Amstrad Share Discussion Threads

[dag1967] 26/10/2007 14:57

Bought by Sky BSB

[fibbinarchi] 20/10/2007 16:20

whats happened with these shares?

[3gordon] 19/10/2007 15:27

anybody know when you get the loan notes

[cambium] 21/9/2007 15:02

bye bye super Al

[toucan] 21/9/2007 15:01

Barclays paid into mine today.

[jimmy mac2] 20/9/2007 14:40

Selftrade paid into my account today.

[signature1977] 20/9/2007 13:49

thats all folks............................

[alastaircamroncooper] 19/9/2007 11:17

Today!?!?!

[signature1977] 13/9/2007 13:28

when do get our moneY????????

[grimshore] 01/9/2007 18:01

MavTT,
You are Fired

[crosby connections] 31/8/2007 09:50

Any idea when we will get our money?

[darrin1471] 30/8/2007 18:30

The Office of Fair Trading has given the green light to BSkyB's £125 million (€172m) purchase of satellite receiver manufacturer Amstrad. Last week, BSkyB announced that it was extending the deadline for acceptances of its cash offer to September 4, revealing that it now owned 85.9% of the company's stock.

BSkyB is looking to use Amstrad, founded by entrepreneur Sir Alan Sugar, to give it an in-house design and development capability. The DTH operator already represents 75% of Amstrad's income with part of the remainder coming from fellow News Corp company Sky Italia.

[darrin1471] 15/8/2007 09:48

Will Sky buy AMT before the OFT decision and resell if the ruling goes against them?

[weatherman] 14/8/2007 21:05

What will happen if the competition people block this deal ?

Will it go down, or will it bring another bidder ?

[3gordon] 13/8/2007 17:22

Valter,i would rather not sell,but i do not think we have much choice.

[valter] 11/8/2007 13:14

i presume the offer is unconditional.
any idea what % of shares are held or pledged?
i would prefer not to sell at this offer, and hold out for more, provided it does not go "compulsary"!!

[netcurtains] 10/8/2007 12:11

...I guess when Alan picked a property "guru" as the new apprentice this was the sign he was selling.

[sue sexy] 09/8/2007 21:57

Hello Darrin,whats this all about

[darrin1471] 09/8/2007 16:54

Office of Fair Trading


Invitation to Comment


ANTICIPATED ACQUISITION BY SKY DIGITAL SUPPLIES LIMITED (A SUBSIDIARY OF BRITISH
SKY BROADCASTING GROUP PLC) OF AMSTRAD PLC



The Office of Fair Trading is considering whether arrangements are in progress
or in contemplation which, if carried into effect, will result in the creation
of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act
2002. Should it be found to be a relevant merger situation, the OFT will
further consider whether the creation of that situation may be expected to
result in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in
the United Kingdom for goods or services that warrants reference to the
Competition Commission for investigation and report.



Affected sector: Supply of digital satellite set-top boxes



Please send written representations about any competition or public interest
issues to:

Tom Heideman

Office of Fair Trading

Fleetbank House

2-6 Salisbury Square

London EC4Y 8JX

Email: [e-mail]

[netcurtains] 08/8/2007 13:56

Darrin1471,
Not really. I bought before big dividend for about 160.
So 150 ( I guess) will give me about 15p profit? per share
or about 10% - which is a pretty low profit for holding these
things so long. I was rather hoping for about 180-200 a share.
Oh well, a profit is a profit.