UK 20:39 Monday, 21 September 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
Last month I wrote on EQTEC (EQT) 2019 results & new broker appointment… I wonder why? – concluding the shares have since soared to a current 0.56p, capitalising the company at £22.5 million… and now a “pleased to announce” appointment of a new broker, I wonder why? Attempted discounted fundraising ahoy? Certainly presently bargepole ahoy!. The shares last closed at 0.68p… but now “Proposed Placing & PrimaryBid Offer to raise £10m”...
EQTEC (EQT) Chairman Ian Pearson is “very pleased to introduce EQTEC Group's Final Results for 2019” and the “technology solution company for waste gasification to energy projects” is also “pleased to announce” the appointment of Arden Partners as its joint broker. Hmmm...
Regular readers of Share Prophets will know that I’m not exactly a fan of Eqtec (EQT) and have been far from convinced by all the very vague news releases coming from the company, and that opinion certainly hasn’t changed as it seems to provide even less these days by way of actual exact details.
Smaller companies often offer promises of imminent revenue streams which cause upward spikes in the share price, but for any longer term appreciation in value they need to actually deliver on the expectations of their shareholders. Currently that would definitely seem to be the case with Eqtec (EQT), which I have been bearish on since the share price was between 1.26p and up to 1.57p, and private investors in this gasification to energy company were quick to point out how wrong I was when there was a brief spike in the share price shortly after my initial coverage at the lower end of that range. So, it has really come as much of a surprise to me that the share price has steadily declined over the few months since then and it now trades at around the 0.84p level to buy...
There was much glee amongst certain individuals on Tuesday morning when an RNS dropped from Eqtec (EQT) announcing a contract, and some were very quick to point out that my opinion on the company had been incorrect. That followed my articles here saying that I wouldn’t touch the company, and although the news caused the share price to spike, my opinion on the company is completely unchanged – in fact the news actually reinforced my view!...
Over the weekend I covered a waste-to-energy company called Eqtec (EQT) and surmised that it was going to need funding very soon, and this would most likely come in the form of a discounted equity issue.
EQTEC (EQT) has long been a favourite of the pump and dump crews operating at the lower end of AIM, so when the share price suddenly doubles in the space of just a few weeks, and there is seemingly no good reason for the rise, then it is hard not to be suspicious.
AIM-listed Eqtec (EQT) has announced a funding package this morning. The good news is that short-seller Bercheva - run by a convicted crook - has been given the heave-ho from the death spiral facility, but the replacing loan deal seems to offer great terms to the lender and the accompanying placing is at a 35% discount. So what’s the upside for shareholders?
On March 8 2018 I revealed how low life Nomad Northland had banked a fat fee for recommending that its client Eqtec ( EQT) take out death spiral financing from a proven fraudster. Worse still, the deal Northland thought fair was bound to destroy the share price as I explained at the time. Last week it got worse and the negligence of Northland is now almost criminal.
From the FCA's spreadsheet of short positions required to be disclosed to it, the following shows the shorted AIM shares with positions from 2017 and thus far in 2018 (by net short position %) - and if this position has increased (red), reduced (green) or remained unchanged (black) since last week...
I realise that the crony capitalists round at Nomad Northland have a few things on their mind, such as who will pay the wages this month, but how on earth can they have signed off on the worst death spiral deal I have ever seen where the counter-party is a man who the SEC nailed for "defrauding investors." I despair.
