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.

PS over the last few weeks there have been some quite large buys, many after the bell.

You are a barrel of laughs Skyhigh - although probably correct in your summation of current market conditions. I suppose I am hoping that a positive update (similar to the December one) will re-ignite the RTD touchpaper.

Fred - I thought the AGM was this Friday?

Guys - Sharescope still shows the AGM as the end of May, though RTD's website has the AGM as this Friday (which must be correct).

The AGM is this friday according to the literature sent out by the company with the annual report

Thank you once again Fundamental. The sooner the better!

Fred

im still on the sidelines, to be honest i am largely in cash with my only long term holdings currently oil stocks. bit concerned with the state of the market, especially with the likelihood that weve another four years of blair and brown to come

Fundy, I would think your decision is right again. I am still holding,but interested in the info from AGM to-morrow.
Anybody got any ideas?

Fred - technically the chart will have formed a full inverse head and shoulders if a bounce occurs tomorrow - let's see if TA can predict the AGM statement !

All will be revealed at 11:00am tomorrow.

Thank you. I had missed the inverse Head and Shoulders until I drew it on paper and turned the page upside down. To-morrow should be interesting. Was thinking of buying a few more, but already holding enough and recent decisions are suggesting I should be a little more cautious and hold on to cash,

750,000 shares bought after 5 today - looks as though the price drop was MMs accumulating stock by causing stop-losses to kick in.

On that basis I would expect some good news tomorrow.

RNS Number:6964L
Retail Decisions PLC
29 April 2005



Date: For Immediate Release, Friday 29 April 2005

Contacts: Carl Clump, Chief Executive
Richard Amos, Finance Director
Retail Decisions plc
Tel: 01483 728 700
Website: www.redplc.com


Alistair Mackinnon-Musson
Philip Dennis
Hudson Sandler
Tel: 020 7796 4133
Email: red@hspr.co.uk



Retail Decisions plc

AGM STATEMENT


Nigel Whittaker, the Chairman of Retail Decisions plc, the fuel card operator
and a world leader in card fraud prevention and payment processing, will make
the following statement on current trading at the company's Annual General
Meeting to be held later today:


"I am happy to report the Group has performed well in the first quarter of the
new financial year and the Board is pleased with the results so far achieved in
the year to date.


The Australian Fuel Card business continues to trade well. The number of new
cards issued during the first quarter has been strong and the business has also
benefited from the prevailing high oil price.


The Fraud Prevention & Payment Processing business is building on the success
achieved in 2004, with new contract wins in the telecommunications and on-line
retailing sectors.


Finally, for reasons of efficiency, ReD's Consulting operation has been merged
into our Fraud Prevention & Payment Processing business. The financial results
for these two operations will in future therefore be reported as one combined
business."


- ENDS -




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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END

OK... so good news comes out and the price drops ?

Skyhigh

to me the statement was very understated, the reaction in price is related to expectations. The last few statements from the company have been "materially in excess" etc whereas this is "performing well" - many people were expecting a lot better

The bottom paragraph is not overly encouraging as it reads as though the consultancy division isnt succeeding as a standalone business so is being absorbed into another division.

Be interesting to know who the new contracts are and what comes out of the AGM later

;o/

that's better !

Stuck my neck out and bBought again at 29 a little earlier. RTD board always down plays its results in comparison with other companies.

I think the following is good size increase in shareholding by Barclays. Also noted some director buying:

Retail Decisions PLC
07 April 2005


SCHEDULE 10

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company

RETAIL DECISIONS PLC

2. Name of shareholder having a major interest

BARCLAYS PLC

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 a holding of that person's
spouse or children under the age of 18

LEGAL ENTITY INTEREST

(A) BARCLAYS FUNDS LTD 953,694
(B) WOOLWICH UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LTD 5,192,409
(C) BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD 4,576,678
(D) BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 8,278,801
(E) BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD 7,664,811
(F) BARCLAYS LIFE ASSURANCE CO LTD 2,493,449
(G) GERRARD LTD 3,883

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

REGISTERED HOLDER A/C HOLDING

BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 703,272
BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 3,453,350
BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 484,629
BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 250,267
BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 36,364
BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES 4,576,678
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 173,105
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 37,461
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 175,687
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 1,563,372
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 2,146,513
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 488,694
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 67,568
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 732,343
CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 1,317,971
CITIBANK 6010782807 256,954
HSBC 845315 4,755
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,220,575
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 173,726
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 377,479
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 721,669
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 2,552,901
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16480 1,850,047
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16482 1,449,744
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 140,887
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 92,343
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 106,491
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19511 953,694
JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 697,020
MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 1,852,682
NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 93,581
NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 264,173
R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED SA1 3,883
STATE STREET JD12 143,847

5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired

NOT INFORMED

6. Percentage of issued class

NOT INFORMED

7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed

NOT INFORMED

8. Percentage of issued class

NOT INFORMED

9. Class of security

ORDINARY 1P SHARES

10. Date of transaction

NOT INFORMED

11. Date company informed

06 APRIL 2005

12. Total holding following this notification

29,163,725

13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

10.03%

14. Any additional information

As of 16 February 2005, the date of the last notification of a major interest in
shares by Barclays PLC, their undisclosable non-material holding was 21,204,306
representing 7.29% of the issue share capital.

15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

RICHARD AMOS
(01483) 728700

16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

RICHARD AMOS
FINANCE DIRECTOR

Date of notification

07 APRIL 2005

The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of this
document or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.
The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages
for loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwise
from the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained in
it, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document or
any such material.






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The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Fundy - Surely "materially in excess" can only be announced when you're well into the accounting year - the last one came in autumn I seem to recall.

The merger looks to me like a cost-cutting exercise - because all of the consulting work is linked to fraud prevention then it makes sense to roll the two divisions into one and avoid paying two sets of back office staff for doing essentially the same jobs.

I agree that the statement is slightly "low key", however that seems to be a recent trend with companies not willing to blow their own trumpets too hard against a backdrop of potential global economic slowdown.

well done Fred long may you prosper..( ahem..my holiday fund is well short, maybe you can help since you are doing so well)...;o\

OG - not certain that you are correct. RTD will need to announce interim results at some point, covering the next 6 month accounting period. On this basis I would hope that by end of May they would make a further "materially in excess" announcement. Happy to be proved wrong on this one (timing, not content) as I am somewhat guessing.