A pivot point.The financing has certainly created a few wrinkles and some exasperated retail investors, but given the unconventionality of the PP (participants paying a 35% premium over the SP) one could hardly call it the usual run of the mill raise.
Humorously, the only thing I can think of as a close comparison would be in 1933 when the U.S. Treasury banned ownership of gold among its citizenry, called it in, then doubled the price. In our case, we keep our shares. Infinitely better than in ‘33!
Again, not every day do you see a PP like this. It created a deluge of buying, carrying the SP to .94 but as it neared that $1.00 parity mark with the PP, naturally inertia set in.
Negotiations have been complicated; 2 enlargements and two delays; so the SP retraces back to the time of the Aug 26th announcement. But given the extent of the initial euphoria I ask you, “Could anyone have seen it coming?” There were no cynics that I could see in August, September, and October. Quite the opposite.
But what amazes me is how many of us, the retail investors, are now motionless, leaning on our shovels straining to catch a glimpse of those city slickers who are willing to pay 50% more for the shares that we knew all along were worth that and probably much more. My advice: quit looking and start digging. Share price is back to where it all began.
And it would be a mistake to think of this company as being ordinary. Far from it! Everything, past growth, prospects proposed transformation, CEO make it very special.