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!)

edited by moneyam for abusive language

Given that we can safely assume Messrs. Lacey and Freeborn read this thread, may I suggest the whole subject of the rules and restrictions surrounding what financial journalists can and can't say, be the subject of a full length article in Shares magazine soon?

The rules for their writers trading in shares is in such small print, there is a good reason for going through the rules of those too. There should also be a section dedicated to what companies' responsibilities and guidelines are when briefing journalists. (I always thought management were not allowed to give privileged briefings unless the audience were covered by insider status which seemingly was not the case here). So what status does cover writers for Shares magazine?

I'm really sorry for all those who have lost money on this share and Tim Freeborn will have a hefty loss too so he can identify with the pain of other private investors on a personal level. I used to think it was not good news for journos to hold shares at all, but after watching the EPO story, I've changed my mind. They should all HAVE to buy their own tips with their own money!

I am holding this shares because I do not believe TF's prevarications. I am however cancelling my subscription to Shares M.

if earthport were paid for transmiting bullshit instead of cash the share price would be 10 by now

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remember it was RC who gave the predictions, so you should all be calling the EPO office on 02079071100 and ask him why so much crap has been told to TF. or does he reallY talk out of his ass! I cannot ring him anymore as he will not talk to me anymore. REMEMBER I HAVE HIM ON A RECORDING LYING ABOUT THE US DEAL TELLING ME IT IS IMMINENT AND THEN SAYING HE DID NOT SAY THAT.

my faith is resored in TF to give an honest update..........thank you........although i hold 500k shares I am pleased a sell note was posted and the write up was fair. I continue to hold and believe my investment will turn around. I still think we need to look at how the shares magazine has conducted itself during this process and I think Jlacey should look at the post he put on which was insulting to those open minded investors like myself.......mistakes have been made in my view. Now come on EPO get your arse in gear and put some info in the public domain......

Astonvilla,

It seems reasonably clear to me, that Tim has been comprehensively misled, by whom, under what circumstances and for whose benefit is a question of conjecture, and one perhaps best answered by the appropriate authorities. ssanebs post should be exceptionally distrurbing, assuming of course he is telling the truth (sorry, ssanebs, but without hearing it who would know?).

But there appears no doubt that an awful lot of people bought following the buy recommendation and the updates. Was/is this tantamount to creating a false market for the benefit of insiders should also be considered by those whose function it is supposed to be to guard against such things; however I wouldn't hold your breath. Holding on now, may well simply be a question of hope over experience, or you simply have to accept that you will in all likelihood be writing off everything.

For my sins I was a holder of dialog/brightstation/smartlogik and the parallels to here is scary, fortunately for me, that whole experience made me much more wary, I just hope it doesn't end up the same way it did there, i.e. constantly raising cash, promising/leaking news/ good journalist coverage/a promised positive trading update and then going completely tits up, and as they never produced any final statutory accounts, the receivers just got there money, and the little shareholders just got shafted, and of course all the directors walked away, wealthier and scot free...in the meantime the Shareholder action group has now realised that the professional advisors were anything but, and the chances of holding anyone to account are slim. City insiders seem to know how to close ranks well.

As I said, I hope for the small PIs sake this isnt another one.

As always, I urge you to DYOR, all imho and all that BS,

Best of luck to you all, I hope they can turn it around.

T..

this is truly an astounding state of afairs, i had my last post edited, thank you Shares Magazine, beyond criticism are we?

For the record I am requesting that you remove me from your mailing list and cease sending the magazine to my home immediately.

Is that fair?

Paul,

I am sorry that you feel this way, and I will remove you from teh MoneyAM mailing lists.

If you would like to cancel your subscription to the magazine, please let me know ian@moneyam.com and I will contact Shares magazine on your behalf.

Regards

Ian

oneill,

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As he has suggested - if you have an issue with the magazine please send a letter to the editor at the address already supplied.

Ian

Has anyone tried contacting EPO for a comment regarding the current share price and the sell recommendation in todays Shares magazine ? I have sent an e-mail but have had no reply. I bought a substantial holding on Shares mag earlier buy recommendation but feel we should be contacting the company for information not hounding Shares mag staff, despite my obvious disappointment.

I have found me password. What is going on with PCM, EPO is obviuosly raising more moeny, or being bought by baltimore.

O'Neill, I have just spoken to Peter Chappell who has confirmed the same. Statement will be released tomorrow or Monday at the latest. He intimated this would be positive.

One ill. Charming and endearing as ever!!!

If TF can (I assume) sell his stock out the day before the ShareMag issue then he had no option but to call it as a Sell. I can appreciate his reasoning but at this price we are talking basic option money with no time erosion. Maybe now is a good time for EPO Directors to show their commitment to their company and buy some stock . In the meantime the MM's have it all their own way and the small guys once again get ground down.

Just picked up some stock (not difficult) between 1.35 and 1.41 I am definately not going to lose any sleep over it.