hahaha they are still searching for QA ... clue given is about 1 year after listing .. they are "striving" for it as per the industry "farm out" standard.....Consultant fees seemed to be high .. but the chairman say that cliq is better than Sona because they are 2nd early mover... update more live !
Yea nothing much .... everybody trying to probe when is the EGM and the QA going to be but none being disclosed. Anyway, according to reuters, 90% of SPACs failed badly.( Refer to the extract behind. ) I wonder what Cliq has that can make a difference.
"In the United States, there is a long line of examples where such companies failed to make an acquisition and were forced to delist. Even those that did make a deal, on the whole, have not historically performed well.
U.S. SPACs that declined since completing acquisitions include 57th Street General Acquisition Corp, down nearly 80 percent from its IPO, Jaguar Acquisition Corporation , down 97.5 percent, and Ideation Acquisition Corp , down 83 percent.
Lewellen's research showed that U.S. SPACs with completed acquisitions between 2003 and 2008 posted negative returns in excess of 36.5 percent a year.
In another study, only half of all SPACs launched in the United States in the last 10 years have completed an actual acquisition, and have posted negative annual returns of 18.6 percent on average, according to figures from research firm SPAC Analytics.
According to Thomson Reuters data, 247 SPAC IPOs have raised $27.7 billion since 2003 in countries including the United States, Britain, the Netherlands and Germany.
Hedge funds and other institutional investors make up most of the buyers of U.S. SPACs, according to the data. That only adds to the challenge of them catching on in Asia, where markets such as Malaysia, South Korea and Greater China are driven heavily by retail investors.
Most of the SPAC listings took place during the boom years in capital markets, with issuance peaking in 2007 at $10.9 billion from 82 offerings.
"SPACs were popular in the U.S. and now are sort of dead," said an equity capital markets banker in Hong Kong, who was not authorised to speak publicly on the matter. "I'm very sceptical on SPACs. It's risky, it's illiquid. It's a very difficult product to become mainstream."
But not all shell companies are equal.
Southeast Asia's first listed SPAC - Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd - has doubled since listing in Kuala Lumpur in July 2011. Hibiscus is now an oil and gas exploration firm after making acquisitions in the Middle East and Norway.
KOREAN LESSON
The structure of SPACs is similar in most countries, with about 90 percent of the IPO funds held in a trust until a takeover target is found. Because the IPO proceeds are invested in government bonds or money market funds until the SPAC makes an acquisition, returns should mirror those of a fixed-income fund - but that has not always been the case.
After a spurt of listings and a surge in prices in 2010, SPAC issuance in South Korea ground to a halt as prices crashed and companies delisted. Daewoo Securities Green Korea SPAC and Mirae Asset No. 1 SPAC, the first two listed, were among companies that surfed on the retail investor frenzy and nearly doubled in price within weeks of their IPOs.
Hm... now shareholder is arguing on fair value accounting on the warrants and mother share with the auditors... Some claim the mother share should worth at least 67.5 cents, some claim warrrant cvalue is lower... Funny... the time value of money and the standards on equity portion that will be unchanged after issuance just make people confused with what is the value of warrant reserve and share capital.
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....
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currently at Cliq AGM in Saujana Hotel.... nice place with the golf resort