VLNC: Valence Technology, Inc.(fka VLNCQ)

[finbar99]

They are only now hiring agency to raise equity...essentially the list we see in the engagement letters would be parties that approached Valence unsolicited. I love that Johnson Controls is on that list. JC bid around 120 mm for the automotive business of A123....not for all of A123. They didn't get it. A Chinese competitor did....do you think they want battery IP more or less than before they lost that auction? I had mostly given up on this. Looked like Berg had handpicked his valuation expert and could easily pull a KMart and lowball the IP below the claims hurdle, taking the whole shebang. But when letting new money in, that same lowball valuation now means that Berg is screwing himself more than outside equity. Again, maybe the IP isn't worth the claims hurdle....but I think it might be, and it's really quite surprising to see this case take this turn now. It wasn't contemplated at the outset of the case, at least it surely didn't appear to be. So what changed? I can think of a couple scenarios. This case may get interesting yet.