RE:RE:RE:Latest SP moves87flstc wrote:
why would they pay $1 for shares that they had plenty of time to buy way under a buck?
Hello 87flstc. I am going on faith that your question is a serious one, and it is worth my time to help you with a response.
In March 2018, Verde raised additional capital by issuing "units" comprising one common share and one half of a warrant" for $0.60 per unit. Put two half warrants together and you have the option to purchase one additional common share anytime between the issue date and March 12, 2020.
With the price of the common shares remaining under $1, there has been no incentive for the warrant holders to exercise their warrants and buy additional common shares from the Company. As you correctly note, they have had almost two years to buy more shares, all the way down to 20 cents at one point.
However, now the common shares have risen above the purchase price embedded in the warrant, a warrant holder can realize a risk free gain. For example, a warrant holder could have sold common shares into the recent rally, say at $1.30 per share for 50,000 shares generating $65,000 in proceeds. On the same day, the warrant holder would exercise their previously worthless warrants and buy 50,000 treasury shares at $50,000 to cover the shares they sold at $1.30, making an immediate $15,000 capital gain.
As long as the common shares trade on the open market at more than $1, there is a very tangible incentive for all warrant holders to exercise their warrants, and so provide the Company with $1.4 million in additional capital.
I hope this explains and answers your question.
Cheers,
S