RE:RE:You don't sayScovan does engineering consultation marketing and things which are all extremely helpful not to mention when they are utilized in 25 percent of the sector i forget if it is only Alberta only but if it is also Saskatchewan and BC as well along with others, they have connections within the industry and who may contribute so Accelewares reach continues to potentially grow outside Suncor and Cenovus which will ultimately need to happen anyways when looking at others within the sector so at least in this way while it seems time consuming this would need to be done although it would be easier to knock on doors with fully proven results than with an idea still under testing. In any case, yes it will be a huge win when the two Acceleware and Scovan move from letter of intent to a contract between them. While no doubt cold hard cash is what many including myself would love to see the fact that Scovan has so much more to offer and hopefully do beyond financing will foster a more likely longer relationship between the two companies. It may be such Axe shares may be bought up and they may be involved in a raise because having shares in companies and money at stake is an incentive to see them succeed but when you have the other tangibilities like all the services as Scovan has tied that makes it more significant than money alone to keep the ties.
There are double edged swords to things all the same. If one finances through the costly interest baring loans and the lender is not interested in shares even if they can seize your assets if you default what good is this beyond getting money?
Now if the lender is open to shares for debt be it in a loan situation or in a raise with others some of who are huge and they have controlling shares than you are where most small caps that are not well captilized are which is pretty well at those peoples mercy and something i do not like because of what i go on about possible cheap buy outs mass manipulation down etc and why i prefer if companies need money whether low values or higher ones that there is a rights offering at the retail level and hopefully they keep corporations out so the debt is to retailers than to corporations and providing there are strong enough retailers or they know how raises work and when needed can shed shares and have money aside to help with all other rounds of financing but this is talking in a very idealistic way.
Most small caps tend to be in an extremely weak position however some still found a way to avoid cheap buy outs but they are a few and far in between and it may have meant fairly high dilution eventual share consolidation and then have the strong revenues and bottom line to move forward. I dont know if it could be done in any other way.
Now whether people consider companies like Pixar and Black Berry small companies or not but those are two that comes to my mind that ran hard in share values but were nowhere what they were prior to that. I would have to really dig and see companies that are condidered even weaker that succeeded. If i am not mistaken DHX Media when it first started was on the venture it grew and inevitably uplisted to both the TSX and Nasdaq struggled on the Nadaq i believe voluntarily delisted decided to trade only on the TSX and at some point changed its name to Wild Brain. If i am not mistaken it was not in the presence of giants in the industry so it could fend off things that those who are involved woth giants are not necessarily able to do so.
While having giants in your corner brings "credibility and clout" maybe a sense of longee term security i have come to learn fairly fast due to past experiences as i say it is an extremely double edged sword where it can be quite detrimental and work as much if not more against you. I prefer to keep the big guys either entirely out or at a very safe arms length away. More often than not in my opinion the small caps get screwed and this is where i take into account what Jeffereys says and as much as what i want to happen will remain burning in me i do know the reality here.
In any case what i will continue to do is hold 9000 ideally as far to the end as i can meaning somewhere down the line tes this will most likely be bought out unless management works on divisions meaning separate sectors and partitions them where they can sell them separately and if they can maybe negotiate a 10 or so perpetual rotalty that expires when the company does. This way lets say it sells the ip to whoever in oil and gas for $15 and lets say fair market value is $20 get the sale plus perpetual royalty.
But i dont think many people in management want to do tougher arrangements and depending how many shares they have they may be fully satisfied handing the keys over for $5 who knows but like i said that is and will not be my narrative $55/share plus. Ideally i was looking at $170 plus that is the magnitude in what we hold but time will tell where all things go and like i said anything less than $55/share and its put to a vote i will vote no and i dont vote in my holdings this i will even if i know it seems like i will lose but i will be true to that to the very end.
Time will tell all things and as things keep progressing we may get a better feel as to the companys mindset. When i called Geoff quite time ago it is hard to read him as he literly said all options are on the table when i talked about cheap buyouts and so there i have it. If it is the best option after trying to continue on but after careful thought and consideration well ok as much as i would not like it but the whole point is just dont fold like a cheap deck of cards. Now i did say this and lots of credit to Geoff while he continues to be under immense stress and pressure to keep things going he did not to this day take the easiest path forward and that is reflected in the companys very tight share structure. I said this at least once if not more before and i can only imagine how much strees Geoff must be feeling he looks it in lot of the pics. He has done a super job so far and i greatly appreciate that despite my biting criticisms on other things. Now if he is still here not replaced as some said may happen to transition the company to keep reaching new heights and remains to the point of possible acquisition and as i said gives things as careful and thorough thoughts as he has thus far regardless how the price goes that is all i can ask of him and anyone else. Boy i can only imagine Geoffs stress i dont envy him at all and he definitely is working hard for his pay and whatever share value increase he manages to get in the end.