Morson Share Discussion Threads

[erbullion] 20/3/2004 09:48

the times reports could be counter bids

[rogid] 07/3/2004 23:40

Johnroger, the above was my first posting on this (or any other) stock market bb. I've been out of the loop for a few years due to the lethargy of the market plus not having the capital to snap up any of those obvious bargains over the last year or so. I did stick in there with the stocks I had though and most have now recovered and some gained. Seeing as we seem to have struck a cord above, do you have any thoughts on Redstone Telecom or Mondas (I'm thinking of averaging down a bit from an historic 56p!)?

[johnroger] 07/3/2004 22:24

johnv ... more difficult to follow,currency conversion for dividends. Plenty of good UK companies to choose from.As it happens I have also bought ELH and CSR!

[johnv] 07/3/2004 19:32

Johnroger, whats wrong about holding any US stock?

[rogid] 07/3/2004 18:25

Me too. Happily taken profits and switched into some other attractive (IMHO) tech stocks inc. Eurodis Electron and Cambridge Silicon Radio (new issue - bluetooth).

[johnroger] 05/3/2004 16:10

Sold, don't want to be left holding a US stock.

[richjp] 05/3/2004 11:06

According to a posting on the iii board, the FT is saying hold for now. Although this is an offer approved offer by the Merant board, the FT seems to think that at least there might be a better split between the cash and shares on offer.

[dopeyclown] 04/3/2004 21:07

serena software listed at NASDAQ with epic SRNA. It is a common stock

[darias] 04/3/2004 19:48

Well the board think so.

[jarbie] 04/3/2004 18:36

can anybody help - cannot find Serena Software on NASDAQ - is this a good deal ? should one take a greater portion of Serena shares - is this a good company to be in ? - thanks

[artful dodger] 04/3/2004 14:32

my sipp will be pleased

[pcuser] 04/3/2004 11:53

Well,

Sort of '195p'

Here is how they tell it :

"The Offer is 195 pence for each Merant Share which comprises 136.5 pence
in cash and 0.04966 of a new SERENA Share. This is based on an exchange rate of
US$1.8488 : £1.00 and a price per SERENA Share of US$21.78 (as explained in
Appendix II)."

[darias] 04/3/2004 08:17

Most important news today. T/over at £1:95p a share.

[tigluck] 27/2/2004 18:24

I hope Merant makes another profit plus increased sales on March 4th!

[johnv] 26/2/2004 23:21

3Q results out 4th march

[dopeyclown] 21/1/2004 10:46

183p
It will be there with some good news and lot depends upon money translation from $ to £ as profits come from USA

[maggieuk] 21/1/2004 09:36

What were last August's highs then ?

[johnroger] 19/1/2004 14:53

Schroders buy more!

[johnroger] 16/1/2004 17:10

Rise of 10% today on good volume, heading back to last August highs!

[alia] 16/1/2004 14:39

looking very good to go upto 2.00

[johnroger] 05/1/2004 14:17

Techinvest picks Merant as a nap tip for 2004 at 125p

[johnroger] 17/12/2003 15:29

Merant announces tie up with Microsoft



Merant(R) Meritage(TM) Delivers Comprehensive Document Management and Version Control for Microsoft Office 2003 Editions
Enables Development and Project Teams to Easily Manage Multiple Document Versions From Within Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

HILLSBORO, OR -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/15/2003 -- Merant (NASDAQ: MRNT) (LSE: MRN), a leading provider of software and services that deliver flexible control of code, content and other business-critical assets, today announced the availability of Merant Meritage, an innovative new tool for development organizations that want to more effectively manage documents within Microsoft Office. Now cross-functional application development teams and other groups can collaborate through every stage of the design, development and delivery cycle with the confidence that all associated Microsoft documents are under the protection of Merant's powerful configuration management technology.

"The collective intellectual property of cross-functional teams is often encapsulated in Microsoft Office documents, making them an incredibly important and valuable corporate asset," noted James Rogers, vice president of product marketing at Merant. "With Merant Meritage, development teams can now more effectively manage collaboration and archiving across project documentation, which allows them to control costs, mitigate risks and protect these critical assets."

