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ARGV Argentvive

1.375
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Argentvive LSE:ARGV London Ordinary Share GB00B2425T97 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 1.375 - 0.00 00:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
0 0 N/A 0

Argentvive Share Discussion Threads

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
26/11/2007
09:27
some bit of buying on friday.. denton's argentvive means "quick silver"..

looks like he ain't wastin no time..

saffy..

safman
23/11/2007
16:01
a little blue..

saffy..

safman
15/11/2007
20:47
A man with ambition and plenty of determination is our Mr Denton.Keep with this company , there will be more surprises coming our way soon. And yes the best is still to come.
baronstjohn
13/11/2007
14:43
Looks like he still has the hunger and ambition to drive this company further forward.

Still lots to come yet I would have thought...

jammy02
13/11/2007
14:06
thanks for that jammy.. interesting read..

saffy..

safman
13/11/2007
08:57
MARKET PROFILE

Charles Denton, deputy chairman
Argent Vive


Charles Denton:
no time to lose

Charles Denton is a man in a hurry. He might have made millions from the sale of Molton Brown, the skincare product group he helped sell to Japan's Kao Corporation in 2005, but he is as motivated as ever in his new guise as a web 2.0 entrepreneur.

A fresh-faced and enthusiastic businessman, Mr Denton took control of samedaybooks.co.uk, a failing internet book retailer, before the summer. Now he is in the process of turning what was little more than a shell into a forward-thinking, diverse online trading group.

His new business, which he renamed Argent Vive (or quicksilver, another word for mercury), might only be worth £13m at the moment. But he has ambitious plans for the company, of which he owns 59pc.

"I'd like to build a substantial business," he explains. "Molton Brown was sold for £170m and I'd like to see if I can surpass that."

The 42-year-old spends the first half of the week doing his day job, as head of the Great Ormond Street Hospital charity. The rest of his time, including weekends, is dedicated to the Argent Vive project.

Although the group has a consumer-facing business, based around the revamped samedaybooks.co.uk website, the driving force is undoubtedly the business-to-business division.

Mr Denton is trying to carve out a niche as an online market maker for electrical goods, helping wholesalers and retailers to find new ways of distributing their goods, using internet platforms such as Amazon and eBay.

"Profit margins for electrical goods are shrinking," he points out, "so retailers need to turn over stock much faster and they need to find ways of liquidating old stock." Through Argent Vive's AuctionAssist division, he hopes to help traditional retailers of TVs and hi-fis harness the power of the internet.

Mr Denton believes that social networking has an important role to play as auction websites and other online marketplaces become more advanced. To that end, he has bought a small company called Advance Warning, which develops social networking software. The idea is that online retailers will pay to add a social networking capability to their websites in order to attract customers and gather valuable information about what they might be interested in buying.

But Mr Denton accepts that "you can't have businesses building marketing machines that are pretending to be social networking sites".

For now, he is focusing on the opportunities ahead rather than the potential pitfalls. Although Argent Vive's annual results - out today - are expected to be disappointing in terms of financials, it is clear that it will take some time for Mr Denton's growth plans to gather momentum.

Although he is eager to expand Argent Vive, he is wary of the danger of a new internet bubble. Traditional media companies, such as US broadcaster CBS, are once again showing a willingness to pay punchy premiums for developmental, non-revenue producing internet businesses. "There is a danger that people will overpay," he notes.

"But at Argent Vive, we're not in that field. I like to see overheads under control and want to see good hard cashflow and recurring revenues."

Mr Denton is leading a publicly listed company for the first time and admits that it can be a frustrating experience. "I'm used to moving at quite a speed," he says. "But we were delayed by public company process on an acquisition that cost me six weeks. And I don't have six weeks to waste."

jammy02
10/11/2007
18:53
302100 sold....and the price holds...roll on christmas
petersmith6
05/11/2007
16:52
Just another lovely day on the stock market :-)
baronstjohn
05/11/2007
12:54
This is fantastic news and goes to prove what has been said before that the team at Argentvive will not stop the roller coaster. During the past couple of months we have had some wonderful news .What other Christmas presents will Mr Denton give us .
Specially like the comments from Kevin Fleming


Our ambition to become a leading e-commerce group continues with our second
strategic acquisition. The Directors believe that there is significant potential
in niche social networking applications and we see, in Advance Warning, a
commercially attractive proposition as a result of its robust software combined
with great design and user functionality."

