Hi All,

Anyone heard any rumours about Base Group ????

All I know is, that the price went up 86% last week, as one buyer (Crispin Barker - see below !) increased his holding by 8,000,000 shares, to give him 54,750,000, or 6.5% of the company, which is just a cash shell, looking for aquisitions for a reverse takeover. Today the price dropped, and it was ALL buys, 6.2m in total, so I reckon he has bought more, wait for an RNS to show it I reckon.

Crispin Barker is connected to Civilian Content, check out their recent RNS's ....

http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=news&cb=1124819100&symbol=L%5ECCN


http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117876399?categoryid=1246&cs=1
Artists Independent Network, the London- and New York-based production/management shingleshingle run by Charles FinchCharles Finch and Luc Roeg, is seeking a merger with Civilian Content, the publicly-listed parent of U.K. lottery franchise The Film Consortium and sales company The Works.
The move has the support of Richard Thompson, Civilian's founder and largest shareholder with 25%.

AIN has lodged a bid to buy the 22.5% stake owned by Crispin Barker, offering a premium upon the current $1.1 million market value of his stock. The deal is contingent upon the Civilian board agreeing the merger, due diligence on both sides and a vote by all Civilian's shareholders.


More ....
Civilian Content buys 5.92 pct stake in aim-listed invstment vehicle Motive TV

LONDON (AFX) - Civilian Content PLC said it has acquired a 5.92 pct stake in
Motive Television PLC, the AIM-listed television investment vehicle headed by
ex-Chrysalis industry veteran, Mick Pilsworth.
Motive TV was established in May 2005 to acquire television production and
licensing businesses in the UK, following recent favourable regulatory changes
in the television market.
Civilian chief executive Chris Auty said: "This is a strategic investment
for the company as we look to further diversify our interests. Recent changes to
the regulatory framework governing terms of trade in the TV sector are clearly
favourable to the production sector, particularly in drama and series." Civilian
Content specialises in film production, finance, UK distribution and
international sales.



Also what could be in store here ????
Civilian Content PLC
03 August 2005


Civilian Content plc


Change of Name


Following the company's recent announcement that it had launched a new
distribution business 'The Works UK Distribution Limited', and with its other
major subsidiary being 'The Works International Sales Company', the Board of
Civilian Content PLC has decided to change the group's name to more fully
reflect its trading names.


Therefore it is proposed to change the name of the group to 'The Works Media
Group PLC'. The previously agreed name change 'Civilian Group PLC' will not be
pursued.


This change of name will be proposed at an Extraordinary General Meeting to be
held on Friday 26th August at the offices of KBC Peel Hunt's offices, notice of
which is being sent to shareholders today and copies of which can be obtained
from the offices of KBC Peel Hunt at 111 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1PH.






These companies and people are new to me, so does anyone know what the plan might be, and if it's worth a punt ????

Cheers,
PM

Oh no!!!
I've got some of these :S

Choco Hi,

Why didn't you start the thread then .... LOL !

Cheers,
PM

HI Paul
Be nice to know? i bought these back 2003 more as a fun punt when man from the Daily Mail gave them a write up and said (watch this space), as you can guess i haven't taken any notice of his advice since
cheers auto

Auto Hi,

'watch this space' .... LOL !

He didn't say how long for, but it looks like Crispin has a plan now, maybe he was waiting for the value to drop to something he thought was cheap for a shell co' ?

Cheers,
PM

Automatic,

I bought for exactly the same reasons as you !! I Read the Daily Mail article (14/11/03 I think) and was interested to see that they were being tipped "for action" if I recall. Well, I suppose dropping by about 80% since I bought is action of sorts!!

I didn't buy much, I used just "fun money" like you, but it would be nice to get it back!!

Fingers crossed this one will finally come good.


Regards,


Failed QS

Going up :)

Hopefully Crispin will notice, and get a load more stock before it goes above his limit :))))

Either that or show his hand ....

