Mercantile Ports and Logistics (MPL) has conditionally raised gross funds of £10.1m through an institutional placement and will be supported by the major shareholder, Hunch Ventures. Equity raised will be used to service new and existing contracts/business development and strengthen the balance sheet. In addition to the placing, Hunch Ventures has provided an unsecured loan facility of £4.4m. MPL's port is well positioned to benefit from the positive economic outlook in India due to its offering
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The Group continued to gain revenue momentum, commencing the £5.5m, 40-month Tata/Daewoo contract on 1 April 2020. Additionally, management implemented a strict cost reduction strategy, enabling robust cash management. As a result, the Group had access to cash of £17.9m at period end, comprising of £7.8m cash and £10.1m of undrawn facility.
The continued build out of the port enabled commercial operations to commence and maiden revenue to be generated. The Group's access to cash at year end was strong (£27.6m) and with management acting decisively in response to COVID-19, remained robust post period end (£16.8m). This combined with winning the Tata/Daewoo contract positions the Group well to expand its contracted customer base, convert pipeline customers and increase utilisation rates.
The Indian Government and Reserve Bank of India has announced several relief packages to combat the adverse impacts of COVID-19 and the lockdown implemented last week. The lockdown encompasses all non-essential industries and has resulted in Mercantile shutting down operations. As a result of the current market uncertainty, we are withdrawing our forecasts from the market and move our recommendation to Under Review until macroeconomic conditions stabilise. We believe the long-term prospects for
The outlook remains positive for Mercantile Ports with stronger revenue generation expected in FY20E. Relationships with pipeline customers are progressing and remaining positive but are taking longer than anticipated to finalise. This is due to the long-term nature of the contracts resulting in both parties looking to ensure favourable terms.
The successful fund raise of £30m in Dec-18 allowed Mercantile Ports to progress the build out of the port making it operationally ready. Mercantile is now revenue generating and has further progressed pipeline contracts with at least two new customers planning to utilise the port in H2/19E. Post period-end a further contract was secured with Tata Projects Limited and Daewoo Engineering worth £5.5m.
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The build out of the port has substantially progressed and is now capable of supporting operations from both contracted and pipeline customers. The first vessel was received and they gained Customs approval from the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, they secured a 20-year lease extension (taking its maturity to 2059) and an option to double the size of the originally proposed port. Despite this progress, delays to receiving customs approval have pushed back the expected start date of operations
Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) has announce a £27.75m conditional fund raise. The raise is expected to fund the project to completion and we issue forecasts inferring that MPL will achieve profitability in FY19E. After significant investment in developing a competitive advantage, through the elimination of regulatory risk and commencement of operations, we believe that investors stand to benefit from increasing cash flows into the future. MPL trades on an FY20E EV/Sales of 1.8x, which we bel
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In light of today’s trading update, we are placing our forecasts and recommendation under review. Any previous recommendation and forecasts cannot be relied upon.
Today's update has reassured investors with the news of its second cargo management contract at its new Mumbai site
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Mercantile Ports & Logistics (MPL) has announced interim results to H1/17, indicating that project works continue to progress on schedule and in line with management’s projections. Continued reclamation works drove a loss before tax of £1.6m for the period with reported net debt of £16.7m – this in line with our full year expectations and hence 2017E remains unchanged. We maintain our view that, as the current valuation of the Group is minimal relative to the potential upside, the recent weaknes
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The forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference (known as COP26) should result in an acceleration of governments’ actions to reduce CO2 emissions. This will result in an acceleration of customer end-user adoption rates which would be positive for AFC Energy which is developing zero-emission solutions for the EV-charging, construction, data centre and marine markets.
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ITM yesterday announced a capital raise of £250m to expand its capacities significantly. This comes sooner than we expected and seems like an opportunistic move to capture the market. The company will use the proceeds to expand its capacities to 2.5GW from 1GW by 2023 and to 5GW by 2024. The remainder of the proceeds will be used to reduce H2 production costs and to build an unparalleled support service. Overall, we are positively surprised.
