Drat!! Sussed!!! Me and my nitpicking. :-D
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Please excuse my ignorance, it may have been covered earlier in this thread. But if the CVA is agreed does that also absolve the ****bos of the outstanding debt owed to HMRC. I was under the impression that the repayment agreement was with HMFC not UBIG
As I read that it means that some of BDO's fees will be paid out of any profit/cash raised while the club is in administration.
In any event it strikes me as a very naïve move by FoH since it means that a proportion of their post-administration working capital - which is going to be extremely tight in any case - will be going to BDO. Furthermore, the amount they will have to pay is open-ended unless BDO have put an immutable cap on their fees (and I don't believe for a minute that they have).
CG they did not cap because BJ feared all along that it would not be a quick CVA if it was agreed at all. Yesterday's result was bad for BDO and F.O.H. and I suspect both will have to move positions to keep this particular ship afloat cash wise whilst the Liths consider what to do.
In all this one thing I don't understand is has Bob Jamieson come back on the scene again?
Really?
Missed this. So, bring me up to speed....
If BDO don't get hold of the UBIG shares, for whatever reason, the CVA fails. If Jamieson then buys those shares, he's bought a white turkey.
The only way I can see such a move succeeding is if there is a new CVA, with him as the new bidder.
Unless I have missed something, this doesn't make sense to me.
Alluded to in this story:
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/footba...main-1-3215406
The Scotsman can't even name Bob Jamieson, unless that somehow improves his chances! After all the free advertising they've given FoH, they are no doubt oozing with seethe at this development.
Our local media have entirely given up reporting this story in any meaningful way - it's now just a propaganda rag for FoH.
Hmmm, still not sure I get it. If he, say, makes a better offer for the UBIG shares than FOH do, he migh get the shares. But the CVA will fail, and the shares will be worthless.
Perhaps he is trying to force liquidation.... just by being there, he could delay the CVA to the point where there is no cash left. He might then be able to gain control of the new company.
Maybe he's just a mentalist.
WestStand, gonny cut and paste your post... I can't see post numbers. Ta.
Post 889 read as below but that was really me thinking about STF. If you substitute STF for cuddly Bob, I still think it is a slim possibility.
Ok, here is how I would see that scenario. CVA fails and whomever has bought the shares offers to buy the PBS from BJ and offers to rent the stadium to F.O.H. providing they can acquire the football club from BJ and they become the landlords to the Jambos. That would probably ensure their inferiority in Edinburgh for decades for the princely sum of a few Million quid. Now if only someone Hibs minded had that sort of dough !
Thanks for this, I have to say the form of wording sounds official enough but I agree with Cav's interpretation & analysis of the statement. To summarise, if Yams make a profit while in administration then that profit will be set off against BDO fees, an unusual solution. As Cav says though it illustrates the naivety of F of H allowing an open ended commitment such as this. I also agree with Cav & others, & posted a while back that I really don't see BDO accepting a cap on their fees.
After a shaky start, turned out to be a bit of a Carlsberg weekend!
As I suggested yesterday there is time for the two deals to be done simultaneously one entity buys the shares and the stadium and the other (F.O.H.) buys the club and what is left. The latter rents the PBS from the former. If I was Cuddly Bob/STF that is what I would try.
All Bobs dealings happened before the CVA was approved
What if Bob buys the UBIG shares for £1m causing the CVA to fail. He then offers another CVA with exactly the same terms, thereby gaining control of everything and shafting FOH in the process? He could feasibly then go back to FOH and say "give me £5m and I'll sell you the lot" making himself a tidy profit in the process.
A dangerous path.
1. if the CVA fails, BDO would be in their rights to start the liquidation process, leaving him with a turkey that he has just paid £1m for.
2. even if he does attempt a new CVA, I don't think that he has enough time to make it work before the money runs out.
I accept my suggestion is difficult and unorthodox but with difficult times comes strange solutions if all sides want to find a solution acceptable to all. I have tried to think if I was advising STF how to acquire the PBS and rent it to the Direct Debiters and that is what I think I would try. Equally if could work for a delusional Cuddly Bob.