I've been wading through company reports recently (still am..) to
further research companies I thought looked interesting. One of
those companies was AIM listed Albemarle & Bond (ABM)

During reading I found a potentially interesting piece of information
that I wish to pass on to anyone who may be interested.
This information is taken from the company report and accounts 2003,
but is written in my own words.

There appears to be a 28.93% share holding in the company by EZCorp.
International Inc.- this is the largest share holding listed. Further
there appears to be two members of EZCorp on the board of Albermarle.
The lastest addition being Philip Cohen who is(chairman of Morgan
Schiff & Co)and the controlling shareholder of EZ Corp.

I'm not offering any personal appraisal of whether the above is a
good or bad or indifferent matter to potential share-holders.
But I do think it is something a potential investor may wish to
research further. ABM's company report is available via the free
service (FT)

Lets hope they dont bank with RBS otherwise GRG will be rubbing their hands together..

For anyone still in :- Final Results

because of todays rns - expect a blue day here amazingly!


Agreement of a deferral of the Company's bank facility covenant testing dates until 3 February 2014 with its lending banks

expressions of interest#et al

moving fast now

gla

well against the odds abm is bouncing hard since the last rns - apparently the confidence is because of Norges Bank taking a serious position and adding because they see real value here and also the reduction of the cfd - so plenty buyers right now value abm much higher!!
available shares appear to be very short with only 55M in issue total but many of those unavailable!
strange world we live in - probably end the day VERY BLUE

atb

btw keep an eye on isdx trades - lots of abm buys hidden by mms outside of l2 on isdx :-0

onwards and upwards - close of business 25 to 30p today?
very strong algorithmic trending north and few shares available
norges bank accumulating apparently

well done deltazero never thought it.

looks like some 10% profit takers now

gl mitzy

Is very easy to follow for some time

easy UP easy DOWN ( not many shares on the market )

too risky at the moment, many companies with the same problem ( huge debt ) eventualy go under as the market at the moment is against them ( gold price )

the only reason to be in if one is lucky enough to get in at a low price 16 / 17p and sell over 20p after a few days, not a share to hold at the moment is my take, though it has a good round bottom on the chart for the last 10 days

good chart cheers

off to a good start again today

gl

don't forget hidden isdx trades

maybe explain continued norges bank stake building: “A formal sale process for the business was commenced [last week], and although we have received expressions of interest there can be no certainty that an offer will be made.” H&T Group and Apollo Global Management are said to be interested in Albemarle. However, the most likely buyer is expected to be the company’s biggest shareholder, the US pawnbroker EZCorp.

been doing some digging - as at 30th june 2013 (latest report) abm has assets totalling £140.629M - no wonder norges bank are stake building and rumoured other background buyer hovering - onwards & upwards

Annual Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2013 25
Highlights Business Review Directors’ Reports Governance  Financial Statements Company Information
as at 30 June 2013
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
Note
2013
£’000
2012
£’000
Non-current assets
Goodwill 14 24,869 23,318
Other intangible assets 15 7,179 4,544
Property, plant and equipment 16 14,249 16,507
Total non-current assets 46,297 44,369
Current assets
Inventories 18 20,454 18,383
Trade and other receivables 19 63,763 67,382
Cash at bank and in hand 20 10,115 5,061
Derivative financial instruments 22 – 35
Total current assets 94,332 90,861
Total assets 140,629 135,230

Thats a massive leap from when I last took a look at the numbers round about October..

interesting isn't it

I stripped out intangibles and deducted liabilities to give me a value of net worth, thats where the difference is...

ok still suggests undervalued here - norges bank continued stake building, several expressions of interest - couple that with AIM being a crazy place would expect to see much more blue here - additionally there is hardly any free float around so any increase in volume and sp will just go north sharply rapidly
strange old situation

onwards and upwards - bid war ahead..............................


Albermarle & Bond in early talks with several parties

StockMarketWire.com

Albemarle & Bond Holdings said through the course of the formal sale process announced on Dec. 2 it is in preliminary talks with a number of interested parties, one of which is Better Capital.

There can be no certainty that an offer will be made as a result of the formal sale process.

At 1:53pm: (LON:ABM) Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC share price was +2.38p at 22.38p