3 scenario in payment to ventors1, paid as promised without dipping into the loan
SP will jump 10 to 20%
2, paid with dipping into the loan
SP goes no where
3, did not pay but promise to pay in full in Feb.
SP will be crashed more than 50%
My guess is the second. It may have enough money to pay, but want to involve lthe ender in this difficult time, and save some money just incase. It may borrow 100 m out 200 m and take the lender into such high risk situation. The lender can not refuse. I think this will be samrt move.
As for the takeover, i think it is difficult at present because of the uncertainty in UK. Another reason is that even though SP is down over 95%, the enterprise Value is very high. Even SP goes to 0, acquirer still has to pay at least 3.2 b.