RESULTS DUE NEXT WEEK NEWSFLOW IS GOOD
ANY BACKERS - IDEAS HOW PRICE WILL MOVE.

I decided to dip my toes in the water and am now the proud owner of 283 Amstrad shares.
DB66

Good for you DB66. I hope it all goes well for you.

LOL

MS

Thanks Mickey, Rome wasn`t built in a day.
DB66

added again at 172p

cheers GF.

What we all need on this thread is for GF to dig into his loose change and buy 500K of shares in one block. Same goes for BPRG.




8-)

LOL, Fred I might just do that.

cheers GF.

From IC this AM. SHould give little upturn.


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AMSTRAD (AMT)

Accelerated shipments to key customer Sky meant that revenues at Amstrad more than doubled in the first half. A large order from Sky Italia was brought forward by a month, and the satellite giant's UK operation squeezed much of its full-year order of personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes into the first half. "This year has been particularly seasonal," said Amstrad's finance director Martin Bland, noting that although there could be some upside from additional orders in the second half, full-year expectations are largely unchanged. High volumes have actually put average selling prices under pressure, with gross margins falling from 34.8 per cent a year ago to 28.6 per cent. Mr Bland says that the effects would have been far worse had the company not been successful in renegotiating component costs.

Sales of the recently launched E3 videophone have been disappointing, affected by wider weakness in the consumer electronics market over the Christmas period. The company also blamed product glitches, which it says have now been ironed out. But even though momentum has faltered, the Amserve division remained marginally profitable. House broker Evolution Securities has marginally upgraded its full-year EPS forecast to 15.8p.


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A little smile from GF

Ill use that fred on another board.

cheers GF.

Apologies wrong thread

What is going on. Good results. Goodish yield. Reasonable prospective EPS growth. SP drops on small volumes. Why??? what am I missing?

Amstrad PLC
23 March 2005





Amstrad plc


Amstrad E3 e-mailer sales promotion


Amstrad plc announced today that the retail price of its E3 e-mailer is being
significantly reduced in most retail outlets from around 99 to around 49.

This planned price reduction, which will commence over the Easter weekend in
Argos, Dixons Stores Group, Comet and certain other retailers, is aimed at
encouraging customers to buy the units in pairs thereby facilitating the use of
the phone's video call technology. New software has also been downloaded to the
existing base of E3 e-mailers which allows users to connect a digital camera and
view photos on the e-mailer screen which can then be sent out to friends and
family by e-mail.

Amstrad's Commercial Director Simon Sugar said today:

'The new software and lower retail price makes the E3 e-mailer a compelling
proposition as an all-round communication device. The fact that you can now buy
two E3 e-mailers for around 100 should significantly increase the use of video
phone telephony in the home'.


23 March 2005

Further information:

Andrew Bloch/Graham Goodkind -Frank PR
Phone: 020 7693 6999
E-mail:
Andrew@frankpr.it

Today's drop is all about the e-mailer - so the newer version (with video camera-what next?) will now sell for 49 (half price) -merely repeating the pattern of the first e-mailer.
I didn't like the logic of the first one, less do I like the second, yet AS continues with it - he's brave.

Smacks of desperation to me.

surely 2 for 100 must be attractive to many punters...easter pres to ma & pa?

How much does it cost them per pair?

Whats happened to AMT sp

I don't Know. Projected yield about 4.8-5% Turnover up, Profits up, EPS up. But the market doesn't like Sugar or his Top Boxes or Video phones.

I have held this share for yonks, still think it is worth a hold but wish I hadn't been greedy at 200+.

Amstrad rarely seems to issue an information, which is probably oe of the reasons for its stagnation.

Suprise rise in these late friday afternoon. I still hold a few tranhes so It was nice to see the SP go up so fast. maybee theres more to come monday morning.

cheers GF.

I`m still in these bought in at 1.72 and it has been downhill since.
I noticed the rise as well on Friday and was very happy to see some recovery in SP,these are one i`m reasonably happy to hold as the dividend is not bad.
DB66

We might just get lucky, DB.

cheers GF.