed for your travel, via your private plane - First CLass tickets? Coach?for you and your wife?, who travels with you to the conferences and shows. Put these funds into real productive use and reward your share holders, just my humble opinion.
Hire a Real IR Expert, curently your IR Dept is lacking in my opinion and others. Also, this includes some of your staff, lacking in talent, in my opinion.
Friends and Family and Favours should be avoided for hires unless they are Really truly Qualified in accordance with the Industry STDS.