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CFA CAPITAL - EXCITING YEAR AHEAD (DGT)     

SueHelen - 31 Mar 2004 10:42

Final Results Due In March 2005.

http://www.cityfin.co.uk
Trades over 450,000 shares are delayed in reporting by 1 Hour.

One of City Financial Associates (CFP's) main operating goals is to bring fledgling companies to the market. With the depressed stock market over the last few years many potential clients have deffered entry to the LSE. Markets have now turned and the reality of a sucession of new floatations is growing. CFP are well positioned to enjoy the rewards that will be benefited to them in this growing market place.

Why the EXCITEMENT - will here are the reasons why I think we're on a winner.

1) My motto is when it's comes to investing there are three things. Management, management and management. With any good investment - the management should be the driving force in a company. Can they cut the mustard, are they dynamic, do they have good contacts? I think so if you read the following profile.

Stephen Barclay, Executive Chairman

Stephen Barclay, aged 61, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1964 with Robson Rhodes before obtaining an MBA degree from Wharton Business School in 1967. In 1989, after a career during which he reorganised various companies, he established City Financial Associates Plc (formerly Clifton Financial Associates Plc) to provide corporate finance advice to small to medium sized private and public companies. In August 1998, City Financial Associates Plc was purchased by Talisman House Plc (now Seymour Pierce Group Plc) where he became group executive chairman. In December 1998, Talisman House Plc purchased an institutional stockbroker, Seymour Pierce Limited, where he became executive chairman. He resigned as a director of Seymour Pierce Group Plc and various other group companies at the end of March 2001 to found CFA Capital Group Plc. He is a director of a number of public companies including MICE Group Plc and Talisman First Venture Capital Trust Plc and is a governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

John Shaw, Executive Director

John Shaw, aged 54, qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1975 with Touche Ross & Co in London. Subsequently he spent two years seconded to the Quotations Department of the London Stock Exchange returning to Touche Ross & Co to join the Corporate Finance Group until 1982. After a period as a sole practitioner, he joined Chase Investment Bank Limited in 1985, was appointed a director and founded the Equity Investment Group, formed to invest in unquoted companies. In 1990 he joined Henry Ansbacher & Co Limited as an Assistant Director of Corporate Finance. He started working with City Financial Associates Plc in early 1995 and was appointed a director in December 1996. He was appointed a director of Seymour Pierce Limited in December 1998 where he was initially Head of Corporate Finance and latterly Head of Private Equity. He resigned from Seymour Pierce Limited and various other group companies at the end of March 2001 to found CFA Capital Group Plc.

2) They have turned a 2 million loss into nearly a profit if you ignore costs for discontinuing operations - that some turn around.

3) With only small market capital of 3.83M it's feasible to suggest they could make a good profit this year as they have already got off to a good start signing more clients.

A profit of half million would give a pe ratio of 7.66

1 million a pe ratio of 3.83

1.5 million a pe ratio of 2.55

2 million a pe ratio of 1.91.

So it would only take a small profit to make this company super undervalued. Consider the possibility they could achieve a 2 million profit this year, which is the least, I expect, we could be looking at a share price of 7p. YES THAT'S 7P (An average p/e for the sector is 16.) Even with a profit of only 1 million that's still an upside of 3.5p.

3) Consider the fact that some of their clients pay their fee by way of giving large share holdings to CFP. All it would take is two or three creamy companies to give them valuable portfolio holding which they could cash in at a substantial return.

4) The IPO is sector has already increased three fold this year. More and more companies are coming into AIM and from abroad then ever before. Rules have changed where foreign companies can use a fast track scheme to get on board more quickly then ever before. I'm sure CFA Associates are well positioned to benefit with this increase in volume.

5) We could see a re-rating this year in this sector, which would be the cherry on the top.

I rest my case, to me this is a no brainer unless you want to wait for the next results for proof they have achieved profitability. If that's your cautious approach, fine but by then, you can then expect a much higher share price then now.

