420man
4 years ago
Luminous had 28 million shares to sell on Monday of this week over an 8 buisness day period, which ends this coming Wednesday. They still had approximately 18million shares left to sell after selling 10M on the 26th & 27th....likely sold around 5m yesterday.(filing will probably hit beginning of next week). So they likely have 10-11m left to unload. BK stocks almost always drop to 10% of its BK announcement trading price, which was .33. Interesting to see what happens seeing that all commons will be wiped out. JMO & GL
Trade Date Shares Purchased (Sold) Price Per Share ($) Price Range ($)
08/26/2020
(3,150,000) 0.12 0.1135-0.1288
08/27/2020
(6,770,492) 0.08 0.076-0.100
420man
4 years ago
After restructuring, the company usually issues new stock, making the pre-reorganization stock worthless. In some cases, holders of the old stock are allowed to exchange their securities for a discounted amount of the new stock, which is dictated by the plan of reorganization.
No one knows what will unfold, but you now have less shorts to cover and flippers likely taking profits.. I say it pops and drops..or drops to .12's and then moves up slowly over the week. JMO & GL
420man
4 years ago
Friday's trade was good because they halted the stock early in the week @.33 with 66 million short. It was bound to cause some covering once it reopened trading @.10's. Id be Leary of trading it now----->
What is good news for the bondholders, however, is terrible news for the shareholders. Under Valaris's restructuring plan, current stock will be wiped out, and the best shareholders can hope for is warrants for future stock. The company is still in talks with its more stubborn bondholders on the agreement. Meanwhile, some of its more generous creditors have agreed to provide it with $500 million in cash to fund the restructuring.
Valaris was the result of a tie-up between Ensco and Rowan Companies that was only finalized last year. Its biggest shareholders are asset managers, including Luminus Management, BlackRock, and Vanguard Group.
The offshore drilling industry has been pummeled hard by the pandemic and the oil price crash. Many analysts see a lot more bankruptcies down the road as most companies in the field are heavily leveraged, and demand for offshore drilling is extremely tight as E&Ps go into survival mode, cutting or postponing all non-essential expenses, including costly offshore drilling. JMO
trader59
4 years ago
Yeah, this doesn't bode well....
If holders of equity interests vote as a class in support of the Restructuring, they will each receive their pro rata share of (i) up to 0.01% of the New Equity and (ii) 7-year warrants to purchase up to 7% of such New Equity (subject to dilution), with a strike price set at a price per share equal to the value at which the Senior Noteholders would receive a 100% recovery on their claims including accrued interest up to the filing, as applicable.
That's very little equity, 1/100th of 1%, better than nothing, I guess, but not nearly any sort of "recovery."