Celadon Pharmaceuticals Share Discussion Threads

[fludde] 30/9/2008 18:21

I agree. Presumably they will hold it somewhere where shareholders are unlikely to attend, Xi'an perhaps.

[igoe104] 30/9/2008 17:48

Someone needs punch the lights out of these robbing directors, at the agm.

[fludde] 30/9/2008 10:47

That is good news if true.

Mind you the Captain of the Titanic wearing clean underwear when the ship sank was also good news of sorts.

[hillyfields] 30/9/2008 10:38

For information I am told that all Essential Box milk was sourced from outside China and therefore the company has no contamination problems at all

[fludde] 26/9/2008 09:25

And there you have it- Talking a share up is as bad as talking one down.

The mass hysteria of buying a share forcing the price up is as unjust as the hysterical selling we have seen of late. In both cases people jumping on the bandwagon too late will lose money whether they buy at the top or sell at the bottom.

It is arguably easier to talk a share down than to talk it up. Whilst fear is as strong an emotion as greed, most investors probably invest in a share in the hope that it will rise more often than selling in the hope it falls.

However while many investors set a stop loss to limit their losses when a share falls it is unlikely that an investor will set a limit buy to order shares at a price xx% above the current price. Thus a concerted fall will trigger more automated sells than a concerted rise will trigger automated buys. Also people will sell to protect the remainder of their investment but do not always have the funds to buy when watching a share rise. This suggests the momentum of a fall should be stronger than that of a rise.

The real issue is the orchestrated attack on a share price which results in naked manipulation of the price. This is the fraud and this is where the FSA seem powerless to act. These acts make vast sums of money for the few at the expense of the many. And whilst Winter_days thinks this is basic capitalism it is really an example of fundamental fraud if the perpetrators get caught.

[greycioud] 20/9/2008 15:08

Its still overpriced now!!

[fludde] 10/9/2008 09:02

Chilli i bought some at 46p and that was not the top of the spike as I recall, so a long way to go to get anything back from that one.

William they state they are concentrating on acquisitions going forward. The question is how much money is left in the pot?

The other issue is their ability to actually close a deal. Was it 2 years for 1 acquisition last time? the company I work for has bought and sold several companies in a fraction of the time. If they try another acquisition don't hold your breath waiting for the deal to finish.

[william-just] 09/9/2008 16:59

On readmission this was part of the statment.

The directors believe that the acquisition of EBC is not only an
important step towards achieving this strategy, but is one which will provide a
strategic platform for other acquisitions and developments already under
negotiation in the future.

Whot happend to the other acquisitions.

[chillichap] 09/9/2008 15:58

I seem to recall it being about 38p

[fludde] 09/9/2008 15:50

Lets hope it is a hefty profit above the old 50p share price rather than over the current share price

[chillichap] 09/9/2008 13:44

I once met Chris Cleverly at a CYC AGM a numer of years ago. Could be wrong, but I got the impression that Sweet China was being set up to take a foothold in the Chinese confectionary market purely to be sold for a hefty profit to one of the industry's big guns at a later date.

I wouldn't be surprised to see this happen some time in the future. When is anybody's guess.

[fludde] 09/9/2008 13:20

More likely raising more funds for further acquisitions. Not from me though, someone else can pay for the Boards' lifestyle this time around.

[greycioud] 09/9/2008 08:41

SWC another kiss of death from CYC?

[greycioud] 09/9/2008 08:40

Bust soon then?

[fludde] 08/9/2008 09:06

That was probably the other thread chilli! Neither is used much...

[fludde] 08/9/2008 08:47

Is this a recession proof industry? If so concentrating on expansion would be a positive but expensive strategy.

If not we can look forward to a diluting of what little remains of our investment as they attempt to raise even larger amounts of money to fund this exercise.

[fludde] 05/9/2008 19:52

Grey- perhaps on share price performance alone (or are you talking about basbas? He gets a bit grumpy after his lunch and before his siesta)

We do not know how SWC are performing, but we can make a good guess about the muppets on the board. Too busy lining their pockets to worry about their employers.....

[greycioud] 05/9/2008 16:47

Looks like another CYC dog ready to be put out of its misery.

[william-just] 21/8/2008 13:08

Copying the CYC ethos.

[fludde] 21/8/2008 13:06

I am sure that anyone who bought this rubbish at 40 - 50p will be delighted to know that the Directors are just following best practice.

It is gratifying to also know that the company is expected to ignore questions from investors because they are saving up all the information for a really big announcement some time in the future.

Of course it s possible that it is not the auditors slowing down the process but that they may have trouble with their PC again. It was only a couple of years ago that the acquisition went off the rails because their PC (note the singular) broke and they did not have a backup of their due dilligence notes.

Yes it is good to know that the company are in fact acting professionally and only have the interests of their investors in mind.