I think you are mis-judging the capital position. The auditors...

I think you are mis-judging the capital position. The auditors have just reviewed and given a clean bill of health, so they don't think capital is required within the next 12 months (as they always look forward 12 months). The loan book funding that is available supports a lot of growth. And remember for the March Qtr this year just past, they were operating cashflow positive, so that will extend things as it would be reasonable that this year will be the same.

The call today was really good. If you compare LBY and Z1P results for UK, LBY is absolutely flogging Zip. Zip have almost the same size team as LBY in the UK, and are throwing a lot of money around, yet Zip isn't making a dent at all, and LBY is going further ahead. I think this by itself shows the strategic position that LBY have. Zip are going to waste a lot of money in the UK if they go it alone. LBY is the only way they get into #3 position.

Zip should literally just lob a scrip bid in for LBY at say $1.41 per share (the IPO price), and I'm sure they would get it, and it would be a good buy for them. Instantly they would become the #3 player, and there would be heaps of synergies and cost savings. They could also extend LBY's weekly payment option out to Zip's merchants. Zip's biggest mistake has always been to consolidate brands when they acquire things. They should have different brands for different payment options as they would capture a bigger share of customer wallet that way.

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Marv