AEA Technology Share Discussion Threads

[skinny] 22/8/2012 16:01

@£100k worth give or take.

[isis] 22/8/2012 15:57

Blimey - they've got some Balls!!

[skinny] 22/8/2012 15:57

Now @11.594%

[maxmarilli] 22/8/2012 07:32

Target 20% and offer for the co?Either they will do that or they know who`s buying the co and what the offer price will be....and must be bigger than 0.06p!

[skinny] 22/8/2012 07:12

Stranger and stranger -

The Watsons now @ 10.956%

[maxmarilli] 22/8/2012 07:07

The watson still adding...i think they will do a T/O,eventually...

[cyberbub] 19/8/2012 22:17

Guys do you not realise, the rise is due to shorters buying back and closing. If they wait until the company is officially delisted then they will have a lot more trouble buying back their shares. I'm sure a lot of them have made very good money shorting from 50 or even 100p down to 0.05p.

NAI

[broshm] 17/8/2012 20:33

how do these people get these "sinecure's "

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[broshm] 17/8/2012 11:35

could have made 30% in an hour or so .

[smcl] 17/8/2012 11:24

Michael Watson - could he be the former Sales & Marketing Director for AEA Technology from 1994-1999?????/

See Linkedin or Google Michael Watson+AEA
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[skinny] 17/8/2012 10:27

Yes a bit odd - my shares went up from £120 - £210 initially. :-)

[parsons] 17/8/2012 10:25

Why would somebody buy so many shares now?

[skinny] 17/8/2012 07:05

Trading in the period remains in line with the Board's expectations.

As we said in our recent annual results statement, trading conditions remain challenging. Nevertheless, good progress is being made in the implementation of the business plan.

On 6 August we announced that we had secured additional short term funding to allow the Board to continue to consider all strategic options to realise value. We continue to have ongoing discussions with a number of interested parties. The Board will provide further updates in due course.

As previously announced the Board does not envisage there will be offers for the share capital of the Company and the Board remains of the view that such options will result in little or no value for Shareholders.

[isis] 09/8/2012 18:49

Shares in 140-year-old cashmere firm suspended as pension fund crisis pushes it to brink of administration
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 09:48, 9 August 2012 | UPDATED: 10:07, 9 August 2012
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Shares in cashmere weaver Dawson have been suspended as the company teeters on the brink of administration.
Last month the 140-year-old group said attempts to offload its burgeoning £90m pension deficit had come apart at the seams.
Despite pumping £2.2m into the fund over the past year, the black hole continued to widen.

Uncertainty ahead: Dawson provides high-end products to luxury retailers
The group was also turned away by the Government's Pension Protection Fund.
Now directors need to decide whether to put the UK group, and its parent company Dawson International, into the hands of administrators.

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The move would put at risk 200 jobs at Barrie mill in the Scottish borders town of Hawick.
Previously owner of the Pringle label, the company has been hit by cheap Chinese cashmere and now provides high-end products to luxury retailers.
The company's US subsidiary, Dawson Forte, is safe from administrators.
Shares, which have fallen by 85 per cent in the last year, were suspended at 0.3p.


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[isis] 09/8/2012 13:48

I'm sure the Company will survive in one form or another but I doubt there will be anything for shareholders, this has gone too far down the line and is business mix is impossible to understand wtf they actually do!

[hightech] 09/8/2012 10:40

yes, but this has diverse activities and the support of the governments around the world. They need to accept a bit of risk and involve in international projects, contract with UN, ....

If they survive, share price will move above 1p.

[the bounty hunter] 09/8/2012 09:27

the wealth destruction here has been on the marconi scale

[loverat] 08/8/2012 20:04

Well done KNIGEL.

Live to fight another day I guess. Not actually sure what happened to cause the rise but agree.

[knigel] 08/8/2012 19:52

I lost a fortune here but at least today I manage to get a bit back...(brought at 0.058p and selling at 0.088p within the hour)... don't expect another bounce though