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#Magnis loses iM3NY
Added 4 months ago

Magnis Energy Technologies requested a trading halt today. Despite not disclosing to shareholders, The Australian reports the company has been stripped of control of its iM3NY battery “gigafactory” by Atlas Credit Partners. Chair Frank Poullas as well as directors Claire Bibby and Giles Gunesekera have been removed from the iM3NY board.

C4V partnered with Magnis in 2017 to fund the iM3NY project and have alleged Magnis is insolvent and have refused efforts to recapitalise iM3NY. C4V’s court documents claim iM3NY will run out of cash by January 2024.

Contrast this with the rosy picture Magnis’ management have previously painted to shareholders. Statements from Poullas and others have suggested a possible worth of $4Bn for iM3NY and projected revenues of $1.7Bn by 2027. It appears after all the money Magnis have invested into the construction of the iM3NY plant they’ll have nothing to show for it.

In addition to questions around the company’s solvency, ASIC launched an investigation in July into the company’s market disclosures and conduct, scrutinizing potential false or misleading statements and breaches of continuous disclosure obligations.

It looks like this is the end for MNS.

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Valuation of $0.000
Added 6 months ago

>$150M in debt

Negative equity of $1.2M

Net assets of negative $1.2M

Net loss of $72.7M

Currently suspended from quotation

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#Bear Case
Last edited 6 months ago

Concerns and red flags with Magnis Energy Technologies have grown exponentially.

 

Over promotional management

Zero receipts from customers

Transactions with key management personnel/related party transactions

 

In addition to the above,

 

The CEO resigned in June

2 days ago the ASX suspends them for not lodging their Full Year Accounts on time

MNS lodges their Full Year Accounts and they’re not pretty (notes below)

ASX continues to suspend MNS over concerns with the qualified audit opinion

 

Total income for the year of $390,773;

Comprising interest, foreign exchange gain, sale of fixed assets, the black box “other revenue”; with no note to explain what it consists of, and no real sales

Expenses of $73M

Net loss of $72.7M

 

Over $150M in debt

Net Assets -$1.2M

Equity -$1.2M

D/E ratio of -125

A negative D/E ratio is considered a high risk of bankruptcy1

 

Operational cash outflow of $58.7M

Free cash flow of -$93M

Zero receipts from customers

Less than 2 quarters of funding available

 

Fit out of iM3NY plant apparently complete with sales delays being attributed to over demand on resources and delays in certification of their batteries

Another big red flag is the number of subsidiaries. MNS and the below subsidiaries have elected to form a tax consolidated group.

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The number of subsidiaries and an inability to understand or see all the moving parts of all the financial statements is enough to put this one in the too hard basket for me.

Good luck to those holding.

 

1 https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/debtequityratio.asp

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#Management
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Added 10 months ago

CEO Resigns


The company announced CEO David Taylor has resigned. His tenure commenced August 1, 2022 so he lasted almost 12 months.

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#ASX Announcements
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Added 2 years ago

Extra Fast Charging Battery Results

Only 3% Loss of Charge Retention After ~2600 Cycles

  • Positive results continue in Extra Fast Charging (EFC) battery program using 7Ah (Amp hour) commercial graded cells with 20 minute-charge and 20 minutedischarge
  • Results show only 3% loss of the initial cell capacity after approximately 2600 cycles
  • C4V’s patented BMLMP Technology is used in the EFC program
  • EFC and FC expected to have a major impact on the electrification of the transportation industry
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#Industry/competitors?
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Last edited 2 years ago

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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. CATL is the largest EV battery producer in the world.

“It has been looking at plans to build future battery factories at a minimum of two locations in Mexico, which are both very near the Texas border. The company is also considering locations in the US. The battery maker has been checking out the locations and attempting to finalize negotiations and decisions to pave the way for a major announcement in the near future. CATL is considering building a battery factory in the US or Mexico to supply EV batteries for Tesla and Ford.”

https://insideevs.com/news/602248/china-catl-delays-us-battery-plant-news-pelosi-taiwan/ 

Tesla Extends Battery Supply Deal With CATL To December 2025

“We guess that CATL will continue to supply Tesla with LFP batteries - for the MIC Model 3 Standard Range Plus, probably soon also for the entry-level MIC Model Y, and maybe for an all-new, entry-level electric car. There is also a chance that CATL's LFP chemistry would be used in Tesla's new 4680 cylindrical cells.”

https://insideevs.com/news/516923/tesla-extends-supply-catl-2025/

Magnis Energy claims their C4V battery technology has a denser energy to weight ratio than a standard LFP battery. This should give them a competitive edge if it can break into this lucrative market. As an Australian owned company with a factory in the US, this should also be an advantage from a National Security perspective, particularly given the current political tensions between the US and China.

