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QPP Quindell

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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Quindell LSE:QPP London Ordinary Share GB00BMTS9H89 ORD 15P
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  0.00 0.00% 97.75 0.00 00:00:00
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Posted at 18/12/2015 15:26 by dasv
Hhxxp://www.afr.com/business/legal/slater--gordon-faces-potential-class-action-amid-insolvency-claims-20151218-glqpag#sthash.YQH412uj.dpuf

Slater & Gordon faces potential class action amid insolvency claims

by Marianna Papadakis

Slater & Gordon may be getting a taste of its own medicine. Law firm ACA Lawyers said it is considering a class action lawsuit against the embattled labour law firm on behalf of investors who may have lost money when its share price fell 90 per cent this year.

ACA Lawyers principal Bruce Clark said he was investigating a shareholder class action against Slater & Gordon for potentially misleading investors over a capital raising for the $890 million acquisition of British-based Quindell's professional services division in March and a cancelled profit forecast this year.

Separately, a small Western Sydney legal firm, Cox West Lawyers, lodged an urgent claim against Slater & Gordon for the payment of money because it says it fears the firm is insolvent.

Slater & Gordon, which is traded on the share market, did not comment on the class action but a spokeswoman said the firm was not "near insolvency" as apparently alleged by Cox West Lawyers' legal representatives.

TERMINATED

She said one of the former principals of Cox West Lawyers, John Cox, was terminated from Slater & Gordon this week.

She said the firm had no prior notice of the claim and was therefore not represented in court.

"We regard the comments as highly inflammatory and designed to advance the applicant's position," the spokeswoman said.

"As was outlined to Cox West Lawyers earlier this week, Slater and Gordon is and remains a financially viable organisation able to meet its financial obligations.

"It is simply not appropriate for us to provide commentary on employment and acquisition agreement matters which are now before the court."

Mr Cox confirmed to AFR Weekend he was sacked on Wednesday and has since engaged lawyers.

"Without notice a series of allegations were put to me at a meeting. I categorically rejected each and every allegation put to me. Notwithstanding this I was immediately terminated," he said. "I continue to strongly deny any wrongdoing. I have personally retained and instructed Harmers Workplace Lawyers to formally commence proceedings on my behalf regarding my termination next week.

"I note that the termination occurred at the time my company Cox West Lawyers was in dispute with Slater & Gordon."


Slater & Gordon shocked investors on Thursday by abandoning a recently reaffirmed full-year forecast for 2016 of revenue in excess of $1.15 billion.

The firm's chief executive, Andrew Grech, said on Thursday it was reviewing its approach to financial forecasting after worse than expected results from its British legal service business Quindells.

LITTLE CONFIDENCE

Mr Clarke said shareholders could have little confidence in the company's projections. Slater & Gordon's share price dropped around 86 per cent from after it sold new shares to the public on April 20 to the withdrawal of its forecast on Thursday, wiping $2 billion off shareholder value.

At the time of the capital raising the company said the acquisition would improve earnings per share by 30 per cent in the first year, Mr Clarke said.

"It is a publicly listed firm that should know better than most the duties of companies in regard to governance and keeping shareholders properly informed," he said. "Slater & Gordon should expect the same scrutiny as other publicly listed companies where they have instituted proceedings on behalf of shareholders."

Lawyers for Cox West Lawyers, a small personal injuries and family law firm that was absorbed by Slater & Gordon just over a year ago, asked the NSW Supreme Court on Friday for an urgent payment from Slater & Gordon.

QUICK DECISION

Cox West's barrister, Ivan Leong, asked for a decision before Christmas.

"We wish to assert a contractual right to get an injunction to a large sum of money paid into trust. We are fearful of the defendant being insolvent," Mr Leong said.

"The defendant being insolvent?" NSW Supreme Court judge James Stevenson asked.

"Slater & Go … well, I won't say the name," Mr Leong replied.

Justice Stevenson ordered them to explain why the matter needed to be determined two days before Christmas and the general nature of the request by December 22.

Slater & Gordon's shares have slumped 89 per cent in the past year following investigations into accounting practices and the performance of its Quindell's business. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission stepped up an investigation against the embattled legal firm following its Thursday earnings downgrade.
Posted at 26/11/2015 12:53 by soul limbo
Slater and Gordon: Uncertainty over law firm's future, or survival, as share price dives
By Stephen Long

Updated 54 minutes ago

Is one of Australia's oldest and most famous law firms — and the first in the world to list on a stock exchange — going broke?

