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20/04/16
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Originally posted by tracer
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Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be communing with Dr Who - there you go!
On an equity style issue -I can only think of preference shares, convertible notes or perhaps (very unlikely at this stage) corporate bonds. Of these perhaps preference shares (ranking ahead of ordinary equity) would be most likely.
The difficulty with the financiers taking ordinary equity is the prospect of them ending up with over 20% of the company and being forced to make a takeover offer - too ironic to happen.
Agree with you that SGH has a potentially viable (perhaps even lucrative) business in the UK and desperately need time and ability to make it happen.
Not done with yet!
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They wouldn't need to make a takeover offer in a partial/full debt-to-equity swap situation - they could ask for an exemption from the Corporations Act takeover provisions from ASIC (and if ASIC declined could appeal to The Takeovers Panel to review the decision).
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca2001172/s655a.html
The Chapter referred to in section 655A is Chapter 6 - Takeovers of the Act.