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

HI/Paul
I will be having a long weekend, Grandchildren down on Saturday
i will be well cream crackered time they go home.(don't get old) . no spare cash to buy any more shares unless i sell some SEO or DGO and i really don't want to do that , these two are doing nicely, get 1p on base may sell them see how it goes
cheers AUTO

Hi All,

Here are a couple of other cash shells, compare them to Base Group, and then think about Crispin Barker accumulationg stock, do you think as I do, that BS will soon be worth 2-3 times what it is now ????

Cheers,
PM

Use the link 'click for fundamentals' from th top right of the compan info

CIH - Assets 1m cash - MCap 6.3m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Acih&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

ADP - assets .7m (cash 290k) MCap 2.5m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Aadp&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

BS. - Assets 250,000 (cash) MCap 0.9m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Abs.&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

WTI - Assets 130,000 (cash) MCap 4m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Abs.&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

VOS - Assets 250,000 (cash) MCap 11.69m
http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=quote&btn=s_ok&symbol=LSE%3Avos&s_ok=OK&mid=1&period=5&reportbug_desc=

Keep any eye on this one ....

Cheers,
PM

HI /Paul
any ideas about the 14,000,000,also the time of the trade , where would they be coming from?
cheers AUTO

Auto Hi,

There's a K (block trade) showing up on that date, on advfn trade history, maybe they cancelled it, and it's only just showing up ?

3 102R234B05 0.05 14473743 K 16:17:57 14,473,743

Cheers,
PM

thanks Paul

Hi all,

All trades at .001 are buys, I tried dummy buys and sells to check. Sells would go through at .0009

Cheers,
PM

I said it was coming, and Crispin Barker must know it's coming too :)

Base FY pretax loss narrows, sees acquisition for reverse takeover by
Christmas

LONDON (AFX) - Base Group PLC said it believes it will be able to announce
an acquisition before Christmas, as it announced its pretax loss in the year to
February narrowed to 153,000 stg from a loss of 1.32 mln.
The company, which has been seeking potential acquisitions for a reverse
takeover, needs to complete a takeover by April 1, 2006, otherwise it will be
delisted from the Alternative Investment Market.
It added that meanwhile, all executive and non-executive remuneration has
been deferred to minimise overhead costs.

Any drop and I will be adding to my 2.85m shares.

Cheers,
PM

As I said ....

767598 BestQuote Buy BS.L LSE BASE GRP. ORD 1P GBP 01/09/2005 12:42 - 0.00090 1,125,000 Executed with improved price of 0.00085
TOTAL IMPROVEMENT = 56.25

Now holding 3,975,000

Cheers,
PM

Here we go !

Check out the buying ....

Cheers,
PM

Check out the rise today on low volume .... it's about to happen :)

Cheers,
PM

Check it out, it's rising again, 2nd day in a row, something is definately brewing here .... NOW !

Cheers,
PM

Paul, I agree with you. Very light trading today, very low value of shares, but the price is rising. Somebody knows something is up!!!!!

neilmcleod Hi,

AYE !

There are so little free floating shares, any buying makes the price fly up too :)

I think Crispin Barker and Civilian Content may have something to do with the plan ....

Cheers,
PM

Gone a bit quiet again, but a few buying these today, cheap as chips for now ....

Any rumours in the press ?

Cheers,
PM

I haven't seen any stories about Base in the press for a long time.
The way the share price has been lately, I think it won't be too long before we see evidence of exactly what has been causing the recent interest and buying.

As I said already, somebody knows something is going on!! It just isn't public knowledge yet.

This is the frustrating time to own a share, isn't it?... You have the feeling that something is away to happen, but apart from mere speculation, there is little to actually speak about !!!

Still, speculation can be fun as well!!

Regards,

Neil McLeod

Neil Hi,

Couple of half decent buys again, wonder if it will continue this afternoon ....

Cheers,
PM

Garypat2 Hi,

I have an E-Mail waiting for you, but I can't reply to MAM-Mail, and you don't have MAM-Mail set up, I need your E-Mail address to reply :(

Send me your address in a MAM-Mail !

Cheers,
PM