Bust dental-chain hearing probes growth outlook ‘discrepancy’
Key Points
- Smiles Inclusive was a roll up of dental chains that floated in 2018.
- It was wracked by boardroom turmoil and failed in 2020.
- A public examination is examining events up to the company’s administration.
Potential investors in a Gold Coast-based dental chain were being told wildly different forecasts for growth than what a due diligence committee was hearing, a court heard on Monday.
The alleged discrepancy was questioned in a public examination into Smiles Inclusive, which raised $35 million in an ASX float in April 2018 with more than 50 dental practices trading under the Totally Smiles brand. It fell into voluntary administration in November 2020.
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