Intersting Trading--anyboby into this share?

28 July 2005

SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company.

PD Ports plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest.

Asset Value Investors Limited


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18.

As above


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.


AVI Value Fund LLC 2,800,000
British Empire 12,450,000
Carnegie Corporation 915,000
CF AVI Global Fund 1,550,000
Columbia University 1,050,000
Lord North Street 725,000
Rockefeller University 995,000
Yale University 5,515,000


5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

26,000,000


6. Percentage of issued class.

14.857%



7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed.

N/A



8. Percentage of issued class.


N/A


9. Class of security.

Ordinary shares of 10p each.


10. Date of transaction.

28th July 2005


11. Date company informed.



28th July 2005



12. Total holding following this notification.


26,000,000 ordinary shares



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification.


14.857%

27 October 2005 - possibly a Bid in the offing - sp has risen to 120p, so it looks like others see value.
I just hope the offer is enough, because there is bound to be long-term value here. Forth Ports are now building on their land and they have masses of it - meaning that there is plenty more to come for their shareholders. (I don't hold, although I did)........PDP looks to be similarly blessed.....so let the shareholders benefit...long term is looking good IMHO.

A month later and we have a bid! (I hold PDP)..........but does it reflect the potential of the company?
With Government keen to get freight journey-times down PDP is well-placed - - - then there is the unused Land - good for building over the next 20 -30 years............in some ways I'm disapointed ...that my investment is being stubbed out, just as the cigar of Hope has started to draw smoke.
"Take the money and run"