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[alex1621] 27/8/2015 08:10

Suckers rally anyone?

[barkboo] 27/8/2015 08:05

"Should be some action one way or another" - yes, I thought it was going to be one way?

[barkboo] 27/8/2015 08:02

Good morning all - BLNX a little slow off the mark. lol

[giveatoss] 27/8/2015 07:17

takeover soon or removal of brian.

[kendonagasaki] 26/8/2015 23:26

Sikh, what were your thoughts on Mike Lynch leaving so soon after last Augusts crash?Imo I feel that HP will use this blnx scenario of another shareholder 'highway' robbery to do strengthen their own case yet again.The master criminal has bolted but his "minions " still remain!

[sikhthetech] 26/8/2015 22:37

1gw, interesting find...
I was wondering why only BM received the 7m options... now we know why, he is the only Executive Board member...

BM joined blnx, after they took over PVMG, where he was CEO...PVMG own AdOn...

Not good but he's been elected for another 3 yrs, so not a lot anyone can do...

[barkboo] 26/8/2015 22:02

Dow +4% Nadaq +5% should be some action one way or another tomorrow.

[sikhthetech] 26/8/2015 21:11

I wouldn't say another 'flavour of ramper'...

more like another multiple id of the 'family'...

[1gw] 26/8/2015 19:31

Suranga - another question prompted by yesterday's discussions.

Did blinkx RNS anything about 1 of their 2 executive directors stepping down from his executive role, or was this announced after the fact merely by changing his description in the annual report?

In the FY14 annual report (and explicitly at 31st March 2014), Suranga was an executive director.

In the FY15 annual report, Suranga is a non-executive director, albeit a relatively well-remunerated one.

Blinkx now has only 1 executive director (BM). While the normal concern with boards is too many execs and not enough independent non-execs, the problem with having a single executive director is that there is only 1 person on the board who knows in any detail what is actually going on in the business. And therefore there is no-one who can easily spot if the exec goes "rogue" in terms of how he presents the business to his fellow board members.

The obvious thing (in my mind) would have been to appoint the CFO to the board when SC relinquished his executive role.

Or maybe, doing it via the annual report (if there wasn't an RNS) was an implicit acknowledgement that his role had really become "non-executive" once he started at Balderton?

[1gw] 26/8/2015 18:08

Quantcast stats.

Has anyone managed to track down RhythmOne (or Turn or Appnexus) on quantcast yet?

[bones698] 26/8/2015 18:06

Rip Blnx just a matter of time , buisness model highly dubious and flawed and Blnx has lost so much ground dealing with the stories that it was a con etcthat it will now fail to recover , markets are having a tough time and spending budgets getting reigned in etc all will add to the demise of blnx . Not much positive around these days and at least blnx has some cash left to possibly see it out but the buisness just looks far too costly and unprofitable now to survive and be a class leader . The USA firms are growing far more in size than blnx and it willbe gobbled up for a pittance at some point in the future . Probably when the cash runs out and blnx is 2p . Another tech co gone to the wolves and this was a half decent one but not anymore

[fieldhouse] 26/8/2015 17:52

53tom.
Very good summary.Thanks, 1gw,football,et al for AGM reports.

[alex1621] 26/8/2015 16:10

STT ... wrong, they don't "think" it, they "know" it!


sikhthetech 26 Aug'15 - 10:23 - 1618 of 1621 0 0

beg,
I think blnx bod think that their shareholders are gullible and thick...
they certainly treat their shareholders as such....

[alex1621] 26/8/2015 16:05

Stocky - Hard work? Options? They should be grateful they have a job! It's shareholder cash that is paying their bills, not the (negative) value added from their hard work. What you are looking at is a massive wealth transfer ... your money into their pockets! They should all be wearing masks!

[stocky] 26/8/2015 15:17

Well, the staff now have their options for their hard work.

[sikhthetech] 26/8/2015 14:37

I'm surprised Donald left or they let him leave... All part of closing UK office...

[barkboo] 26/8/2015 14:30

Kendo - "They waited for your £2.40" they didn't my friend, they sold 40mil plus before the 240p. lol

[lance corporal winstanley ash] 26/8/2015 14:26

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[barkboo] 26/8/2015 14:09

I think they needed to get stock off the pi's who were convinced this was only going one way, weak investors plus Brando, Kendo and similar swing traders.

When gangsters forced it down still further the deck of cards completely collapsed bringing another 40+mil. to the market.

Job done!

[1gw] 26/8/2015 13:55

football, he gets them "for free" in the sense that he has to pay only the exercise price and the tax/NI on the profit. So he sees the £445k profit less the tax/NI hit in the example above.

I don't know what the burst media scheme was but I understand that BMs options have a lock-in in the sense that they vest over 3 years, and I presume it is 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. If you look at the RNS it states "These share options were granted in accordance with the US Share Plan for Senior Executives, but are also subject to a minimum stock price threshold"

Now "in accordance with the US Share Plan for Senior Executives" means that they vest over 3 years as I understand it.

[football] 26/8/2015 13:36

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