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#ASX Announcements
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Added 2 years ago

As @slymeat flagged a couple of weeks ago the iM3NY plant is up and running and looking to get straight into things. Market announcement today and all of a sudden people like the story 30% more than they did yesterday.


Held IRL

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#Red flags
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Last edited 2 years ago

Sold my holding (both in Strawman and real).

I still hope this company can execute, and the demand from the market is clear, but there are now too many red flags for me.

The news reports about the ASIC investigation are unsubstantiated, and being under investigation doesn't imply wrong doing, but the big run up in price was odd.

This is combined with the rather promotional nature of some of their market announcements, plus directors being issued performance rights for hitting a $500M market cap (from my understanding of the ASX announcements).

Too many, so I'm out.

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#Risks
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Added 2 years ago

The Director that is head of the Audit and Risk Committee at Magnis resigned "abruptly" according to this article in the Daily Telegraph.

"Another Magnis director jumps ship

Tensions among Magnis Energy directors have spilt into public view after the company’s audit and risk committee chairman abruptly quit the hi-tech batteries player." - Daily Telegraph

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Valuation of $1.000
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Added 3 years ago
Currently with almost a billion dollars of forward orders and best in class lithium battery cells I think with the US listing later this year it will get a huge re-rate. I think they will do a SPAC listing first and the valuation will be around US1 Billion for the US company. MNS I think will be diluted to around 50% ownership of the US entity to be listed. MNS share would therefore equate to AU666m. You then need to add the graphite mine and their share of the Townsville manufacturing facility. So let's value it conservatively at 1 billion or $1.00. Keep in mind that when they actually list in the US they could command a valuation multiples to this, as there are a number of US listed battery factories that don't plan to have manufacturing up and running for a few years that have valuations of US 10b or more. NVX now has a market cap of over $2B and is not planing on manufacturing a full battery at this stage. I don't really understand why there is such a big difference in valuation as you would think MNS would have a much higher valuation than NVX with a factory being planned to be up and running this year and nearly $1billion of order commitments.
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#US Listing/New York Manufactur
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Added 3 years ago

Magnis was mentioned last Friday as one to look out for in the lithium battery area. 

Today they have announced further progress with their New York plant set up and are progressing their US listing. Looking very undervalued compared to similar battery manufacturers in the US with valuations around the USD10 billion mark.

 

• New York Plant Status – 23% complete

  • Internal Building clear-out completed with internal works having started

  • Machinery roll-out to start in September

  • Public review of Air Permit has had no objections so far and on track to be granted in the near term

  • Lukasz P. Cianciara joins iM3NY to focus on US listing

  • Safety - Zero incidents to date in August

 

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#Management interview
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Added 3 years ago

This short video on ShareCafe is an interview withFrank Poullas, Chairman of Magnis. The video is undated but appears to be recorded early August 2021. It doesn’t cover anything new but rounds up some recent news from the last six months regarding the New York lithium ion battery plant

The New York battery plant is owned by iM3NY, and Magnis is majority shareholder with ~65% ownership. My view is that this is by far the most promising part of the Magnis story.

My notes from the video:

A$20 million Investment
Frank Poullas discusses investment from US based investors and the plan to list iM3 in New York. He expects this will offer greater valuation on the road to double digit GWh production.


Binding offtake
‘Semi-autonomous’ production by the end of they which should give “semi-serious production numbers”. Fully automated production by April 2022. Magnis have announced binding sales agreements of $A1 billion.

Additional funding
Exploring additional funding options to accelerate growth.

Product application
Batteries are intended for grid storage and electric vehicles. Apparently in discussion with well known players in both markets.


To view the video go to  https://www.sharecafe.com.au/videos/ and look for “Big Week for Magnis Charges the Company Battery”

(I hold)

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Valuation of $0.650
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Added 3 years ago
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#Equip Purchase 18/2/21
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Added 3 years ago

Equipment purchase reduces overall capex and fast tracks production at the New York Battery Plant

  • Machinery acquired from lithium Machinery acquired from lithium Machinery acquired from lithium-ion cell manufacturer A123 Systems and ion cell manufacturer A123 Systems and ion cell manufacturer A123 Systems and is being is being is being relocated from Michigan to Huron Campus relocated from Michigan to Huron Campus relocated from Michigan to Huron Campus
  • iM3NY now has the ability to produce 20 and 50amp has the ability to produce 20 and 50amp has the ability to produce 20 and 50amp hour cells to cover all major hour cells to cover all major hour cells to cover all major markets markets marketsfor lithium for lithium for lithium-ion batteries ion batteries ion batteries
  •  First production on track for late 2021 First production on track for late 2021

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