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Any one have any views on Shell companies I have been looking at one recently they can give large returns if you pick the right one and they do a RTO till I saw this below, any thoughts.

Small Talk: Cash shell minnows to be squeezed out of AIM

By Michael Jivkov

Published: 06 March 2006

Up to fifty companies listed on London's junior market face having their shares suspended at the end of the month. By the 1 April deadline, all remaining AIM-listed cash shells with less than 3m in the bank must complete an acquisition. Otherwise trading of their shares will be halted and, at a later date, de-listed.

The London Stock Exchange, which runs AIM, decided last March that it wanted to stem the steady stream of tiny shell company floats on the junior market by giving them only a small window in which to make an acquisition. Of the fifty remaining shells - most of which have less than 1m on their balance sheet - a good number are likely to be working on deals ahead of the cut-off point. If they can demonstrate to the Exchange that they are in the middle of a deal they will avoid suspension. But those companies that have left it too late to comply with the rules face an uphill struggle. As the deadline approaches the value of their shares is likely to decline. Further, any target company they are in talks to buy will be aware of the looming deadline and will certainly push for a better deal for its own shareholders. The biggest risk of all for cash shell investors is that their boards rush into an acquisition that they subsequently regret, wiping out shareholder value in the process.

There could be a rush for cash shell shares over the next week Driver, and some fingers will be badly burned! Obviously if there is a fair amount of cash in the bank there is a bigger chance of something useful happening. There are a few companies on the leaderboard from Friday as far as I am aware, MYA, NNN possibly, CRYB WAS a cash shell but I don't think it is anymore - don't know what's happening there, but haven't really checked! My favourite is NCS which is now being controlled by Howard Crosby so something positive is coming about there. I have traded the share and am sitting on a small amount of now free shares (only 20k), I would not like to make a recommendation, but then, all share dealing is risky and this IMO is worthy of a punt but I won't even hazard a wild guess as to what company will be backed into NCS. Anyway, I don't fully understand the workings or necessity of shell companies....so long as I can make enough for my next bottle of Welsh whiskey I'm happy....hic!
kim

My tip is CAR, yes the same company involved with SEO. Apart from Aquasol it has stumbled across a way of printing an ariel on to mobile phones CIT conductive inkjet technology, and also replacing bar coding on "every product imaginable" with RFID. This is medium/long term.
VOG AND EME are both oil and gas expo's and both could rocket at the blink
of an eye.
cyril

Kimoldfield,howard crosby has the midas touch it seems,Been a multi bagger for me of late still a fair way to run on NCS,DYOR.

kim
Cheers for your post your NCS has put shells in the spot light 300% up last week it may side step till more news looks like I have missed the boat on that one. With shells you really do have to use money you don't mind loosing. MYA Myratech.net has its Chairman as Michael Jackson thats enough to put any one off. The one I was looking at was avc.

Driver, MYA could be a bit of a Thriller then?!

As I understand it, AVC is not a cash shell company but a split capital investment trust, but don't take my word for it. It is not a company that I would invest in but that is only because I don't need another company to loose my money with their investments when I can do a pretty good job of loosing it with my own investment choices!!

There could still be some upside with NCS, as Daves Dazzlers says, Howard dose seem to have the midas touch.

I still fancy SUN as being a medium sort of mover over the next few weeks, results are due on 10 April and should, repeat should!, provide good reading. But there again....who knows?
kim

kim
Sorry I got it round the wrong way ACV
Stephen Barclay and John Shaw became directors in 2005 and took a 29.9% stake in the company for 75k.

Ah yes!ACV. Not much cash in the box there. Did they ever announce the result of the EGM on 24 January? Could be worth a punt at the sp level though.
kim

Plenty of freeing up of stock on NCS,sadly no direction today,which is a good sign i think in a iffey market,,onwards and upwards 5p would be nice..

NWD could be gwd after restucturing their borrowing. Flying at the moment.
kim

hope youve still got your DNX driver :-)

I wish I still had mine!!

Fund
Yep still got them.

Kim
Interims out for ACV sp down 14.5% not looking good at the moment.

http://moneyam.uk-wire.com/cgi-bin/articles/200603280800034709A.html

Admin expenses increasing as the life expectancy of the company decreases Driver, you are right...not good! The punt size has gone down to half of my pocket money!!! Probably not worth paying the deal commission on this one. You watch the sp rocket now I've said that!
kim

Kim
They are a bit of a joke these companies surely you put the balance in the bank and it earns interest and goes up not down.

Driver
They earn interest but then you have the directors, chief execs and anyone else who can lay claim on shareholders cash, paying themselves a big fat wages cheque to 'administer' the company! I am a little cynical perhaps and certainly not all cash shell companies can be looked at with doubt. Hopefully the present clear out will get rid of all the scummy ones! Got in and out of NWD too quickly today, but there you go - at least I can treat the good lady to a nice meal out!
kim

No mention of HML here. iii BB is swamped with ramps. Just been back to iii and a panic seems to be setting in!

Quite like the look of IHP, probably won't light up the world but claim to have some good contracts in the offing. Stuck 700 on it, so if anyone has these shares....get out now it can only go down now I've bought!!
kim

I'm interested in biotechs at the moment--anyone noticed the sharp rise in HML sp and also very large buys going through over the last two days in ERX. exciting prospects in both companies IMO-maybe good news coming. anyone else in these??