Why are we again at 10.5p bid?

It doesn't add up...

Good Results + Strong buying pre results + Christmas online buying soon = Price drop

Then again some companies that have debt for equity hanging in the balance, poor results and bankruptcy around the corner and they go up!

Why sell now at a loss?

Wont that be a kick in the teeth when we see 13.5p 14p again!

Best of luck all.

sorry for being a dim wit.
i suppose mbo is management buy out.
how would that affect the regular shareholder? do you get given a price that you have to accept?

MBO was mooted in the press a few months ago (when the price was about 20p) -"directors dissatisfied" etc etc. I am not suggesting that shareholders will be particularly happy about this, even if the mbo price offers a reasonable premium on today's price as the majority probably bought at 20p+.

i would be happy to get my 20p back and get out of this

Having bought at 5p sold some and bought since then I would not like a management buy out. Rarely if ever do the pay the future market price, but who would like to hold a company with disatisfied management. I would think a price in advance of 25p would be accepted by many shareholders, but I think in the longterm future this will be seen as cheap.

Anybody worked out the value of the M&S deal.

:o[[[[[[[[[ right down in the mouth pocket hurts too!!!!!!

Lot's of people shorting RTD at the moment. When a strong support level is reached (probably 14p) there won't be any profit left for them to make, so they'll be off onto the next one.

Director buys will help to bring positive sentiment back, but those guys aren't going to buy until Daniel Stewart tell them that the shorting has stopped.

When we get back to 20p geeboy, that's exactly the time not to sell, the price will then be on its way to 30p. It can be very sickening to sell out at break even only to watch with amazement over the course of a few months as the price goes skyward - I've done it before (only ONCE though lol!).

I checked my records of RTD and find I initially bought at 21 p back in 2000 and sold half later at 21.99. Sold and bought many time since then. Buying at 21p, 5p, 5.18, 3.5p,3.74p 10. and 14.75p. Sold intermittemtly since the initial buy. My guess is that shorters are riding on this share as they have done so in the past and that the price will return to 16p 18p and 20p within the next 4-6weeks. Dependent then on further contract updates it will either stagnate for a while or pursue upwards to 22-25p. IMO and guess.

Retail Decisions says T-Mobile UK extends contract for further 3 years
AFX


LONDON (AFX) - Retail Decisions PLC, the fuel card operator, said it has won a further three year contract with T-Mobile UK.

Under the extended contract, Retail Decisions will continue to provide T-Mobile with Card Not Present (CNP) payment processing activities, including card transaction authorisation and settlement.

Fred1new - I too have bought and sold many times, though keep a core holding. I think you're absolutely right re: future price and more contract announcements like today will bring the positive sentiment flooding back!

Fred1new - WOW you did well in 2000 to buy at 21p and sell at 21.99 (profit of 21.78 per share) - who did you sell them to Fred2 - I agree with you otherwise assessment

RNS Link

Apologies I thought it was too good. I think I put the date instead of the price. What a shame. I bought on the 12/1/00 at 22.08 and sold at 3.10 on the 22/3/00.(Still lucky and good return of over 40k) (I think from memory the was a share dilution sometime around then which might alter my records.) All I know I paid a hell of a lot to much tax that year followed by a disastrous dealing period for about 12-18mths.)

Still recovering from that period.

Investors Chronicle

17 September 2004

RETAIL DECISIONS (RTD)

The fight against in-store credit card fraud will be boosted by the introduction of the new chip-and-PIN system. This has led Retail Decisions to focus on the card-not-present sector, where cardholders give their details over the internet, phone or even through interactive TV.

Revenue here increased 6 per cent to 4.5m, which represented 22 per cent organic growth at constant exchange rates. Contracts with Virgin and T-Mobile have been renewed to combat mobile phone top-up-card fraud.

But the main profit driver for Retail Decisions is the Australian fuel card business, which gives businessmen charge cards for buying petrol. Profits there were up from 2.4m to 3.2m thanks to increased oil prices and a higher volume of cards. Chief executive Carl Clump says there is still plenty of growth to fight for. The oil companies have 1m of their own cards in circulation, Retail Decisions has 200,000, but there are 2m corporate vehicles on the road.

One of the company's competitors, CyberSource, has filed an action against the company for patent infringement. The board denies the claim, though, and will formally respond by the end of the month. Oriel Securities forecasts profits before tax, goodwill and exceptionals of 6.2m, with EPS of 1.5p for 2004.



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Ord price: 15p Market value: 44m
Touch: 14-16p 12-month High: 26p Low: 9p
Dividend yield: nil PE ratio: 17
Net asset value: 7p* Net cash: 6.31m
*Includes intangibles of 10.3m, or 4p a share



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Half-year --- Turnover ----- Pre-tax ----- Earnings ----- Dividend per
to 30 Jun --- (m) --------- profit(m) -- per share(p)-- share (p)

2003 -------- 14.9 ----------1.1 --------- 0.16 --------- nil
2004 -------- 15.4 --------- 2.5 --------- 0.52 --------- nil
% change ---- +3 ----------- +127 -------- +225

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Card-not-present transaction volumes are rocketing, and Retail Decisions is positioning itself here astutely to offset the introduction of chip-and-PIN. Don't expect overnight returns, but on a forward earnings multiple of just 10, the shares rate good value.

Thanks apple for your 2contributions today.

:-) Douggie

The day ended with a half million buy!

:o))) xfinger next weeks!!!!

another 500,000 deal at the end

was it a buy or sell?

Looks like a buy to me - though price staying steady at 15p because there are still a few retail sellers.

If this is an insitutional buyer, then let's hope that most of the sellers are shorters, because they'll have to buy back all the shares they've sold when they've closed the deal making the sp rise even more.

I watched London Clubs move after institutional interest over the course of a couple of years from around 15p to much higher than where they are now (and they're currently at 118p), though after buying at an average of 12p I sold much too early.

I don't want to make the same mistake with RTD, so if we see steady (almost imperceptible increases) taking the sp up past 20p, then 30p etc. it's time to hang on there for the really big gains.

Douggie

If you won't go on holdidays, I'll Go for you. Off to Paris and the rest of France for three -four weeeks. Look after RTD for me!!

I hope it will be 22-23p by the time I am back!!!!!

Could be Fred should see a nice climb to-day following RNS