And Penny Nagle, CEO of Advance Warning,

"We are very excited to be part of the ambitious growth plans of ArgentVive. We
aim to capitalise on the demand from businesses to expand their web offering to
include social software and we believe we have a potentially market leading
application. "



All we do now is watch wait and see for maybe more Acquisition ,is there a Merry Christmas

baronstjohn
05/11/2007
09:30
he certainly has got a good idea of how to take the company forward.. i've got to take a futher look at the new acq . in further detail

cheers

Saffy..

safman
05/11/2007
08:53
baronstjohn : Another decent aquisition should produce your rise this week.

Mr Denton has been very busy since his take over and at this rate we should see a decent rise in share price leading in to the new year.

jammy02
05/11/2007
07:38
RNS Number:9954G
Argentvive PLC
05 November 2007

ARGENTVIVE PLC
("ArgentVive" or "the Group")


Acquisition



ArgentVive plc, the e-commerce group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of
the entire issued share capital of Advance Warning Limited ("Advance Warning"),
a social networking development company, for a total maximum consideration of
#450,000.



Advance Warning is a social networking software engine that allows groups of
friends to create communities around events within the film and music markets.
Advance Warning licences its proprietary software to third party businesses for
which it charges an initial licence fee and ongoing hosting fees. It recently
secured a licence with film channel, Britfilms.tv, and is currently in final
negotiations for a further license.



Advance Warning was established in August 2006 by a group of entrepreneurs who
have been involved in the development of social networking sites since 1998. The
management team, comprising CEO Penny Nagle and Chief Technology Officer Stu
Tilly, will remain with Advance Warning following completion.



The consideration is to be satisfied by an initial payment of #300,000 by the
issue of 616,016 new ArgentVive ordinary shares (the "New Shares"), representing
2.26 per cent. of the enlarged share capital. Additional consideration of up to
a further #150,000 will be paid, should Advance Warning satisfy earn out
conditions linked to contract value, profits and cash burn in the period to 30
April 2009. Any additional consideration will also be satisfied by the issue of
further new ordinary shares up to a maximum of 308,008 new ordinary shares.


The New Shares will rank parri passu with the existing issued ordinary shares.
Application has been made for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM
and dealings are expected on 9 November 2007.Upon completion of the acquisition
the number of shares in issue will be 27,316,016.



Kevin Fleming, Finance Director of ArgentVive, said:



"Our ambition to become a leading e-commerce group continues with our second
strategic acquisition. The Directors believe that there is significant potential
in niche social networking applications and we see, in Advance Warning, a
commercially attractive proposition as a result of its robust software combined
with great design and user functionality."



Penny Nagle, CEO of Advance Warning, commented:



"We are very excited to be part of the ambitious growth plans of ArgentVive. We
aim to capitalise on the demand from businesses to expand their web offering to
include social software and we believe we have a potentially market leading
application. "

now a social networking development site..

saffy..

safman
03/11/2007
12:35
The deals with Amazon and Ebay were great decisions by the management before the Christmas online expectations . I would expect to see the chart have a little surge this week on the upwards scale. Mr Denton is the right guy in place , so watch this one.
baronstjohn
03/11/2007
11:17
this stock is like a bus...nothing for ages......................then its all comes at once.hope they give a pre Xmas uptate.would be nice to see how the xmas rush has boosted income.
petersmith6
29/10/2007
23:04
after the deal with amazon..what wonders will they pull out next?
petersmith6
29/10/2007
14:19
Think this is going to be a decent progression company but lets not get too carried away too quickly.

As already mentioned, I think this will continue to rise slowly over the next month or two and might have the odd jump up in price on the back of good news.

A very comforting place to be at the moment with Dentons plans starting to take shape and come together.

jammy02
29/10/2007
10:34
yeah, no news over the weeknend, let the management do what they have to..

impressed so far with what they are trying to build..

saffy..

safman
28/10/2007
21:35
Looking forward to getting more tomorrow
baronstjohn
28/10/2007
10:43
cant find anything in the papers so far,shame about the spread...i want to top up but not with such a wide spread....got to have some principles.heres to a slow creep up next week
petersmith6
26/10/2007
09:20
hoping for some weekend press on how things are going @ this company..

saffy...

safman
25/10/2007
20:54
Another very good day roll on tomorrow
baronstjohn
25/10/2007
12:48
Whoops one to buy into. Then again those that are in will be winners
baronstjohn
25/10/2007
12:46
Looking realy good this week and won to buy into
baronstjohn
25/10/2007
09:28
Some more good news and further progression being made.

Got a good feeling that this is going to climb at a nice steady pace over the coming months.

DYOR.

jammy02
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