Slater and Gordon's share price fell precipitously today, its shares closing at 94 cents — a fall of more than 50 per cent and a monumental tumble from its highs of close to $8.00.

The fall put the company's market value at just over $300 million, about a quarter of what it paid the British professional services firm Quindell in an ill-fated purchase just eight months ago.

The catalyst was regulatory change in the UK on traffic accident compensation, but the underlying issues go deeper.

Slater and Gordon's market capitalisation has now been eclipsed by its debt of more than $700 million and rising.

The firm raised nearly $900 million, mainly from institutional investors, to fund the purchase of Quindell, and also borrowed more than $350 million from a syndicate of banks.

The bankers might be poring over the books now.

Implications of collapse would be dire

If Slater and Gordon were to go broke, the implications would be dire. It is one of the largest plaintiff law firms in the world.

A collapse would place thousands of clients in limbo, and potentially create havoc for the legal systems of Australia and the United Kingdom, where Slater & Gordon has expanded aggressively in recent times.

It would also be an ignominious and ironic end to a law firm with a proud labour movement history.

It has been more than 80 years since Hugh Gordon and William Slater founded the firm.

Operating from a small room in the Australian Railway Union's building on Bourke Street in Melbourne, the firm was a champion of workers' rights from the outset, pioneering claims on workers' entitlements and workplace injury.

Slater and Gordon gained public notoriety and acclaim when it took on the asbestos industry, first CSR over its deadly blue asbestos mines in WA, then James Hardie, acting pro-bono for the ACTU and asbestos support groups in the James Hardie Commission of Inquiry.

Social justice mission waning

But the emphasis on social justice has waned since the law firm took what it described as the "bold" step of publicly listing.

Lawyers who have left speak of being pressured to settle cases, against the interests of clients, to bring cash in the door.

Quindell, which it so disastrously acquired, has been under investigation in the UK for accounting fraud.

Slater and Gordon's own accounts have also been under scrutiny by ASIC and analysts amid concerns a constant stream of acquisitions have hidden problems in the business.

On the face of it, Slater and Gordon's debt is well covered by its current assets, until you drill down and look at the nature of those assets.

Less than $100 million of its reported $1.3 billion in current assets is cash or equivalents.

A total of $620 million is receivables and much of it — $553 million — is work in progress, or "WIP".

There have long been doubts about Slater and Gordon's estimates of how much work in progress will convert into hard earnings and cold cash.

As the "WIP" has expanded via acquisitions of other law firms, Slater and Gordon has been able to state rising accounting profits, but cash profit has been thin on the ground.

The collapse in the share price will have shareholders looking for answers.

In recent times, the class actions the firm was once famous for have become few and far between.

But, it is possible that Slater and Gordon could soon be at the centre of a class action again — this time as the defendant.
Posted at 24/11/2015 14:55 by solanki2000
This is not a qpp thread it's a generic thread to weed out idiots so if we want to discuss slater we will as it's linked to qpp, and will still effect it's future and 10p dividend which qpp board know themselves they won't be getting from slaterNicky you've still not explained why you believe qpp did a firesell and the need to if it was sound company. You can't hide your head in the sand from this one and me even though you can continue to do so with slater
Posted at 23/11/2015 08:49 by ionlypostafterbbms
Some amusing comments from Steamy's Blueshare / QPPSAG forum, including one from the Sage of Blueshare himself. Seems nothing at all was learned from the QPP debacle.


Steamy, 41 minutes ago
Founder of QSAG & Co-Founder of BlueShare

This looks like 6 months of pain for holder here. This is a very very cheap company now, any sign of shorts closing I will be looking to take a position.

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Another genius, anxious to jump out of the frying pan into the fire adds:

rodrod1, 14 minutes ago
Member
Moderator

Now where's me QPP cash payout? Off to the EGM to make sure it all goes through as bargains like this are amazing for the longer term.
Posted at 21/11/2015 22:58 by nicky name
jarbie 21 Nov'15 - 20:59 - 37537 of 37538 0 0

Whichever way you look at it
the share price at 98p with
capital return of 90p
is near enough in value to 0p
Name change will not compensate
for 1 for 10 consolidation
it will only give room
for further share price drop

interesting 'logic' there jarbie

I will get 90p cash, but in fact I am getting 0p?
Posted at 21/11/2015 20:59 by jarbie
Whichever way you look at it
the share price at 98p with
capital return of 90p
is near enough in value to 0p
Name change will not compensate
for 1 for 10 consolidation
it will only give room
for further share price drop
Posted at 20/11/2015 18:14 by nicky name
solanki Slater and Gordon share price is higher than it was a week ago, even after the disappointment that the ASIC report still not concluded

Slater's got PSD for a song!

