<<Why the EB dividend? Does anyone have a theory?>>
Perhaps it was done, at least in part, to:
1. Prevent ERFW's share price from completely crashing to zero.
2. Placate long-term shareholders who have lost 99% of their original investment in ERFW.
3. Satisfy some tax or securities requirement(s).
<<...will it have the funding. Or have they already got that part figured out?>>
IMHO, given ERFW's past PR practices, if they had "that part figured out," we would have heard about it.
<<Will EB pay expenses to ERF for tower leases, MSAs, construction costs, monitoring fees, etc....>>
ERFW is not a charity. Well, in a sense maybe it is. Nevertheless, how else could ERFW payoff the Angus LOC? Perhaps Angus will be given a fat slice of EBI?
<<New money... where would you put it now? Buy into ERF or buy the new stock when it gets listed?>>
I truly hope that that's a rhetorical question.
<<We know they have a plan but can they pull it off?>>
One must consider ERFW's historical performance to answer that question, otherwise any answer is nothing but speculation. Ask yourself this question: How well has ERFW done with the $47M of capital that it has raised over the past seven years?
<<Does anyone else feel that this plan might be a whole lot better than a RS?>>
ERFW's BOD have approved both and it could still choose to do both for a myriad of reasons. It's not a case of either/or. In any case, the plan is only as good as its execution.