Some good news at last from this weeks Shares mag. Tim Freeborn revisits the company and altho no firm details are given about new deals he says they will be announced this quarter. I would think that this could be at the same time as the interim results are announced. I for one will be holding on cos they will fly sooner rather than later! ( 8.30% up today!)

epo announcemment

Earthport PLC
29 March 2004

For immediate release



29th March 2004





Stock Exchange Announcement





earthport plc ('earthport' or the 'Company')


APPOINTMENT OF ADVISERS


earthport announces the appointment of the following advisers:


Nabarro Wells as Nominated Adviser to the Company

Bridgewell as Broker and Corporate Adviser to the Company

Hammonds as City Lawyers

Financial Dynamics as Financial Public Relations Consultants

These appointments are effective immediately.

ssanebs - you know a lot. Respect !

"ssanebs" - it is an acronym for something ?

SS

Couldn't tell us when the results are really out then could you? No mention of them in that announcement!

31st

SS

Cheers! By the way are you a holder or a bystander on EPO? Cant ever remember you giving your opinion on them. Do you feel they have potential or we barking up the wrong tree as it were?

yes, very large holder. on the basis of the deals the chairman is talking about it has great potential. timing of deals should improve... hopefully

SS

Likewise, i hold several million. Hopefully these new advisors will remind the management that there are quite a few anxious shareholders out there who need to know abit more information than they have been giving out recently (ie F**k all.)

what happened to the expected announcements for this quarter , as reported by tim freeborn in shares mag after his meeting with the chairman?

once again tim has been let down by the chairman. But the announcements are coming and you will know more on weds

B

Have a look at the current EPO BB over on ADVFN, then you'll come to realize that all is not rosy between us shareholders and EPO management, especially CEO Rob Cunningham, mainly for the very reason you have outlined. What they say and what actually happens are 2 VERY different things. Most worrying if i didnt believe in the unique product they have developed.

with bridgewell as the new brokers we should see an improvement

What do you mean ss ? Can the brokers influence the way in which news flow and management style at EPO is conducted ?

yes. good brokers make a difference. Bridgewell is broker and corporate adviser and they will work closely with epo. its upto the company to take the advise of the broker

This from tomorrows Times(30th);


The Times - Markets
By Nick Hasell

'Earthport, the AIM-listed electronic payment services company, was pegged at 3p, despite talk it will unveil a substantial contract win alongside tomorrows interims.'

Keep the faith!!!

Nice buys this morning!

jdubb, is this announcement one of those announcements thats been promised but failed to arise? or do we have something real to look forward to this time ? i apologise for my sceptism but.......

B

I have no inside knowledge, but if the papers have picked up on this point, then maybe the interims will contain contract wins, or soon after. The Guardian was right when it said there would be a change of adviser (and ssanebs too!!) so maybe they've got this right too. We'll just have to wait hey mate.

any views on earthport reaching the heights of a couple of years ago (30p) or is this a distant memory never to be seen again?

topped up with some more today.......any idea when the results are normally posted. I'm on their mailing system will this be the quickest way to find out? Fingers crossed, I just have a small hunch it may not be the concrete news we are looking for just hoping they will give some indication of contracts in the pipeline. I was reading the ADVFN message board....this site is more polite and respectful :-)) but some good info on it.

EPO never reached the heights of 30p.

It slid through 30p on it's way down from 1.00+ to current levels and has never left it's current range of 1.75p to 4p.

It's time it did though.