Stonehill Capital Partners have entered into a confidentiality agreement with PwC as administrator of Phosphorus Holdco. PwC have no money whilst Stonehill have and, which is more to the point, are hopping mad. Astonishingly, Eurobonds are often issued such that neither the issuer nor, as in this case, the administrator can access the register. This…
The best investment commentator in any mainstream newspaper today is John Ficenec, Questor of the Daily Telegraph. He consistently confines himself to common sense. Take for instance his bearish review today of Just Eat (JE.), now c. 350p. John makes this 32p net asset value where, if he will forgive me, I make it more…
Evil discusses naughty judges, Trinity Mirror and Gate Ventures… As I understand matters, the four judges who have been sacked for watching pornography on taxpayer-funded PCs really committed the offence (not defined in law) simply by using taxpayer-funded PCs. It would not have been an offence on their own equipment. The PCs I mean. Well,…
Evil discusses Trinity Mirror, Afren and Edgar Wallace… Events at Trinity Mirror (TNI) and its subsidiary, MGN or Mirror Group Newspapers, moved on in Court last week. The defendants have accepted their liabilities and therefore the judge was not sympathetic to attempts to impugn the reliability of James Hipwell as a witness. James was grossly…
Evil discusses Afren, pragmatic Seattlers, and Indian weddings… At long last Afren (AFR) has been refinanced even if the price of the new shares has not yet been decided. Given that Afren is still above 5p the market must be mad. Bondholders have no intention that current ordinary holders should get £50m. A clear sell.…
My attention has been drawn to American Addiction Centers (AAC on NYSE), now around $24. This is clearly a fraud as will be swiftly apparent should one read: http://seekingalpha.com/article/2967976-american-addiction-centers-addicted-to-fraudulent-drug-testing The difficulty for me is that I was unable to borrow stock. But, possibly, others can be more successful.
Evil discusses Foxtons, Mar City, Orosur Mining, the FTSE, Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear… I sold Foxtons (FOXT) this morning at 190p on the results and was promptly rewarded with a rise against me of the order of 10%. My obsession remains the same. **** As it does at Mar City (MAR) which clearly has…
Evil discusses defence cuts, Myanmar and rugby union… I start with a letter from today’s Times. It could hardly be clearer: “A failure to commit to a minimum of 2 per cent of GDP for defence could cost the Conservatives dear at the general election Sir, The £38 billion black hole in the defence budget,…
I have just had a Singapore-based contact telephone me on Noble Group. This appears to be a massive accounting fraud which, for some reason, Ernst and Young, seem prepared to accept. I decline to claim that E and Y are negligent but they seem to have been extraordinarily tolerant. The accounting misrepresentation revolves around what…
Evil discusses Phosphorus Holdco PIK Toggle bonds and the Cheltenham races… As some readers may recall I purchased Phosphorus Holdco PIK Toggle bonds at 3.8p or 3.8% of face value. And, being proactive, I set out to enquire as to who are my fellow claimants in respect of the theory that BC Partners unreasonably scooped…