Major Shareholdings:
Stephen John Barclay 64,600,000 11.66%
Pershing Keen Noms Ltd 49,610,000 8.95%
John Richard Shaw 29,400,000 5.31%

RNS Number:9414C
CFA Capital Group PLC
15 September 2004

CFA Capital Group plc
Interim results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2004
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

Highlights

* Nominated Adviser to 20 AIM companies - broker to 15 AIM companies

* Currently handling a number of AIM flotations and other major transactions

* Strong second-half order book - solid outlook for year

* Turnover for the period up 95% to #510,000 (6 months to 30 June 2003:
#262,000 from continuing operations)

* Losses before taxation of #58,000, (loss 6 months to 30 June 2003:
#208,000 from continuing operations)

* Currently recruiting to further strengthen team

Introduction
I am pleased to announce that CFA is now retained as Nominated Adviser to 20 AIM
companies and broker to 16 AIM companies. The company is currently working on a
number of AIM flotations and other major transactions, and as such has built a
strong order book for the second half of 2004. The fees generated by this
activity, taken together with our underlying retainer income and largely-fixed
overhead base, leaves us well-positioned for a satisfactory outcome to the year
as a whole.

Sharply reduced losses for the first half were achieved even though we had to
incur costs on two flotations that were not completed until July 2004 which
generated revenues of #225,000. These revenues were not recognised in the
results to 30 June 2004.

Turnover for the period nonetheless increased 95% to #510,000 (6 months to 30
June 2003: #262,000 from continuing operations), with losses before taxation of
#58,000 showing a marked improvement from #208,000 (6 months to June 2003 -
continuing operations).

Following the sale of CFA Securities Limited in 2003, CFA is now firmly focused
on servicing the needs of clients who are essentially AIM listed companies run
by entrepreneurs. We now have a team of eight, comprising executives and support
staff, providing corporate finance and broking advice. We are in the process of
recruiting further executives to join the team. This recruitment will ensure
client service levels are maintained as we meet the increasing demand for our
services.

In accordance with my statement on the results for the year to 31 December 2003,
CFA started the beginning of 2004 with a good pipeline of work and with a degree
of optimism that market conditions would enable these deals to be completed and
this was the case in the first quarter to 31 March 2004. However, in the second
quarter, in a number of cases transactions that we anticipated completing in the
first half have either been completed since the end of June or have been
deferred. This adversely affected our earlier expectations of financial
performance in the first half of the year.

Financial review
Despite these factors CFA achieved a creditable result in the first half.
Turnover was #510,000 (6 months ended 30 June 2003: #262,000 from continuing
operations), overheads (including plc running costs) were #609,000 (2003:
#458,000 on continuing operations) and the loss before taxation for the period
was #58,000 (6 months ended 2003: loss #208,000).

These results need to be seen in the context of our having completed the
flotation of Smallbone plc (admitted to AIM on 26 July) and Ragusa Capital plc
(admitted to AIM on 15 July). No income is taken into account in the period in
respect of these transactions, although a significant amount of the costs
relating to these flotations were incurred in the period.

CFA is now retained as Nominated Adviser to 20 AIM companies and retained Broker
to AIM 15 companies. Annualised recurring income currently totals over #340,000
representing approximately 30 per cent of total budgeted group costs, and we
anticipate that our level of retainers and this source of revenue will show a
significant increase by the year end. Our increasing base of retained clients
not only provides a source of recurring revenue but is also a prime source of
transactions.

On 27 May 2004 we announced a placing of 65 million new ordinary shares at a
price of 0.7p per share, to raise #441,340 net of expenses. As at 31 December
2003 the net assets of CFA Capital Group plc were #534,000. The impact of the
placing and the small loss in the period, has been to increase the Group's net
worth as at 30 June 2004 to #914,000, creating a sound financial base.

Current trading
We currently have a strong order book both in respect of a number of AIM
flotations and other transactions partially arising through our existing client
base. On the basis that we complete a good number of these transactions, we
anticipate a satisfactory outcome for the year as a whole.

Summary
On 31 July 2004, John Shaw stood down as a Director of CFA Capital Group plc and
all Group companies. John has worked with me for over 10 years and was a founder
shareholder of the Company in 2001. The Board thanks John for his significant
contribution and wishes him well for the future.

The Board also extends its thanks to the entire team for their efforts so far
this year.