Cheers,
PM

hi
buys outweighing sells by nearly 1000,000, something has kicked this into life, if they do get a RTO what does anyone think the consolidation of shares would be???
100-1 1000 -1 bit of fun what do you think??
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Depends what comes in, and the prevailing MCap. If it's a big enough deal, then no consolidation will be needed.

Crispin is buying for a reason, these have been dormant for years, so he must know something, and if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me :)

I now own 2.8m shares

Cheers,
PM

HI/ Paul
I only have 500,000 , might buy on next dip if there is one, still if they don't dip and i can end up with 1p each i will be very happy.
good luck AUTO

Auto Hi,

I almost bought more yesterday, was looking at going up to 8m, but still wasn't sure what Crispin's plan could be, I bet when we find out, I will wish I had bought them !

Good luck to you too :)

Cheers,
PM

Bid has ticked up again, looking like the rise is going to continue for a while, as more punters wonder why Crispin is increasing his holding :)

Cheers,
PM

Hi All,

Someone(Crispin ?) REALLY does want this stock, try a dummy buy/sell, you will be able to sell loads(IWeb will buy 1,500,000) and be offered .0009 for them(the advertised MID !), but you can hardly buy any(IWeb will only sell you 250,000), any you will have to pay .0010 for them.

Cheers,
PM

Hi/ Paul
Just bought 500,000, they had to call round to get them couldn't get them all from one broker and i still had to pay. 0010 for them
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Nice one, at least it shows they are as short of stock as I said earlier :)

Up 30% yesterday(if I remember correctly !)

Up 29.4% today, and loads of scope for more, with a high last week of .0015( again, if I remember correctly), and 'ol Crispin wanting the stock, probably for a RTO !

Cheers,
PM

Hi / Paul
the no i bought was 482,575 they have them down as a sell, hope the RTO is forthcoming cheers AUTO

Paul Did you see that3,000,0000+ trade , wasn't you was it?
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Did you see that ?

A buy of 3,871,781 or 5,000 worth, at .0013, full ask price .... nice, not mine though, hopefully Crispin topping up again before the stock runs out !

Cheers,
PM

Auto - SNAP !!!!

LOL !
PM

NICE
"BRING IT ON"

Paul
having my buy down as a sell is messing the scoreboard up, i only hope they havent made a mistake with the big one
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

The BIG one must be a buy, the SP hasn't been high enough to make it a sell :)

Cheers,
PM

Hi All,

Well there we have it, up 29.4% two days in a row. The only trade I can see is the 555,555 buy at the open, then sell at the close, for a profit of .0002p, although hardly a big deal !

Also a 250,000 MM buy trade which is a bit strange for this stock, and a couple of days ago there was a mere 100,000 MM buy ????

Roll on tomorrow, and a bit more buying should soon flush out Crispin's plans :))))

Cheers,
PM

End of the day looking VERY positive .... news coming ? have we forced Crispin's hand with our buying ??

The Spike came after US opening time, which is possibly interesting too ....

HI /paul
Nice chart , that little dip must be where they put me down for a sell
same kinda day tomorrow will be good
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Maybe Crispin has a plan to float off part of Civilian Content, or make an aquisition and float that off straight away .... RTO is the cheapest and quickest way to do either ....

Cheers,
PM


Civilian Content PLC
20 July 2005

CIVILIAN CONTENT PLC LAUNCHES UK FILM DISTRIBUTION COMPANY


20 July 2005

Civilian launches a new UK film distribution company, The Works UK
Distribution Ltd
Staffed by a highly successful and experienced 5-strong team
Wholly-owned subsidiary of Civilian, complementing the two existing
businesses
New development offers substantial growth potential and will lead to
material expansion in catalogue assets

Civilian Content Plc ('Civilian'), the film production, finance, and
international sales group announces today that it is launching a UK film
distribution company. The new division, which commences operations this morning,
will be headed by seasoned distribution executive Mick Southworth. The company,
trading as 'The Works UK Distribution Ltd', will comprise a specialist team of
five personnel, operating from Civilian's offices in central London. It intends
to distribute some eight to ten films in its first year of operation. The
company's first release will be the just-completed live action remake of the
children's classic, Heidi, which will open in cinemas across the UK on August
19th.

http://www.companyannouncements.net/cgi-bin/articles/200507200700030655P.html




And from the Civilian Content Preliminary Results, RNS from March this year ....