And Andy, one of the reasons for SGH share price depression, is that the short- trading
cabal rolled over their positions in QPP into SGH

it was an easy story to tell

but in my opinion they have overlooked that Slater's got PSD cheap, valued future returns sensibly, and that in the end scale in the provision of legal services is key

Slater's has great experience in acquisition and consolidation

obviously PSD was a big one, and will take a little digesting

I am a happy SGH shareholder, and looking forward to my capital return from QPP
Posted at 20/11/2015 08:06 by andy
1950211 19 Nov'15 - 15:54 - 37502 of 37509 3 0


If you really believe that then you are a member of a very small club,I fancy even some of the diehards here in private admit there was fraud.


Have you ever wondered why the share price fell from 650p to 26p?

Why the admission to the main market was not allowed?

Have you ever wondered why RT resigned from such a successful company?

Have you ever wondered why QPP sold it's family jewels when it was supposed to be raking in the cash?

And why SGH has fallen from $8 to $3 since the purchase?


I guess not.......
Posted at 09/11/2015 07:18 by skinny
HIGHLIGHTS

· The proposed Return of Capital to shareholders in December 2015 will be of approximately £414 million in aggregate.

· The effect of the proposed Reduction of Capital and Return of Capital will be that for every fully paid ordinary share of 15 pence each held at the Record Date (as defined in the Circular), a shareholder will receive 90 pence in cash.

· Trading in Ordinary Shares ex-entitlement to Capital Return is expected to be on 18 December 2015 with the expected dispatch of cheques to Shareholders or crediting of Shareholders' CREST accounts (as appropriate) in respect of Return of Capital entitlements, on or around 31 December 2015.

· Conditional on the approval of the Reduction of Capital and the Return of Capital at the General Meeting and by the Court, the Consolidation would consolidate the Company's ordinary shares so that every 10 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 1 penny (after the Reduction in Capital) would become 1 ordinary share of 10 pence (such shares having the same rights and being subject to the same restrictions (save as to nominal value) of the existing ordinary shares).

· Conditional on the approval of shareholders, the Company's name will be changed to Watchstone Group plc.

· Following the Return of Capital, in addition to its operating businesses, the Company expects to retain approximately £90 million in cash. The Group has a further £55 million held in escrow accounts relating to the Disposal and the Company retains rights to contingent consideration estimated to have a current value of approximately £39.6 million.


EXPECTED TIMETABLE OF EVENTS


Latest time and date for receipt of Forms of Proxy

10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 24 November 2015


General Meeting

10:00 a.m. on Thursday 26 November 2015

Court Hearing

10:00 a.m. on Wednesday 16 December 2015

Record Date

6:00 p.m. on Thursday 17 December 2015

Ordinary Shares commence trading ex-entitlement to Return of Capital

8:00 a.m. on Friday 18 December 2015

Registration of Court Order and Effective Date of Return of Capital

Friday 18 December 2015

Consolidation Record Date

6:00 p.m. on Friday 18 December 2015

Share Consolidation Effective and Consolidated Ordinary Shares commence trading

8:00 a.m. on Monday 21 December 2015

Dispatch of cheques to Shareholders or Shareholders' CREST accounts credited (as appropriate) in respect of Return of Capital entitlements



On or around 31 December 2015





Notes

These dates (except those of the receipt of Forms of Proxy and of the General Meeting) are estimates only, being subject to agreement of hearing dates with the Court. The timetable assumes that the General Meeting is not adjourned as a result of there being no quorum, or for any other reason. If there is an adjournment, all subsequent dates are likely to be later than those shown. Any changes will be notified to Shareholders by an announcement on the Regulatory News Services of the London Stock Exchange.

All references to time in this announcement are to London time.
Posted at 26/10/2015 15:18 by geoffreen
IOnlyPostAfterBBMs,

I'm not sure anybody is claiming that QPP's recent share price history constitutes a "victory" for the longs.

Those who can claim "victory" are Tiger Global Management (and the other significant shorters) and Gotham.

TW got it right some of the time and got it wrong some of the time.

PS: the current share price is 102p. On a share price forecast of 0p, that call was infinitely wrong.
Quindell share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

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