renoldman
11 years ago
Reading what happened, they just turned the debt portion of the IDS into equity and cancelled the equity portion.
Effectively they have turned the hybrid debt/equity shares into straight equity.
It seems like the value of the shares depend on the companies ability to pay back all of its debt.
The company increased cash by $5 Million in last quarter.
According to what has been provided, 75% of cash coming in will be used to pay the debt.
For simplification purposes, will say that $4 Million each quarter will be used to reduce the liability.
Given that their is 2 Quarters in 2013, 4 in both 2014 and 2015 and another last one before the debt is due ... and assuming that they bring $4 Million in each quarter .... They will reduce the debt to 133.4 - 44 = $93.4 Million
So, we are still looking at a bleak picture, and given that the company will not have the ability to finance new growth ... things don't look that good.
renoldman
12 years ago
See, the shares of OTT are a hybrid of equity and debt.
The company has exercised its right to suspend the interest payment on the debt portion that holders of OTT hold.
In actuality they can not pay the interest portion up to 4 times in total and 2 times consecutively.
The company also has a large debt to GE that is due in 2013 (October, I believe).
Here is something from the annual report:
"We Have a Significant Amount of Debt Maturing in October 2013.
We currently have outstanding $162.0 million of debt under our senior credit facility that matures in October
2013. We will be in default under the senior credit facility if we are unable to refinance this debt at or prior to its
maturity. There can be no assurance that market conditions will allow us to refinance this debt at or prior to its
maturity on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. Any such refinancing may contain covenants that could limit
in a significant manner our ability to pay interest on our senior subordinated notes and dividends on our common
stock."
Do you think someone will lend them more money when they have been eviscerated?
If you look at the chart, it is pretty obvious that someone pumped this stock up to unload.
I am not a short, I did buy the shares at $2.20 and sold above $3
The technicals lined up and I took the trade, fundamentally though, this stock is toast.
Institutions always pull this stuff to unload positions.
starbuxsux
12 years ago
Otelco to Release 2012 Third Quarter Results
Oct 9, 2012 10:00:01 (ET)
ONEONTA, Ala., Oct 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Otelco Inc. (OTT, Trade ), a wireline telecommunication services provider in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Vermont and West Virginia, today announced that it will release its 2012 third quarter financial and operational results after the close of trading on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss third quarter results on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). To listen to the call, participants should dial 719-325-2495 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephonic replay will be available from 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on November 7, 2012 through November 18, 2012 by dialing (719) 457-0820 and entering Confirmation Code 8646648.
The live broadcast of Otelco's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.OtelcoInc.com or www.earnings.com on November 7, 2012, beginning at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). The online replay will be available at approximately 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and continue for 30 days.
ABOUT OTELCO
Otelco Inc. provides wireline telecommunications services in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Vermont and West Virginia. The Company's services include local and long distance telephone, network access, transport, digital high-speed data lines and dial-up internet access, cable television and other telephone related services. With approximately 100,000 voice and data access lines, which are collectively referred to as access line equivalents, Otelco is among the top 25 largest local exchange carriers in the United States based on number of access lines. Otelco operates eleven incumbent telephone companies serving rural markets, or rural local exchange carriers. It also provides competitive retail and wholesale communications services through several subsidiaries. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.OtelcoInc.com .
SOURCE: Otelco Inc.
Otelco Inc.
Chief Financial Officer
Curtis Garner, 205-625-3571
Curtis@otelcotel.com