Crispin Barker, non-executive Chairman of Civilian Content said:

'Civilian Content plc has enjoyed the most successful year in its history, and
has assembled a significant slate of film rights for sale in 2005.

The process of restructuring the business, which began in 2002, is now
substantially complete.

Having rationalised its core activities, Civilian is now actively seeking the
acquisition of complimentary businesses'.




Could even be a link here ....

CIVILIAN CONTENT PLC PURCHASES STAKE IN MOTIVE TV PLC

25 July 2005

Civilian Content Plc ('Civilian'), the film production, finance, UK distribution
and international sales group announces today that it has acquired a 5.92% stake
in Motive Television plc ('Motive'). Motive is the AIM-listed television
investment vehicle headed by ex-Chrysalis industry veteran, Mick Pilsworth. The
company was established in May 2005 to acquire television production and
licensing businesses in the UK, following recent favourable regulatory changes
in the television market.

Motive's first acquisition was a TV Production business owned by Setanta, the
successful Irish sports driven broadcaster. Civilian's decision to invest
follows meetings with the Motive management in the period prior to launch.

Chris Auty, CEO of Civilian, commented today,

'This is a strategic investment for the company as we look to further diversify
our interests. Recent changes to the regulatory framework governing terms of
trade in the TV sector are clearly favourable to the production sector,
particularly in drama and series. We believe Mick Pilsworth and his team have
the experience to build Motive by acquisition in a sector which is undergoing
consolidation'

Only looked at this because it's your thread Paul.

Looking at this month's chart......it's done a fair bit of bouncing!!!

Will watch this one now and if it's been as good as your other tips so far then I'm going to have to start following you around a bit more. All my fastest gainers I've found through you.

Havn't time to evaluate this one fully so will have to leave it for now........will probably regret it as per.

Auto Hi,

Also Crispin only announced his interest in BS. last week, but he had already acumulated over the 3% requirement for notification by then, so he wanted it kept a secret while he accumulated stock .... 6.5% before he announced !

The sale by Eurobet the same day he announced his 8m buy of the previous day, could well have been directly to him afterwards, adding to his 6.5% pot, but knowing his history of not announcing his interest until he wants to, he may well have a lot more than 6.5% by now ....

Cheers,
PM

Stringy Hi,

I haven't rec'd this to anyone, due to the low MCap/S.P and risk, but it's just a gamble for me, with the obvious attention of Crispin Barker accumulating stock, there must be something happening/planned, so I am in and waiting to find the answer :)

Cheers,
PM

q

Buys still drifting in, more pressure on Crispin to show his hand, LOL !

I wonder if we will see another rise after USA opening time ????

Cheers,
PM

plenty of buys today wounder why price drop earlier
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Maybe they discovered what we did yesterday, there isn't any stock left to buy !

If it's a tree shake to get some back, it's not working very well .... LOL !

Cheers,
PM

hI/ Paul
well a nice blue day with base , same on Tuesday and we might (should )see a price move north, can't see why it didn't today ?perhaps i'm being greedy, as somebody used to say we shall see
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

Looks like it's me, you and Crispin here .... LOL !!!!

Actually I had a look on Bloomberg at shreholdings in BS, and Crispin has the third highest holding, and the Chairman has the 4th largest holding, Pershing Nominees have a big holding, but together, all those (who have declared !) holding more than 3% add up to over 50% of the stock !

