I've been wading through company reports recently (still am..) to
further research companies I thought looked interesting. One of
those companies was AIM listed Albemarle & Bond (ABM)

During reading I found a potentially interesting piece of information
that I wish to pass on to anyone who may be interested.
This information is taken from the company report and accounts 2003,
but is written in my own words.

There appears to be a 28.93% share holding in the company by EZCorp.
International Inc.- this is the largest share holding listed. Further
there appears to be two members of EZCorp on the board of Albermarle.
The lastest addition being Philip Cohen who is(chairman of Morgan
Schiff & Co)and the controlling shareholder of EZ Corp.

I'm not offering any personal appraisal of whether the above is a
good or bad or indifferent matter to potential share-holders.
But I do think it is something a potential investor may wish to
research further. ABM's company report is available via the free
service (FT)

Well it's gone now [ the EPIC ], replaced by an African Battery Co...oh deary.

There really should be a 10-year retirement for EPIC-codes . . . to avoid any hint of "confusion" . . . . In addition can I suggest to LSE that AIM companies are prefixed by "-AIM-" ( that's with two dashes), to make sure no-one thinks they are dealing with a fully ( some hope), monitored company? Did I see an AIM company with sp=£30 - that takes some thoughtlessness on the part of Punters. Obviously IMHO... and they will say I'm wrong.


However,
Can we shunt the old A&B-chat elsewhere? ..... so as to give fresh daylight to this new company....?