Merant Meritage brings the myriad business benefits of comprehensive change management to the world of cross-functional project documentation. By enabling version control, parallel review, change rollback and other critical document management capabilities from directly within the familiar and cost-effective environment of Microsoft Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003, Merant Meritage dramatically improves productivity, collaboration and communication across any project team.

Merant Meritage simplifies collaboration by allowing teams to easily maintain and manage multiple versions of Word 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003 documents. This eliminates the traditional problems in coordinating, controlling and managing business cases, opportunity assessments, product presentations, cost plans and resource allocation spreadsheets, product requirement documents, delivery plans, feature set specifications, QA documents and a host of other materials associated with product delivery. Changes and comments in these documents can be easily tracked and incorporated, even during parallel review cycles.

Team members can also choose to be proactively notified of new versions via a subscription service. Document versions are stored in a central repository, improving both asset protection and document visibility. Historical changes are tracked to streamline document editing and improve audit compliance, and documentation can even be rolled back to an earlier version with a simple command.

"A key goal with the Microsoft Office System is to provide customers better visibility into business information so they can gain deeper insights, make better decisions, and take more effective action to make their businesses more productive and successful," said Simon Marks, Office product manager at Microsoft Corp. "We're pleased to see Merant build on this goal with the introduction of Merant Meritage. This solution will be a useful tool for project teams that want to use Microsoft Office 2003 Editions to successfully manage documentation and version control."

Merant Meritage supports Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003 Editions. It can be used as a stand-alone application or integrated with Merant Version Manager, a core component of the Merant Professional suite for comprehensive software configuration management. Pricing for Merant Meritage, which is available immediately, is only $2,995 per server plus $149 per user.

About Merant

Merant delivers the industry's most flexible and comprehensive enterprise change management solutions. Thousands of organizations across the globe rely on Merant's software and services to dramatically enhance the productivity, quality and ROI of their technology initiatives by allowing them to easily track, manage and control modifications in business-critical information assets. For more information, please visit www.merant.com.

Merant is a registered trademark of Merant. Merant Meritage, Merant Version Manager and Merant Professional are trademarks of Merant. Other product, service or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.








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[johnroger] 11/12/2003 17:56

Reason for recent weakness? Schroders reduce holding.

Date of sale

09 December 2003...............................................................

Sale of (name of company)

Merant PLC...............................................................

1. Class of voting shares (eg ordinary shares)

2p...............................................................

Number of shares/rights over shares sold

200,000........................Shares........................Rights

If rights over shares sold, as opposed to the shares themselves, specify nature
of rights

...............................................................

2. Resultant total holding of voting shares (and % of total voting shares in
issue)

2,085,805.......... 20.985%

[dawntrader] 09/12/2003 18:59

down 7.4 pct today, looks like this is on the way down down down. I was lucky as did look at this one, but will not get involved in this one, after the market climbed yesterday, this one loses 7 pct plus. Not for me.

good luck.

[johnroger] 02/12/2003 14:22

Prospects look good

(Updating with details of order from US government)

LONDON (AFX) - Nasdaq-listed computer services and software group Merant PLC
said it has improved second quarter earnings, and beaten stock market
expectations.
But the company said it would take action in the third quarter to improve
its cost structure and productivity and maintained a conservative outlook on
revenue in the short term.
EBITA for the three months ending Oct 31, 2003, grew to 2.4 mln usd from 0.4
mln last year.
The figure exceeded all independent research analysts' profit expectations
for the quarter, said the company.
Revenues grew 2.6 pct to 30 mln usd compared to the second quarter last
year.
For the second half of the current year, the company expects improvement
compared to the first half in terms of available product offerings, with new
versions of both Professional and Dimensions now available to the market.
But, Merant said, it still feels that a conservative outlook for revenue
growth is prudent in the short term, given continuing economic uncertainties.
In a separate statement, the company announced that its Merant Dimensions
product is now being used by the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
housed in the Department of Homeland Security.
No financial details were disclosed for the deal.
The software will be used for the development and management of applications
within Customs and Border Protection, including those in law enforcement,
finance and administration, Merant said.
tf/jad