Aukett Swanke Share Discussion Threads

[seizetheday] 06/11/2007 00:22

a buy from a director is very good

a buy from a FINANCIAL director is excellent!

[marvelman] 05/11/2007 20:33

Yes Hornets, 20k of his own money...that did encourage me to buy another 19,000
I must admit my surprise though as I thought directors were not allowed to buy in a closed period which I believe we are in.

[hornets] 05/11/2007 20:24

director buy today :

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Group Plc ("the Company") has today been notified by
Duncan Harper, Finance Director of the Company, that today he purchased 181,818
ordinary shares in the Company at 11 pence per share.

[masurenguy] 05/11/2007 14:46

I've previously held AUK (sold out at 15.3p in August) but they went back on my watchlist after ditching the proposed SMC merger. Don't understand the subsequent decline in the share price but am holding back from any re-entry until it stabilizes.

[rik shaw] 04/11/2007 09:17

Note on architects fee rates:

[marvelman] 01/11/2007 18:27

Wish I had a clue Hornets.There has been steady selling ever since the merger talks failed but todays volume was a concern.

[hornets] 01/11/2007 18:19

down another 1p, what is happening?

[marvelman] 29/10/2007 20:21

They achieved 1.3 million in the first 6 months so I cannot believe they wont achieve at least the same again in the second half making a profit before tax of 2.6 million. Bear in mind they have already stated that profits will be above expectations. I make the p/e 7 (before tax) and earnings per share 1.8p

Very cheap....and NO debt.

[silverfern] 29/10/2007 15:06

Am I right in thinking that £2.3m or thereabouts gives an eps of 1.3p?

[silverfern] 29/10/2007 14:59

A useful article and suggest talks had been going on for a while. For those that cannot access:

The proposed merger would have created an architectural practise of major standing: number 1 in Europe and within the top 5 globally. Nicholas Thompson, chief operating officer at Auckett, said: "It's a shame but I run a public company. It would have been quite a good business deal for the long-term.

"Geographically there is virtually no overlap in the UK and it would have given us a position in new market sectors. I've known SMC for a long time and have always had discussions with Stuart McColl [the group's chief executive until recently]."
....Brokers forecast turnover rising by £4m to £20m in the current year, with Aukett's pre-tax profit rising threefold to £2.3m. The projected profit figure for the following year is higher again, at £3.1m.

said the source. "Both sets of employees are talented but one team is led by a chief executive who knows how to collect profit from those skills. If the deal for SMC had gone through, he would have applied his management skills to their technical inputs." The source added: "Aukett walked away from the deal because SMC valued itself at more than it was worth."

[mistertibbs] 12/10/2007 18:04

We are, it appears, all of the same opinion and it's a good news week. Thought the share price might have recovered a wee bit more however shouldn't be greedy I suppose.

[bigbobjoylove] 12/10/2007 09:05

good news for AUK.

[silverfern] 12/10/2007 08:46

I bought more this morning (Not showing yet). Failure to agree terms presumably means they were not going to spoil their own busines by paying to much for SMC, but it could have been the CEO bloke, who owns so much of the company (but not of course its debt).

[skyracer] 12/10/2007 08:05

Yes, this is good news for AUK.

[marvelman] 12/10/2007 07:50

Best result for AUK...must have been pretty bad at SMC for the talks to fail.

[asp1] 12/10/2007 07:47

So talks are off - thank you GOD! - and normal service resumes - good time for top up.....

[mistertibbs] 08/10/2007 13:37

Thank you for clarifying that Tony. I detest these pests.

[tonystringy] 07/10/2007 23:19

Not surprised mistertibbs..........the post we were referring to seems to have vanished.

Not seen that done before.

The poster had spammed over 20 threads with the same post plugging a company about to liquidate. He's been at it again tonight using a different alias but when I click on any of the threads he's posted on........there is no post!

ADVFN used to replace such posts with a 'Post removed by ADVFN' message. Now it seems the post is simply removed.

[mistertibbs] 07/10/2007 23:05

Thamk you for that link rik. Not sure I understand the previous 2 posts or who you both refer to?

[tonystringy] 06/10/2007 00:44

Removed my reply to a post which is no longer here.

[boischastel] 06/10/2007 00:31

Now about the 20th thread you have ramped this share on.
F OFF