TIPSTERS AT SQUAIREGAIN RECKON THIS IS A DOUBLE YOUR MONEY

1/06/2006
Purchase of Own Shares AGAIN.

7 June 2006



Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Purchase of Own Shares

driver; Yes I'm following all your posts re the share buy back but where is this leading us? I know it is better for the remaining shareholders, but will it end in a management buyout? what is the real reason behind it?

Yea could they be taking the firm private?

Realistic
No idea, they are not buying that many shares but it's holding the price up.

What we really need is for someone else to buy large chunks of shares to send this up to 30p but I can't see that happening somehow. Philip Green perhaps? Or Bauger?

Realistic
It wouldn't be Philip Green or Bauger there's no Laura in their names.

13 June 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc
Purchase of Own Shares

14 June 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Purchase of Own Shares

driver:this is getting serious. Give me a clue as to the real reason behind it all.

16 June 2006


Laura Ashley Holdings plc
Purchase of Own Shares

22 June 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Purchase of Own Shares

And again'

11 July 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Purchase of Own Shares

13 July 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Purchase of Own Shares

Nice bit of news

Laura Ashley forecasts swing to profit in H1

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=1410982

Nice lot of buys today following the tip in Sunday's Telegraph. These should all be long termers as well so there are great hopes of this reaching 30p soon. Or am I too optimistic?

Topped up today the chart looks good to me.

Nice looking chart. lovely figure Laura has.
Think you'll do well, but I am already too heavily into retail, and in truth I am looking to lose a few rather than gain, but bloody good luck, all.
Alan

Nice one Laura

Laura Ashley H1 pretax profit 3 mln stg, up from 0.3 mln stg loss yr-on-yr
AFX


LONDON (AFX) - Laura Ashley Holdings said that its first half pretax profits were up at 3 mln stg, from a loss of 0.2 mln stg a year earlier.

It said that like-for-like retail sales were up 13.1 pct in the 31 weeks to Sept 2.

Looking ahead, CEO Lillian Tan said, 'Despite challenging retail conditions in the UK, we believe that our recovery will continue, underpinned by solid operational efficiency throughout the business.'

Results for the 26 weeks to 29 July 2006


Summary


Profit before tax of 3.0m (2005: -0.2m)(1)

Total Group sales (including royalties) up 5.8% to 106.5m (2005:
100.7m)

UK retail sales(2) up 10.3% to 81.6m (2005: 73.9m)

UK retail like-for-like sales(2) up 13.2% with better margin
performance

Continued cost management and increased productivity across the
business

Successful realignment of the UK retail store portfolio continues



Commenting on the results Lillian Tan, Chief Executive Officer, said:


'This strong improvement from last year is the result of management's continued
focus on product enhancement, margin improvement, increased efficiency and a
successful store realignment strategy. Despite challenging retail conditions in
the UK, we believe that our recovery will continue, underpinned by solid
operational efficiency throughout the business.'

23 October 2006

Laura Ashley Holdings plc

Notification of Interest

Laura Ashley Holdings plc ('the Company') received notification on 20 October
2006 from Bonham Industries Limited that on 18 October 2006 it purchased 125,000
of the Company's ordinary shares of 5 pence each at an average price of 0.26
per share increasing its total shareholding to 182,570,822 ordinary shares,
representing 24.47% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Company's Chairman Dr Khoo Kay Peng, KKP Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and Soo Lay
Holdings Sdn. Bhd. are each interested in the above shares.