I am no dummy either but here I am. Not convinced (yet) that it was a mistake. I think the wheels of HAON is intent to make this debt go away. Once EROP accepts the shares, it DOES matter what the pps is. EROP sells the shares, NOT HAON.
The hard bargaining is at the table. How many shares for $X amount. Then the market determines what price the sale will be. HAON does not pay cash.
Cash is for EROP to attain via the sale of the agreed upon shares.
HAON is encouraging the price to rise AND the shares to be sold. Better that when it comes to negotiating the NEXT installment of shares. More value, less shares.
But it appears that the payment duration is short. How short, I would not even care to speculate on. Even with an A/S of 11B, you are not going to see that many shares issued (to EROP) in one lump. It will take time.
In the meantime, HAON pursues its business plan. Market upgrade, sale/spinoff of its current assets and exploration/obtaining new assets.
The removal of the EROP debt is a thorn in their side, no doubt. But not one that will take for ever to remove. Once completed, buy back will improve the strength of HAON pps. Until then, a pps plateau will develop from which longs will learn new meaning to LONG. 2018? sure.