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2007-08-01 13:20 (v1.0.3)

Cheers Kyoto.

IPOs/Flotations - Monday 2 April, 2007Norseman Gold plc/Davos Resources - 24/04/07Phorm, Inc -03/05/07

IPOs/Flotations - Tuesday 3 April, 2007Matica plc - 10/04/07Inland PLC (INL) - First DaySterling Green Group - 27/04/07

Matica PLC looks interesting...

Matica Plc is the parent company of a group of companies that designs, manufactures and markets systems for the
personalisation of cards, such as credit cards, identification cards, membership cards and SIM cards.

IPOs/Flotations - Wednesday 4 April, 2007Delek Global Real Estate - 05/04/07eXpansys plc - 11/04/07EpiStem Holdings plc (EHP) - First DayMinera IRL - 12/04/07

Manchester-based biotech company EpiStem enjoyed a strong debut. The shares started trading at 124p and rose 28.5 to close at 152.5p. The listing was arranged by Teather & Greenwood and accompanied by a financing that raised almost 3m, which the company said was all that is required for its strategy.

Telegraph

Saga, the company famous for organising holidays for the over-50s, is set to land its staff a 500m windfall less than three years after many were handed generous bonuses. The company has appointed the investment bank Close Brothers to help it with "future ownership options", with a stock market float as one of the most likely.

Saga staff in line for 500m windfall

Aseana Properties, a property developer backed by the Malaysian construction group Ireka Corporation, debuts on the London Stock Exchange. The group has raised $153 million (77 million) to invest in Vietnam and Malaysia through a share placing at $1 each.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article1615485.ece

Kyoto
Got one of those irritating phone calls yesterday offering to get me in to an IPO which is due to come to the market in June/July - trouble is I was too busy telling him to f@@k off that I didn't really listen to the company he was punting. And he had that bucket shop technique of not drawing breath as he described how fantastic this company was and how his company would get me in at a massive discount - blah-de-blah.

Something to do with fingerprint technology - anything in your sources that sounds like that?

Please don't spend any time on it - but if it rings any bells could you post a link.

Brilliant thread by the way.

mg

Interesting company just come to market (ticker EHP)

Epistem.co.uk

LONDON (ShareCast) - EpiStem got off to a flying start when it began trading on AIM this morning as the biotech firm focused on commercialising adult stem cells soared 23% from its placing price of 124p.

The group, which is interested in the areas of oncology and gastrointestinal diseases as well as cosmeceutical applications, was valued at 7.39m after it placed 2.5m shares to raise 3.1m, or 2.6m net of expenses.

It said the money will be used to enable the partnering of novel therapeutic compounds, widen the diagnostic platform of the existing cash-flow positive fee for service business and for general corporate services.

An AIM quotation gives us the profile to expand our service support business as well as become a leading supplier of validated candidate novel therapeutics for a pharmaceutical industry increasingly demanding such targets, said boss Matthew Walls.

EpiStem operates two distinct business divisions, Contract Research Services and Novel Therapies.

The cash generative and profitable Contract Research Services unit provides specialised preclinical efficacy testing mainly for drug development companies on a fee for service basis.

Meanwhile, Novel Therapies, which is focused on developing its own innovative therapeutics and diagnostic biomarkers, has identified 250 potential drug candidates.

The division is also conducting feasibility studies with two drug development companies using its clinical diagnostic biomarker technology.

MG - I have heard about a similar company though a reputable source. It was based in Hong Kong and offers a wide range of biometric solutions for companies throughout Asia. I can't find the details right now but will have a dig around.

Cheers Isaacs - my gut feeling was that it might be interesting it's just that I wouldn't dream of getting involved with some outfit ringing me cold and offering to do me a favour :) That's why I wanted to see if there was anything I could look at in my own time without committing to what might turn out to be a scam company with no real connection with the IPO.