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SueHelen - 15 Apr 2004 19:57 - 130 of 1892

Do not do that Bosley, patience.

thesaurus - 16 Apr 2004 09:37 - 131 of 1892

How we doing today

SueHelen - 16 Apr 2004 10:26 - 132 of 1892

Hi,

Up a little today, at 0.75-0.83 pence, up 1.2%.

tfhyland - 16 Apr 2004 11:45 - 133 of 1892

sue helen/optimist23/Angie from Money AM

How is your big tip that you were ramping a while ago?

You remember, CMS Webview?

thesaurus - 18 Apr 2004 11:44 - 134 of 1892

Hey sue helen what are your expectations for the week ahead

overgrowth - 18 Apr 2004 12:59 - 135 of 1892

It appears that CFP have now completed this consolidation phase, next stop 1p+.

bosley - 19 Apr 2004 12:48 - 136 of 1892

suehelen , you still here? you have gone awfully quiet. any reason why?

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 14:09 - 137 of 1892

Bosley I feel that your comments are slightly inappropriate. I would say sue helen is one of the few people who does not ramp shares on here unless you have specific incidents where she has???

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 14:13 - 138 of 1892

although Sue helen a few words on the continual drop in the share price would be comforting or anybody else for that matter

bosley - 19 Apr 2004 14:17 - 139 of 1892

thesaurus , i am not saying she does ramp. i just got used to her posting 12 times a day on this share keeping us informed. but now she hasnt posted for a few days now. its tfhyland you want to be berating thesaurus

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 14:23 - 140 of 1892

oops my mistake, i have got the wrong person. i am abit concerned about this one as its not showing any signs of momentum in the right direction. especially with price expectation of 2-3p in 3-4 weeks. I presume that you have interests in this one, what do you expect in the next couple of weeks

bosley - 19 Apr 2004 14:36 - 141 of 1892

no problem thesaurus. i think all it needs is more news flow.april 26 should be a good day as alltrue investments floats on aim , cfa is advisor, hopefully there will be more in the near future. personally, just feeling a bit sick that i didnt buy wh smith last week when i had a look at it as a recovery stock. boo bloody hoo!!!!!

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 14:41 - 142 of 1892

timing.timing.timing.

bosley - 19 Apr 2004 14:54 - 143 of 1892

looking at m and s this week so maybe a good time for everyone else to buy as i will just look at it and watch it but not buy it then kick my own arse when it shoots up ........

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 16:14 - 144 of 1892

I would invest in a few more of CFA as they have dropped a fair bit!! But maybe thats just me being greedy and naive.

thesaurus - 19 Apr 2004 16:39 - 145 of 1892

9% loss today. comments.

bosley - 19 Apr 2004 18:17 - 146 of 1892

looking at the chart i would guess at some profit taking . lots of big sells listed .i have decided to hold on even though i am past my stop loss . i think as news flow increases price will start to rise up . I HOPE IT DOES. taking a gamble on these. but one of my other shares , angle, agl, i am very positive about. thesaurus , have a look and tell me what you think.

snakey - 19 Apr 2004 18:55 - 147 of 1892

I can`t give reasons for the drop but I can give many for reason to hold on to these. I support suehelen`s views on this company particularly when you review the potentials of some of the companies they have brought to the market, of which, they hold good amount of equity. that alone, in the future, will be worth more than their current value.

overgrowth - 19 Apr 2004 21:25 - 148 of 1892

Maybe I was a bit premature in calling the bottom. There are some strange manipulations going on here. The company have confirmed that all is going according to plan - so why the drop ?.

It appears that one of three things is happening:

1) There is a large seller taking quick profits in the wings. Surely they should have shown up by now ? Once they've gone, then buyers will go bargain hunting and the price will be on its way up again.

2) MMs know of good news on its way and are accumulating shares for the rush. If this is the case we're likely to see a huge bounce later in the week.

3) The share is being professionally shorted - which is surprising for such a low priced share. Once the price reaches a boringly stable level for the wide boys, the shorts will be closed out and buying pressure will cause a gradual rise.

I'd like to think 2) was the reason for the unfeasibly rapid decline, however it has all the hallmarks of 3).

As ever, time will tell. Though, one thing is for certain and that is that CFP will be moving North rapidly as more good news becomes apparent.

OG

thesaurus - 20 Apr 2004 11:04 - 149 of 1892

With the 26th being so important be interesting if this appears in the shares magazine
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