Powerhouse Energy Group PLC
FINPROM Findings
3“Paul Emmitt, CEO Current options held 50,000,000 New options awarded 34,000,000 Total options held 84,000,000...Total [directors/PDMRs] Current 153,000,000 New 103,000,000 Total 256,000,000”
103m new options granted to directors/PDMRs concurrent with a placing at 0.5p. CEO alone holds 84m options. Granting significant options simultaneous with a fundraise compounds dilution for incoming investors.
“is pleased to announce a retail offer via BookBuild (the "Retail Offer")...each intermediary must be on-boarded onto the BookBuild platform and agree to the final terms”
BookBuild is referenced both as the offer platform and within the deal structure, but the distinction between platform operator and deal party is adequately disclosed.
“"We are delighted with the response we have received during this Placing. The ability to raise these funds demonstrates faith in the Company's progress"”
CEO quote uses promotional language ('delighted', 'faith in the Company's progress') in a placing announcement without balancing risk disclosures.
RNS Announcements
2£1.25m Placing, Options Grant, Retail Offer & TVR
the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Placing Shares") at a price of 0.5p per share ("Issue Price") (the "Placing"). The Placing was arranged by Hobart Capital Markets LLP ("Hobart"). Use of Proceeds The Directors have undertaken the Placing to facilitate an acceleration in the Research and Development activities of the Company, in particular to fully demonstrate the flexibility of the DMG process at the Company's Technology Centre in Bridgend, as well as to allow the Company to increase the momentum of its current project pipeline. Specifically, funds raised are expected to be alloc…
Retail Offer
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. THE COMMUNICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR MATERIALS RELATING TO THE RETAIL OFFER AS A FINANCIAL PROMOTION IS ONLY BEING MADE TO, AND MAY ONLY BE ACTED UPON BY, THOSE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 43 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (WHICH INCLUDES AN EXISTING MEMBER OF POWERHOUSE ENERGY GROUP PLC). ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO SUCH PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY BY SUCH PERSONS. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS …
LinkedIn Activity
1Advised Dekel Agrivision on placing, subscription and retail offer raising £2.5m. Partner Sam Hudson led. Net proceeds to strengthen balance sheet and provide ongoing working capital.
Law firm promoting deal for overleveraged company. 'Strengthen balance sheet' is euphemistic for acute financial distress — the RNS disclosed the company is 'currently overleveraged' with multi-year cash deficits.
Board of Directors
7| Name | Role | Appointed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Clive Jones Gale | Non-Executive Director | 2023-01-01 | active |
| Ben Scott Brier | Director | 2023-12-08 | active |
| Delgany Corporate Services Limited | Director | 2020-10-22 | active |
| Dewi John Hitchcock | Non-Executive Director | 2023-01-01 | active |
| Hugh Michael Grant McAlister | Non-Executive Director | 2022-02-04 | active |
| Karol Michal Kacprzak | Non-Executive Director | 2023-02-16 | active |
| Paul Robert Emmitt | Director | 2022-03-02 | active |