One particular scenario im concerned with is some sort of merger with NP Aerospace. There is some synergistic value there as NP has OEM products in the medical, energy, & transportation markets in addition to armor and aerospace i believe. Obviously Sintx has products/product candidates in each of these markets and a shared resource in Mr Donald Bray who oversaw NP Aerospace subsidiaries at Morgan Ceramics before joining Sintx and setting up armor/defense/aerospace.
The way Sint stock is trading and the massive influx of shares flooding the market, this could potentially be used to create the context for shareholders of Sintx to vote for said merger; of course all shareholders have been scared away so whatever parties holding all these new shares would likely be positioned to vote for said merger. The context being created is years worth of attacking management showcasing incompetence, lack of bringing several products to market just sitting on them like Masks, to financial distress as Sintx would have little option but to accept such a merger if it cant raise sufficient funds to continue to fund its operations. Sintx funds its R&D efforts mostly primarily through the public markets. Thus keeping Sintx valuation ultra low and making it more and more difficult for Sintx to fund itself, is a great way to force such a transaction. Just look at the chart in 2022 when the trend violently departed from the general downtrend to the massive drop since despite all the good news the company has released. Me, without more information, id rather see Sintx auction its IP than merge with NP Aerospace or any other entity other than Zimmer Biomet or maybe Morgan Ceramics.
As i said previously, if this is indeed how things are going to play out, Zimmer Biomet will become a more predominate figure after said transaction. How quickly i couldnt say. Zimmer Biomet is a stakeholder in Sintx as i show with extensive evidence. So if it wanted to stop this it could by simply announcing an official collaboration/partnership/whatever with Sintx on at minimum a hip implant that has already been developed with both companies IP. If Zimmer Biomet stays silent then it wants this; Zimmer Biomet is looking to diversify its product portfolio i just do not know to what extent. Zimmer Biomet will use Sintx for its strategic benefit the way Eli Lilly used Amylin. Evidence suggests that Eli "traded" Amylin to Bristol Myers in a behind the scenes deal that lead to Eli acquiring Bristol Myers partner Imclone and Bristol acquiring Eli partner Amylin 4 years later. Thus showcasing these sorts of deals do not always have a straight path.
Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.
One is an incident, two is a coincidence, three's a pattern, and four is enough for a warrant
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