Greased Wheels, The Oil Can, and the EmirAny day of the week, you will find me on the phone, discussing some kind of deal. Many fall flat due to funding, location, or abject lack of interest. The few that go beyond me and on to my investors and the board, for discussion and approval, always involve an element or 6 of behind the scenes work, consultants reports, government involvement and shear influence.
As with our situation, we work months in advance of any real deal doing prep, assessments etc etc. One has to wonder what PTKs lag time is and whether or not the news we do get is fornulated or has happened a few weeks to months previously. Therefore skewing our in view time lines that have been going on for months behind the scenes. One thing I have learned about the stock business.......expect the unexpected.......
Influence comes in many forms from word of mouth to a heads up from someone on something. In my case its usually some valuable pre information or or or....
So with that in mind i was wondering, (and thinking of a t-shirt slogan)....-What would Ajit do-
Being that Global Foundries is an Emirates controlled enterprise and that they have a real nose for deals over there and for cash on cash future returns....would he have met with the board of GF or with the emirates people, and would they consider this as a secondary plan or part of the main plan......
https://www.nasdaqdubai.com/listing/why-list-with-us
https://www.mubadala.com/en/who-we-are/board-directors
I wonder how much value the emirates would plavce on this disruptive technology......hmmmmmm.