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[dumpat0803hrs] 14/2/2013 08:03

Embarrassing.

Sounds like his make-believe b.s. about HLO being 1.5 to 3p

[stegrego] 14/2/2013 07:56

The ones in Carealot, where the Care Bears live?



JoJo_Jo 13 Feb'13 - 15:51 - 1716 of 1718 0 0


Clearly underperforming assets and divisions need to closed and sold off to reduce overheads and streamline the business. The business has to be put on a sustainable footing. To this end they should also consider selling more valuable, non-core assets and segments including some (or all) of the Care Homes, impo.

I notice recently that a number of high value Care Homes have come to market fairly recently via specialist agents Christie & Co.

Many of these are priced at over £2m, and a large number at over £1m. Some are marked 'Sold STC (Subject To Contract)'. I can't be sure, but it's possible that the company has already started an asset disposal program. After all they would only need to sell a few Care Homes to raise £15m or so, and be in quite a robust financial position.

[graham1ty] 14/2/2013 07:46

Care Homes ??????

What CARE Homes ????

[jojo_jo] 13/2/2013 15:51

Clearly underperforming assets and divisions need to closed and sold off to reduce overheads and streamline the business. The business has to be put on a sustainable footing. To this end they should also consider selling more valuable, non-core assets and segments including some (or all) of the Care Homes, impo.

I notice recently that a number of high value Care Homes have come to market fairly recently via specialist agents Christie & Co.

Many of these are priced at over £2m, and a large number at over £1m. Some are marked 'Sold STC (Subject To Contract)'. I can't be sure, but it's possible that the company has already started an asset disposal program. After all they would only need to sell a few Care Homes to raise £15m or so, and be in quite a robust financial position.

I think there could be a large number of people and companies keeping an eye on this with a view to bidding. To be honest, it would be an 'gift' for anyone or any company with £6/£7m. I bet the Bleasdales (or her partner/hubby at least) are watching this closely. They'd love to get this back for such a bargain price, and give the current owners/board a poke in the eye in the process! There will be plenty with deep pockets in the wings. I'm confident of that, and happy to keep adding on weakness (as I have today). Even in what I regard as 'worst case' I'll get 0.54p off Tosca&Co.

Tosca&Co have made this offer, as much as anything, to protect the share price either way, so it will stay in th 0.50p - 0.60p range approx. The MMs will just run it up and down in the range and make a few pounds. It's a tactic I've seen used by acquirers several times over the years.

Happy to hold and add (at opportune moments).

IMPO/DYOR/NAI
Jo

[purav] 11/2/2013 17:16

redundancies happening in the UK I am told.

[dusseldorf] 11/2/2013 15:33

perhaps some speculative interest ahead of the 6th March which is the last date concert party have to make their offer or not

[begorrah88] 11/2/2013 15:12

Ah well, it was exciting while it lasted!

[bill182] 11/2/2013 15:03

We're now above the minimum indicated offer price! I wonder what the final take out price will be?

[dusseldorf] 11/2/2013 11:44

Not sure about volumes, but the flurry made my mind up. In for a few so a holder now.

[graham1ty] 11/2/2013 11:35

Why the flurry of activity in the last ten mins. Have I missed something ? 5m traded since 11.28am ( now 11.35)

[dusseldorf] 11/2/2013 10:32

In the absence of any update from the board uncertainty will drive the price lower.

That said, the next RNS could be a offer confirmed X% premium etc...

[begorrah88] 11/2/2013 10:15

Appears to be very little belief that the .54 offer will come through.

People happier to walk now and potentially take a 10-15% hit on what the offer could brather than wait and find out,and no interest in buying.

[dusseldorf] 08/2/2013 17:04

Graham1TY - I tend to agree - shareholders left completely in limbo with no indicative timescales. For what it's worth I believe the 1% holders must all declare within 10 working days of Wednesdays announcement i.e. everyone show your cards, so perhaps after the 20th Feb an update is forced.

[graham1ty] 08/2/2013 16:40

Staggered no comment yet at all from the Board.............

[whereareallthemugpuntersyachts] 08/2/2013 15:04

COOL is cool for dead CAT bounces but not fit for widows or orphans

[zif78] 08/2/2013 14:49

check out COOL

[whereareallthemugpuntersyachts] 08/2/2013 14:40

Wouldn't want to be in this over the weekend if the creditors decide they want to get their money back

[dusseldorf] 08/2/2013 12:37

A fantastic typo (twice) in the announcement on city AM. 10/10 for journalistic accuracy. His quoted prices per share are only 1000% wrong.

[kemche] 08/2/2013 10:27

IMPO/DYOR etc:
Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. For example, in reading about current political issues, people usually prefer sources that affirm their existing attitudes. They also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence), belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false), the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) and illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).

[jojo_jo] 08/2/2013 10:19

The brands perception in both the public's and professional's eyes is clearly very high as witnessed by the gold and platinum ratings received in the recent audits.
The wrongdoings of old, long sacked or resigned directors has no bearing on the current business, and their reputation on the ground remains intact and clearly improving by the day. The corporate goings-on aren't of much concern to the public, indeed I doubt many know about the recent travails and share price fall. There has been almost no general media coverage, and very little in the financial press.
The brand therefore still has considerable value, and will be shown to have in the accounts.
The company has gold and platinum standards - now recognised in the field of healthcare. Exceptional.

IMPO/DYOR
Jo