any views new about this one when investment company now marine company with profits and payin divi and cash in bank talk of new weel know chairmen coming in anyone know a name ???

THIS COMPANY IS BEEN QUOTED ON RHPS FOR A TARGET PRIZE 30 PENCE

Amities / COBRA - l cant find it but what time frame did it give for target to be achieved ?.l heard through the grapevine they were more interested in looking over other oppertunities in gas/ oil services. Someone like the poorly run HBS which would be easily digested by gall and thompson ......Anyone else heard this unfounded rumour ??

' J'

I had a choice between LUP & AFE and went for AFE.

french i talking about lupus capital 30pence in12 month i think they will achive that rate before

lf the momentum increases at this current rate; and results surprise all expectations ( which the trading statement suggested it would.) this could be 30p overnight . l know every nut and bolt of Lupus . lts not speculative as such . Very liquid and cash generative .lronically l bought a shedful as a long term hold. but traders have jumped on it as at 15.75p as at that point every variable was in place for a big short term run. with Chunky buys still coming in now @ 19p ..........................................Roly . AFE has yet to happen ..Phelps Dodge dont interest themselves in something they dont want . Also AFE has no debts.BE patient. Not to late to get in on this LUP R @+ J

you know you want too lol

look is going to be very good day many buys ,,but the prize dont move

On first glance it appears 19p could prove a resistance level. As soon as the "offer" was raised to 19.25 sellers appeared. Bid has juste been raised to 19p on a spead of 19 / 19.25 so a couple of ticks up thus far.Hopefully selling short term. ln saying that both Volume hence momentum are holding up nicely. @+ J

Back to 19.75 offer !
Will it hold this time Frenchie ??

Peter

another Tomkins....

WE should be so lucky !!! ilf this does half as well as Tomkins some of us will not be able to physically carry our winnings ...hehe ......in city it is believed,after much money crunching, turnover has increased by a whopping 35% to 40% not only due to organic growth but fron acquisition which has increased correspondingly & margins in goods sold. Gall & Thompson have performed in aces & have a full order book for the full fiscal year, and as word gets around its products like KLAW which has become brand leader in the field of oil couplings , the companies future looks assured And all this for 18.5p & 3% divi .!!!!!..PJ -the 19.75 offer will come today ;and if not today, it will come on monday or wednesday of next week .That is inevitable . Be patient -- not a lot - but dont sell your position lower than 30p if you have too ....lf not this time next year i think you will be very happy,, Bonne chance et al ....@+ J

Strong finish today.

quid by xmas (old joke, sorry!)

This is not merely a good punt; lt is a well positioned company buying control of cash generating players whose management lacks vision / contacts / access to capital amongst other things - But all investments are cash heavy,emerging, exiting and seemingly progressive otherwise i doubt greg would have executed a personal order for 30m. or his wife- 30 million shares, or indeed his family trust with a further 30 million.,,,,Also Cazenove who may have a prestigious name , but very limited investable monies compared to the likes of Merrill Lynch or Goldman Sachs or HSBC,have bought a tad shy of 20 million last month as did BNY. ........Prop - Have you a position ? ,or merely adding a little levity to a board that takes itself too seriously at times ?? ....As for a quid by end of year- Quite eeringly you may be right !! ....Look at their accounts !...and cash flow and the talk of yet another acquisition ................a'bientot mon pote ///@+

Looks like the next jump up point !!
What's the rumour on the street??
A quid by the end of the year, I fear not, but oh how I wish
Peter

pjstanton

Boy in my class at school called John Stanton lived in Fulham, must be aged 61 now.

Believe me Roly trading sentiment in this stock is quite amazing.. A few weeks ago volume went up twenty fold for a few days with inevitable rise in s/p . Fundementals speak for themselves ; but lest you like like a little simple chartism thrown in - The !0 and 50 day expotential moving averages crossed vertically at 15.75 level chasing the upper bollinger band So the froth in s/p is anything above 15.75 . Now today was the call for settlement on t +10 players yet very few sold their positions . i thought today would witness a few big sellers banking hansome profit but it seems everyone awaits results which word on da street has it that even the optimists will be pleased in a smug sorta way ..hehee ,,Now mms are short of stock after spending all week selling to punters @ 18 to 18.75 level . .only to be forced to rise the price today in order to attract sellers to satisfy another wave of buyersof which many were in the region of 50,000 to 400,000 . This company is reaching that point were its plain literal constant momentum of 23% rising progressively over 3 weeks will start hitting radars of most traders. This stock @ 20p has very little premium as it stands. Very little . A P/E ratio nearer 10 than 20. ,ample cash in the bank to make more aquisitions following its 75 million takeover of Schlegel . , lt has in Gall and Thompson something of a rarity and which i believe should remain a core asset. lt s portfolio is not only full of leading brand names such as KLAW with customers actually ordering as matter of choice .lt also contrubutes 4mg stg to the enlarged group. and on an annuaulized basis has been grown by 31% per annum ,,And they pay a dividend ,,,lol Can you believe it .? A progressive one at that . .Look into it . Having been in this stock since it was 3p during hi tec boom....and in and out about 30 times before that when it was @ 2p after reverse takeover in about 1998 to attain a listing on LSE on the cheap it has had a bizzarre history,,,But a very successful bizzarre history . Now with Greg "Tomkins" Hutchins as CEO and a very succesful management team accustomised to success everything now seems very normalized with the corporate image of a mimi conglomerate . And what with such diverse activities from making couplings and a range of products for the gas/oil sector. to making the cushioning to make airtight door frames and window frames. Also while remaining financiers to other co-orporate clients this company is heavily cash generative ,lt is in its infancy and what with the recent aquasitional size of Schlegel it is surely due a rerating ................................... As for its market dynamics/ mechanics .As results approach and volume increases l can only see its own momentum driving it on as lts chart suggests it almost ready to break out towards 30p and beyond. A m/c of 123 mlln stg is derisory considering assets. @+ J.

Amities / .buyers outstripped sellers by a ratio of 20~1 ..{ 2.5 mn buys - 200K sells - and not even a single tick upwards .....What do mms want ? ..The moon on a stick ? !! ..@+ J ..pfff... Les branleurs !!

Some very nice 300,000 trades @ 19.25 today..Holding up well in such a volatile market .......

up a few ticks -..18.75 to 1950 - somewhat bucking the trend . Nice 519,000 buy & 19.50.......Hopefully breach 20p........'@+ j