RE:RE:RE:The $1.02 offeringWhen the financiers see a chance to make money, they normally participate in the financing in the form of a bought-deal. Not this time around. This could be good or bad for the shareholders depending on why the financing is done this way.
kramaswamy wrote: I can see what you're getting at, but I think at the same time you're not really giving the financers much credit.
Up until now, every single one of the financing offers TV has done, have been extremely well done on TV's part - they did the financing at a price that was far higher than that which the financers were able to benefit from.
In general that is absolutely not how financing works. The financers will generally expect to get the shares at a discount, in exchange for their capital. They know they won't be able to unload those shares short-term (can you imagine what would happen if they tried to sell 40M shares off, when the daily trading volume is around 1M?).
What the financers are expecting is, with the discount, and the fact that they believe the money will be put to good use, they will be able to eventually sell the shares at a premium.
That's the risk they take financing through share purchases. Alternatively, they could finance TV through debt, in which case their risk is substantially lower. However, the cost of financing TV through debt is that their return is also significantly lower. Debt financing would probably earn the financers 10-15% annual interest rate. Compare that with the financing that just took place - already they have made 10%. Again, they can't sell right now, but the goal is still valid.
So you're right - TV could continue to dilute shares to raise money. But if the financers stop expecting share prices to go up, they'll cease to provide funding in this way. And the guys at the banks and fund companies doing this financing? They know their stuff. If they're willing to put 10M forward, I'm willing to put a few thousand too.