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

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.