Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – November 29, 2022) – Quinsam Capital Corporation (CSE: QCA) (“Quinsam” or the “Company”) is announcing its Q3/2022 results, with a net loss of $2.3 million for the quarter ($0.02 per share basic, $0.02 fully diluted) versus a net loss of $0.7 million ($0.01 per share basic, $0.01 fully diluted) in Q3/2021.
“At September 30, 2022, we had net assets (pro forma the October 4, 2022 cancellation of shares repurchased in the quarter pursuant to the Company’s normal course issuer bid) of approximately $0.21 per share outstanding,” said Roger Dent, CEO. “Our shares continue to trade at a very steep discount of over 50% from NAV.”
Investors can access the Company’s full financial statements on sedar.com.
Recent Activity
Small cap market conditions continued to be extremely difficult in Q3/2022. Equity markets were highly risk averse during the quarter, which led to a particularly pronounced impact on small cap stocks. In general, valuations of our listed small cap companies declined during the quarter.
In light of market conditions, Quinsam elected to write down its private equity investments by 15% in Q3/2022 with a limited group of exceptions. Quinsam did not adjust the valuation of its loan investments in Q3/2022.
Quinsam continued to take a very cautious stance in the third quarter, with limited new investment activity.
Given prevailing market conditions, the timing of future liquidity events by our private investees is difficult to predict. Private companies generally were reluctant or unable to trigger liquidity events in Q3 and this situation has largely continued due to volatile market conditions. We are still expecting liquidity events in the coming months from a number of issuers. Those with the most promising near term potential are in our opinion Silver Eagle, Gefion and Zodiac Gold.
Silver Eagle has a filed a prospectus and applied for listing. Following promising clinical trial data, Gefion has announced its intent to try to raise new funds at 5x our carrying value and apply for a listing, although in current markets there is obviously no certainty that the fundraising or listing will be completed. Zodiac has announced its intention to complete an RTO transaction.
Issuer Bid
In Q3/2022, Quinsam acquired 516,000 shares pursuant to its issuer bid to acquire up to 4,916,605 shares that commenced on September 6, 2022 and will terminate on September 5, 2023. To date, the Company has acquired 516,000 shares pursuant to this issuer bid. Quinsam has now repurchased and cancelled over 20 million shares since 2018 pursuant to its issuer bids, resulting in significant NAV per share accretion for remaining shareholders.
About Quinsam Capital Corporation
Quinsam is a merchant bank with a focus on “small cap” investments which it believes are undervalued. We do not invest on behalf of third parties or offer investment advice.
Generally, Quinsam does not believe that individual investments are material events. Quinsam may choose to announce certain investments once the Company has finished buying its position because we feel that this information helps investors understand our decision making process. Generally, Quinsam does not announce the sale of investments.
For further information contact:
Roger Dent, CEO
(647) 993-5475
[email protected]
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