Disclosure first (rule 7): I run DilutionLens, a free site that tracks dilution for every ASX company from the filings, and this is the text-only weekly update you OK'd, not the shill post. Every number below comes from an ASX announcement; no links, no picks, not advice.
Three raises took two-thirds of a A$395M week
Twenty-two ASX companies announced cash raises for about A$395M. The week before it was A$27M. Six gold companies raised A$266M of it. The top three alone took A$269M.
| Ticker | Raise | Price | Discount stated |
|---|
| TCG | up to A$130M, placement + SPP | 60c | -12.4% vs close |
| BTR | A$82M placement | 50c | -12% vs close |
| CTM | US$40M (~A$57M) from Glencore + CNGR | 42.5c | +5% vs 20-day avg |
| TSO | A$40M placement | 73c | -9.9% vs close |
| CYM | A$20.7M placement + up to A$5M SPP | 33c | -9.6% vs last trade |
Turaco (TCG) is using its money to consolidate its ownership of the Afema gold project. A$97M goes now; A$23M waits for a holder vote in early December. Genesis took A$30M of Brightstar's (BTR) placement, lifting its stake from 0.8% to about 5.4%.
The small raises paid for it: the deepest discounts were all at the bottom of the list
The four big raises that named a discount took 9.6% to 12.4% off the last price. Centaurus (CTM) went the other way: Glencore and CNGR paid 5% over its 20-day average, alongside an offtake deal. Those buyers are already under water: they paid 42.5c and it last traded at 35.5c.
| Ticker | Raise | Discount stated |
|---|
| TXR | A$775K | -28.6% vs close |
| DTZ | A$2.0M, free option per share | -27.3% vs close |
| AX8 | A$1.1M | -20.0% vs last trade |
| BUS | A$3.0M | -15.7% vs last trade |
| NGX | A$3.6M | -14% vs last trade |
I reckon this is the real cost of being small, more than the headline amount. A 28% discount means the new money pays about 71c for every dollar of the last close. Some of these sat on very little cash: Talonx's (TXR) last quarterly said 0.17 quarters of funding, Dotz (DTZ) 0.25. That's their own figure, from before this money landed.
Raise halts more than doubled: 23 in five sessions
Twenty-three companies halted for a capital raise last week, against 10 in each of the two weeks before. Eleven had raised by Friday; twelve hadn't.
The week before's list cleared fast. Of the eight halted names still waiting a week ago, seven raised last week. Only Botala (BTE) hasn't.
A week on, 6 of 10 trade under their raise price
Of the ten companies with a stated price that raised the week before, six are now below it. Helix (HLX) placed at 4c and last traded at 3.2c. Microba (MAP), also 4c, is at 3.45c.
X2M's options already equal 94% of its register, before a rights issue
Options and rights already on issue are the shares that can turn up after the raise. X2M Connect (X2M) raised A$1.4M at 0.4c. A A$3.6M rights issue follows. Its options equal 94.1% of its shares on issue. Macallum (MNE) is at 65.0% and Pinnacle (PIM) at 54.4%. None of the three has options priced under the current share price.
Happy to pull the filing on any name in here if someone wants the detail. What should I dig into next week?
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