I asked on Friday whether AIM-listed jam-tomorrow internet of things investment company Tern plc (TERN) had run into some problems with its proposed listing on the US OTCQB market. A trip to the SEC website asks more questions than it answers.
It is now just three days short of seven months since AIM-listed jam-tomorrow investment company (which is a tad short of cash) Tern plc (TERN) announced plans to join the OTCQB market on the other side of the pond. Of course, even by the standards of the world’s most successful growth market OTCQB is a demonstrably tin-pot exercise, but Tern was clearly very excited about it.
An issue I have raised frequently concerns poor quality companies listed on London Markets that cite listing on the US Over the Counter Markets as being a key event for their investors. Some of the Bulletin Board Morons buy into this myth. For instance if you look at the Tern (TERN) Bulletin Board on London South East website you can see some of the morons complain that the CEO Al Sisto hasn’t manged to list Tern implying that this failure might be depressing the share price as US investors can’t invest into Tern.
We all know that AIM-listed jam-tomorrow investment company Tern plc (TERN) needs to rattle the tin yet again and sharpish in order to hold its corner as the first round of Wyld warrants comes up for exercise. We also know that Tern’s share price has collapsed (not by enough) in the wake of bad news from its portfolio of cash-hungry investees. And that brings me to today’s flag-waving RNS.
As I demonstrated HERE, April Fool’s Day is too late for AIM listed, sub scale, investment company Tern (TERN)- it needs a placing before then or it will be crash landing in tits up alley. No institution will touch this POS with a bargepole so it is an inevitable trip to the bucket shops for a discounted raise. The shares are now 11.75p. The NAV is not going to be anymore than 8p and is falling so what price to you think the placing will be at?
AIM-listed jam-tomorrow internet of things investment company Tern plc (TERN) has announced a fundraise at investee INVMA resulting is an upwards revaluation of its investment. Two other investors have stepped up to the plate in the form of Foresight and Mercia, stumping up £1.925 million between them (presumably of other people’s money) to add to a further investment from Tern of just £0.2 million. Good news for INVMA, as it now has cash – and good news for Tern as at least one hungry mouth to feed has been satiated for the time being.
Tern (TERN) is reluctant to disclose financial information about the portfolio of Tern’s investments citing commercial confidentiality. All of its portfolio investees file abbreviated accounts excluding profit and loss account and cashflow statement as they are permitted to do and Tern rarely publishes any financial information about the investee companies.
Today’s news from Tern (TERN) is welcome because it has reduced its future cash flow burn by finding new partners to fund InVMA or Konektio. The downside is that Tern has diluted its stake from 50% to 36.8% just as the company is experiencing significant sales growth, according to the RNS:
I have been watching Companies House with interest recently, regarding AIM-listed jam-tomorrow internet of things investment company Tern plc (TERN) and its principal investee Device Authority (DA). Following news of the bailout investment of yet more cash into DA, I have a few questions. Call be a pedant, but……
