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Evil PR spinners IFC have crafted a gem of a release for its soon to be bankrupt client Versarien (VRS). The headline “Turnaround Strategy - Gnanomat Grant Award” is just so misleading, IFC should be truly ashamed.
A spokesman for Versarien (VRS) has got back to me after the articles I ran yesterday saying that the 3D printing equipment is not for sale ( at present) however much the ex CEO Neill Ricketts may want to buy it and that my predictions that all the cash would have gone by October were unduly pessimistic. Okay let’s call it November then. But the real shocker is that, whatever it has said publicly Neill Rickets is still in the building.
I bring you screenshots of the Companies House page of three Versarien (VRS) subsidiaries where Ricketts is still down as a director. There may be more but I make my point with these three. Is this:
Such is the cash crisis at Versarien (VRS) that it is not just the non-core operations that are up for sale. The reality is that anything can go whether it is nailed down or not. The cash runs out in early October, at the latest, and the rumours from those close to the struggling operation is that disgraced ex CEO Neil Ricketts (still costing the company £21,000 a month until next Spring) is on manoeuvres.
Versarien (VRS) has today, after hours natch, announced that it cant find an external chap to act as CEO as it heads towards insolvency so has promoted Stephen Hodge from CTO to CEO to steer the Titanic for its last few yards. It has also announced that Neill Ricketts has finally left the board. as a reminder:
Just 1p! Yes you read that right. Gone are the days when Neill Ricketts was dumping shares at almost £2 and mug punters used to discuss whether fair value was £10 or £100 and how to get myself and Lucien Miers killed. That is in the past. Today Versarien (VRS) has raised just £650,000 gross to keep the lights on for another three months. But it is still screwed.
At a GM called to authorise the issuance of lorry loads more worthless shares, the chairperson of Versarien (VRS) claims its turnaround is on track. Bollocks. Chairperson Dianne Savory has yet to apologise for not stopping a culture where, egged on by the ex-CEO, shareholders discussed having me killed and plotting to get my wife sacked so is someone not fit to chair a public company. Worse still, her claims are utterly delusional.
An explicit warning from perma-dog Versarien (VRS) that it is almost certain to do another bailout placing soon might convince even someone as stupid as penny share grifter Doc Holliday that holding these shares is financial suicide. The company has today announced that it is calling a GM to give it the authority to issue more shares.
Those who have pumped Versarien (VRS) shares up to 6p of late via podcasts, twitter and chat room posts should hang their heads in shame. You know who I mean Doc Holliday. For results for the six months to March 31 are out today and are just shockingly appalling even by the standards of this POS. Insolvency clearly looms on the not too distant horizon.
For shareholders in Versarien (VRS) sitting on losses of up to 99.5%, here you go with a story from 2011 ( Conman left me penniless).
Now approaching a month ago when the shares closed at above 2.5p, it was clear that Versarien (VRS) required a bailout placing and we launched a prize sweepstake to name the placing price and, as a tie breaker, the price the day before the placing – with the prize 500ml of Tom’s Greek Hovel olive oil. Versarien duly obliged earlier this week at a massively discounted (natch) to the prior closing 2.0625p share price, 1.25p. And the winner is...
This is so simple that even the most moronic or Bulletin Board morons or spiv, Scouse, penny share grifter, share promoters should get it: companies do not set out to raise £531,624 (gross) in a deeply discounted placing. They go for a round number. A company running on vapours raising a non round number and way below what it had the authorities to raise is a sign that only forward sellers and flippers were interested. I refer to Versarien (VRS). Its latest placing is a disaster.
Given that shares in Versarien (VRS) have collapsed from 3p at the start of the week to just under 2p at the close yesterday, some folks are demanding that it issue a statement. Why?
We all know that Versarien (VRS) will be running on vapours by June so its only hope is a bailout placing. Soundings must already be underway. As I prepare to bring 5 litres of Greek Hovel olive oil back to Wales you can win 500 ml by winning this contest