Look forward to seeing what you turn up

mg

MG - just remember the company I was thinking about is RC Group

RC Group

It is actually already listed so I got my wires crossed. Interesting company and area nevertheless.

MG - thanks - there's nothing on the horizon in the field of biometrics that I'm specifically aware of. I have a nagging feeling that I've read about a company in this area considering a float later this year but I did a bit of digging and couldn't find anything I'm afraid. If I pick anything up I'll post it here.

Trouble with biometrics is, for every RCG there's an SDKK and I haven't really got my head around the sector. One day I'll do some more reading.

By the way, I was once quite rude to Capital Spreads when they phoned me out of the blue - opening line 'are you interested in oil futures?'. It was only after I'd slammed the phone down on them I remembered I'd asked them to call me sometime with some info on their platform... so it happens. Some of these people need to work on their technique though.

Kyoto
Cheers and yes, one of these days my well practiced standard response is gonna get me in trouble - but they don't half pee me off. Either they trawl through some databases they've bought or some arse has put me on one of their lists.

I reckon it's that maggie bunton :)

Isaacs - I don't know if this is relevant to EpiStem - sounds negative but I suppose it could be positive if it locks out competing research:

MPs have warned that the UK government's proposed ban on hybrid embryos could damage UK science, and charged that it will restrict development of life-saving stem cell treatments.

The report comes ahead of a draft bill, due to be published on 8 May, which the government has indicated will ban hybrid and chimera embryos. In November a lab at Newcastle University was first to apply to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for a licence to create human-bovine hybrid embryos in order to boost the supply of human stem cells for research.

Don't do a Bush on stem cells, urge MPs, scientists, doctors

A Hong Kong-based software firm will this week strike a blow for the London Stock Exchange in its increasingly fractious battle with its New York rivals by unveiling plans for a listing on Aim.

NetDimensions, a publisher of knowledge management software used by ABN Amro, Cathay Pacific and HSBC, has elected for a London listing despite the fact that more than twice as much of its revenue is generated in North America as in Europe.

Aim wins another round in US fight

IPOs/Flotations - Thursday 5 April, 2007Norseman Gold (Davos Resources) - 24/04/07Avanti Communications Group - 16/04/07Aseana Prop Ltd (ASPL) - First DayBB Holdings Limited - 24/04/07JPMorgan Progressive Multi-Strategy Fund - 15/05/07Versatile Systems - 16/04/07

Last month the London Stock Exchange released some depressing figures, showing that the hunger for Aim stocks is clearly subsiding.

It revealed that the junior market posted its worst performance for admitting new companies in three years. The first quarter saw just 51 new admissions against 121 in the same period last year.

In reality, this should not come as a surprise. For months, investors have complained of "indigestion" and "fatigue" from the constant stream of new flotations, against a backdrop of poor-performing new issues and criticism of Aim from high-profile US figures.

AIM Market report:Bumper international listings compensate for falling numbers

Matica, an Italian company focused on designing and making machines that can personalise credit, debit, membership and identification cards, will today list on the Alternative Investment Market. The group wants to raise around 2m and is tipped to secure a valuation of more than 10m on admission.

Matica operates in a high-growth market. Plastic cards are increasingly used in the world as a method of payment and identification. Most people these days have multiple cards including credit, debit, SIM cards for mobile phones, membership and loyalty cards as well as identification cards. Matica makes the systems that can personalise them - something which is increasingly becoming a prerequisite in the cards industry. The group is already profitable. In its last financial year, Matica made an operating profit of 500,000 (340,000) on sales of 8.8m.

A good hand of cards (second story)

A HOME-GROWN business which already a major online retailer of mobile computing and communication devices is dialling up a 25m flotation on AIM, it was revealed today.

He said the company had spoken to a number of venture capitalists, but had opted instead to go for an AIM listing. The private equity investors seemed to be looking at buying shares cheap so they could float the company in due course. We thought we could do it ourselves and that the time is right.

eXpansys plans 25m float