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Another record quarter – Guidance lifted again Capital Limited LSE: CAPD) this morning announced its Q3 2021 trading update. Quarterly revenue of US$$61.6 million exceeds our expectations and represents another record quarterly result for the company beating Q2, itself a previous record, by 12.6%. As a result, full year guidance has been lifted to $220 – 225 million (up from $200 – 210 million guided in July and $185 – 195 million with the FY20 results).
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Avingtrans has invested £2.5m in cash in Adaptix Ltd to acquire a 5.9% holding by participating in Adaptix’s latest £12.9m funding round. Adaptix is looking to transform radiology by bringing to market its low cost, low dose portable imaging technology based around its proprietary Flat Panel X-ray Source (FPS). Avingtrans intends to collaborate with Adaptix to develop a disruptive business offering that envisages bringing together its low cost 3D MRI, through Magnetica, with Adaptix’s 3D X-ray a
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Seeing Machines, the advanced computer vision technology company that designs AI-powered operator monitoring systems to improve transport safety, has announced that it has established a European sales team, headquartered in Amsterdam, to lead the next phase of its business development and focus on growing demand in Europe for its Aftermarket driver safety technology, Guardian. Gerard van den Houten has been appointed to head up the European team and comes to Seeing Machines with a strong sales
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Several stars have aligned for Brickability to flag an excellent half year's trading (to end Sep-21) in its latest update. Post-COVID recovery in housing markets, the natural seasonality of the business, favourable timing of acquisitions (notably Taylor Maxwell), output price inflation (especially in timber) and business mix all combining to drive revenue to three times the reported H1/20 level and EBITDA twofold ahead. This sets a strong foundation to ratify existing FY21 (March) forecasts with
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Avon Protection has indicated that management guidance for FY21 revenue and EBITDA margin has been achieved before an additional one-off, non-cash inventory write-down of around $4m in ballistics. Cash generation was better than anticipated after record levels of investment and order intake remained strong despite previously indicated pandemic delays. The healthy opening backlog underpins strong growth in FY22 as ballistics revenues ramp up, Team Wendy makes a full year contribution and EBITDA m
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Brent crude topped $85 a barrel in London for the first time since 2018, the latest milestone in a global energy crisis that has seen prices soar. Oil Prices: West Texas Intermediate for November settlement rose 97 cents to settle at $82.28 a barrel in New York. Brent for December delivery added 86 cents to settle at $84.86 a barrel. The global benchmark rose above the key level in intraday trading but did not settle above it on Friday. US crude futures posted an eighth straight weekly
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Joiners TMT Acquisition (TMTA.L) has joined the Main Market (Standard) pursue opportunities to acquire businesses in the technology, media and telecom sector. Raised £5m, mkt cap £5.5m. Leavers NMCN Plc has left the Main Market (Premium) following the appointment of administrators. What’s cooking in the IPO kitchen? Harmony Energy Income Trust to join the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market raising up to £230m. The Company's investment objective is to provide investors with an attractive
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Directa Plus, the leading producer and supplier of graphene nanoplatelets based products for use in consumer and industrial markets, has announced that it has qualified for an additional €0.5m loan under the Italian Government's Covid-19 Recovery Plan. The funds are additional to the €0.7m loan announced on 2 August 2021. The €0.5m loan has a term of six years, a variable interest rate of 1.5% + EURIBOR 3M and is 80% guaranteed by the Italian government.
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Exactly one year ago, the FTSE 100 closed at 5,862, having fallen 100 points on the day, the lowest point since mid-May 2020, due in part, to the strength of sterling vs US$ at $1.34. One year on, the FTSE 100 has risen to 7,119, a rise of 21%, it remains 7% below the peak in January 2020. From an international viewpoint, US and European markets continue to trade at record highs. The US Federal Reserve is close to withdrawing some of its economic support this year as inflation picks up and the e
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