There is definately something going on, and the current MCap is cheap for a shell, but Crispin is not buying stock in a shell company for the benefit of his health, nudge nudge, wink wink .... LOL !!!!

Have a good looooong weekend !

Watch out for YOO interims next week, Monday is the same date as last year. Also watch out for the EGM statement, and other possible RNS from SEO.

Cheers,
PM

Thanks paul!

-Doing very nicely with YOO and AEX at the mo. Not tempted by this one yet though.....looking to aquire stock in ULT when the time is right and adding to YOO if results as good as we expect. Also going to add to PDX on Tuesday.

Also watching closely...MTT, CRX and GFM.

If you've any spare time over the bank hols you might take a look at these? I would strongly recommend you look at PDX!

Would value your opinion.

HI/Paul
I will be having a long weekend, Grandchildren down on Saturday
i will be well cream crackered time they go home.(don't get old) . no spare cash to buy any more shares unless i sell some SEO or DGO and i really don't want to do that , these two are doing nicely, get 1p on base may sell them see how it goes
cheers AUTO

Hi All,

Here are a couple of other cash shells, compare them to Base Group, and then think about Crispin Barker accumulationg stock, do you think as I do, that BS will soon be worth 2-3 times what it is now ????

Cheers,
PM

Use the link 'click for fundamentals' from th top right of the compan info

CIH - Assets 1m cash - MCap 6.3m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Acih&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

ADP - assets .7m (cash 290k) MCap 2.5m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Aadp&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

BS. - Assets 250,000 (cash) MCap 0.9m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Abs.&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

WTI - Assets 130,000 (cash) MCap 4m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Abs.&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

VOS - Assets 250,000 (cash) MCap 11.69m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Avos&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

Keep any eye on this one ....

Cheers,
PM

HI /Paul
any ideas about the 14,000,000,also the time of the trade , where would they be coming from?
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

There's a K (block trade) showing up on that date, on advfn trade history, maybe they cancelled it, and it's only just showing up ?

3 102R234B05 0.05 14473743 K 16:17:57 14,473,743

Cheers,
PM

thanks Paul

Hi all,

All trades at .001 are buys, I tried dummy buys and sells to check. Sells would go through at .0009

Cheers,
PM

I said it was coming, and Crispin Barker must know it's coming too :)

Base FY pretax loss narrows, sees acquisition for reverse takeover by
Christmas

LONDON (AFX) - Base Group PLC said it believes it will be able to announce
an acquisition before Christmas, as it announced its pretax loss in the year to
February narrowed to 153,000 stg from a loss of 1.32 mln.
The company, which has been seeking potential acquisitions for a reverse
takeover, needs to complete a takeover by April 1, 2006, otherwise it will be
delisted from the Alternative Investment Market.
It added that meanwhile, all executive and non-executive remuneration has
been deferred to minimise overhead costs.

Any drop and I will be adding to my 2.85m shares.

Cheers,
PM

As I said ....

767598 BestQuote Buy BS.L LSE BASE GRP. ORD 1P GBP 01/09/2005 12:42 - 0.00090 1,125,000 Executed with improved price of 0.00085
TOTAL IMPROVEMENT = 56.25

Now holding 3,975,000

Cheers,
PM

Here we go !

Check out the buying ....

Cheers,
PM

Check out the rise today on low volume .... it's about to happen :)

Cheers,
PM

Check it out, it's rising again, 2nd day in a row, something is definately brewing here .... NOW !

Cheers,
PM

Paul, I agree with you. Very light trading today, very low value of shares, but the price is rising. Somebody knows something is up!!!!!

neilmcleod Hi,

AYE !

There are so little free floating shares, any buying makes the price fly up too :)

I think Crispin Barker and Civilian Content may have something to do with the plan ....

Cheers,
PM

Gone a bit quiet again, but a few buying these today, cheap as chips for now ....

Any rumours in the press ?

Cheers,
PM

I haven't seen any stories about Base in the press for a long time.
The way the share price has been lately, I think it won't be too long before we see evidence of exactly what has been causing the recent interest and buying.

As I said already, somebody knows something is going on!! It just isn't public knowledge yet.

This is the frustrating time to own a share, isn't it?... You have the feeling that something is away to happen, but apart from mere speculation, there is little to actually speak about !!!

Still, speculation can be fun as well!!

Regards,

Neil McLeod

Neil Hi,

Couple of half decent buys again, wonder if it will continue this afternoon ....

Cheers,
PM

Garypat2 Hi,

I have an E-Mail waiting for you, but I can't reply to MAM-Mail, and you don't have MAM-Mail set up, I need your E-Mail address to reply :(

Send me your address in a MAM-Mail !

Cheers,
PM

I wonder when the plan will be announced, sooner rather than later methinks :)

Cheers,
PM

Seems I speak and the market moves .... LOL !

One 25,000 trade at .0009 and the price ticks up 5%, it's now possible to get an online sell as per the below, .0010 up from .0008 this morning ....

Someone expecting news ????

Sell Order Confirmation
Stock (BS.L) BASE GRP. ORD 1P
Quantity 1000000
Price 0.0010 GBP
Gross Consideration 1000.00 GBP
Commission 10.00 GBP
Stamp Duty 0.00 GBP
PTM Levy 0.00 GBP
Total Consideration 990.00 GBP

MAX online buy 150,000, MAX online sell 1,500,000, that says stock is in short supply, and if a big order has come in, the price will have to rise to fill it :)

By the way, that was just a dummy sell, I didn't push the button :))))


Cheers,
PM

strange that paul, 25,000 sell and up 5%

AYE !

Some big buyer I reckon :)

Why would it tick up though on a sale? I prob dont fully know how the market making process works, but surely someone selling 25000 would drop the price no?

PS: Not in on this at all but watching :)

Bugz Hi,

There isn't much stock about(see my previous post on that) so if a big order came in, the MM's would have done what they could to fill it, including dropping or raising the price, to take out any limit sells, and the 25,000 was probably the result of such a move, and the 100,000 that followed it, which seems to have been reported later, as it was only at .0009, and online I was constantly offered .0010 all afternoon.

I guess we will have to watch this over the next 2-3 days to see if volume increases, or prices are manipulated to get stock, and to see if any big buys eventually go through. I doubt the price was moved for the 230,558 buy, as I could get 150,000 online before that.

I just edited my previous post, as I could sell 1,500,000 online, not the 150,000 I said before, that was the max buy I could get. being able to sell 10x the max buy volume available tells me they are really short of stock :)



Cheers,
PM

HI Bugz
beats me i don't know how the market works either, same as SEO 2,500,000 more buys than sells today (approx) and the sp stays at open price

Hi All,

2 x 1m buys today ?

Ticked up a tad anyway, so I reckon they were, and as they were T trades, I guess someone is expecting something to happen quite soon :)

Cheers,
PM

When will the reverse takeover be announced, maybe sooner rather than later, catch everyone by suprise ?

Someone tell me, why is Basegroup up by 84% today?

parrisf

Err - that's 54%
with a 33% spread !!

Anyway, that's all I know.
JJS is bound to know lots more.

How would I know ?

BS. is going up again anyway :)

The RTO might be coming soon :)

Can anyone fill me in on this what I think is a reverse takeover of BS.?
I hold. Does anyone else? Could this be lucrative or not?

Any views on the suspension?

Is there nobody interested in this BB or this shell?

Parrisf - There's a lot of chat over the road about this one but nobody seems to have any hard news. Most people see the suspension in a positive light. But who knows. It might be just an excuse to wind the whole thing up. Anyway, there's nothing to be done about it now except wait and see. The time for buying or selling has passed by.

Thanks Kevin, not holding my breath just some shares and hoping. Happy Christmas all.