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FKI Fki

83.50
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
Fki LSE:FKI London Ordinary Share GB0003294591 ORD 10P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 83.50 0.00 01:00:00
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Last Trade Time Trade Type Trade Size Trade Price Currency
- O 0 83.50 GBX

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Date Time Title Posts
02/5/200821:45FKI - break out and break up609
17/5/200708:45FKI Soon To Brake Out Upwards!!!!!!305
08/10/200616:59FKI - From Strength To Strength????378
12/4/200213:16Does anyone know the reason for the sharp fall today?1
01/3/200121:52Strong results due on Thursday8

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Posted at 02/5/2008 15:54 by konkel
Milacs...a more official ruling!!

From the document:

Mix and Match Facility

FKI Shareholders (other than certain overseas shareholders) may
elect, under the terms of the Acquisition, subject to
availability, to vary the proportions in which they receive
Consideration Shares and cash consideration under the
Acquisition in respect of their holdings of FKI Shares. The
total number of Consideration Shares to be issued and the
maximum aggregate amount of cash to be paid under the
Acquisition will not be varied as a result of elections made
under the Mix and Match Facility. Accordingly, satisfaction of
elections made by FKI Shareholders under the Mix and Match
Facility will depend on the extent to which other FKI
Shareholders make offsetting elections. To the extent that
elections cannot be satisfied in full, they will be scaled down
on a pro rata basis.

As a result, FKI Shareholders who make an election under the Mix
and Match Facility will not necessarily know the exact number of
Consideration Shares or the amount of cash to which they will be
entitled until settlement of the consideration under the
Acquisition.

Elections under the Mix and Match Facility will not affect the
entitlements of those FKI Shareholders who do not make any such
elections.

An announcement will be made when the Scheme becomes Effective
of the extent to which elections under the Mix and Match
Facility have been satisfied.
Posted at 22/4/2008 06:55 by kallista
FKI to recommend Melrose cash-and-shares buyout bid on Tuesday

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - FKI Plc. is set to recommend a cash-and-shares
bid from Melrose, the engineering turnaround company, giving it an equity value
of some 500 million pounds, reported the Financial Times.
The report said the deal, which could be sealed on Tuesday, comes after
Melrose raised an additional 275 million pounds of funding from shareholders.
FKI opened its books to Melrose six weeks ago after it raised its indicative
offer to 40 pence in cash combined with a three pence dividend and 0.277 of a
Melrose share, a package worth 84p on Monday.
Melrose would also take on FKI's debt, which stood at 354 million pounds
last September, and assume its pensions liabilities.
Posted at 11/3/2008 23:03 by mike456
I've been watching FKI for a while now and was getting tempted to buy when the share price was sub 50p, but held off as I thought it had further to fall unless a bid materialised. Unfortunately for me, but I guess not for a lot of poster's here, a potential bidder did surface.... but don't worry, I'm not bitter :o)

As this is the case, and it is looking unlikely that I will be investing in FKI I thought I'd take the opportunity to share a past experience of mine with another engineering company a few years back, which immediately came to mind when I was researching FKI.

I bought Charter at about £2 (it had been £10 a few years earlier) and saw a bid come in at £4 which I quite happily accepted and sent off my share certificate. The share price stabilised at about £3.90 for a while but unfortunately the bid disintegrated a few months later when accounting irregulaties came to light and by the time I got my certificate back it wasn't worth selling them. I'll point out now that I'm not for one minute suggesting that FKI has an accounting problem.

The share price continued to fall towards 50p and being an inexperienced investor at that time, I held on to them. Fortunately there was a happy ending to the story when I sold out last year for about £12, but I'm a lot more wary nowadays when a bid takes so long to materialise. If I was faced with the same situation again (like the current state of play with FKI) I would be selling.

I will reiterate again that I have no position in FKI and have no axe to grind either way but thought it worth spending a few minutes sharing my experience if it is helpful to anyone out there.

Best of luck
Posted at 11/2/2008 10:01 by wilkie_hk
I paid 89p for these about 15 months ago. If the analyst forecast numbers are hit when the finals are announced (I guess this would be around June/July) then the share price would have to recover to these levels. The present foreward PE's are only justified if there is to a warning of a sharp drop in profits.

I don't see 70p per share being accepted and believe that Melrose have got this figure bandied about as an opener to make a more serious bid at around 80p seem generous. What they do have is their favour is that they can refer back to the share price hitting sub 50p. How it reached this low level, I'd leave to someone who understands the impact of loan stock to explain, as this was a nonesense. Personally, I'd favour management rebuffing any offer unless a significant premium to the average of the last 6 months share price is paid ie 80p + 20% premium = 96p.

If Melrose want a bit of FKI, then they can have Hardware and Logistics division at say £200M!
Posted at 09/2/2008 05:38 by pickph
LOMBARD - ANDREW HILL: Melrose versus FKI
By Andrew Hill, Financial Times
Published: Feb 05, 2008


Paul Heiden, chief executive of FKI, must have mixed feelings about attracting the attention of Melrose. One of the industrial investment group's criteria for selecting targets is that they should be "good companies, poorly managed". If FKI wants to guarantee an independent future, Mr Heiden will have to convince shareholders he can do a better job of turning the engineering group round than Melrose can.

That will be a tough case to make. Since Blackstone, the private equity firm, pulled out of talks to acquire the company last August, the engineering company has suspended its plans to sell underperforming units (including one, hardware, that is squarely exposed to the US housing downturn) and issued a profit warning. Its shares have been dragged inexorably down towards the jaws of the waiting Melrose.

FKI might not look like "the big one" that Melrose's followers hoped for, but with an equity value of £400m and debt of about £350m, it is no tiddler. In 2004, when Melrose made its first foray into the public markets to bid for Novar, it managed only to tee the target up for Honeywell of the US. But at the time, the Melrose team was trading on past glories, particularly at Wassall, the mini-conglomerate. Since then, they have proved themselves by more than doubling the value of McKechnie's aerospace businesses, sold last year, and returning £220m to investors. Those same shareholders should be prepared to entrust some of that cash to a Melrose rights issue to finance a formal offer for FKI.

FKI's investors should also study the McKechnie deal. When those businesses were bought from Cinven, the private equity group took a stake in Melrose. Cinven sold within eight months, but if it had stayed put, it would have reaped the benefits of the turnround. A carefully structured cash-and-shares offer for FKI would give the engineer's blue-chip investors a similar opportunity - and a chance to weigh the prospect of Melrose's stewardship of their company's assets against Mr Heiden's.
Posted at 01/2/2008 11:34 by robo175
(adds detail, background and share price)
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - FKI PLC said it has received an approach from
an undisclosed suitor which may lead to an offer being made for the company.
However, the diversified engineering group said the approach is very
preliminary and there is no certainty that any offer will be forthcoming.
"The approach is at a very preliminary stage at the moment," a spokesman for
the company told Thomson Financial News.
FKI was the subject of a bid approach -- believed to be made by private
equity firm Blackstone Group -- last summer. Last May, FKI said it was
approached with an offer of around 130 pence a share, valuing the company at
some 764 mln stg. The company is now valued at around 325 mln after its shares
collapsed on a profits warning late last year.
GE Capital -- one of FKI's biggest energy and technology customers -- was
also rumoured to be interested in the company.
However, analysts have warned that FKI is not a straightforward takeover
target because it has four separate and very different businesses.
At 10.45 am shares in FKI were 19-1/4 pence or 38.3 pct higher at 69-1/2
pence.
Posted at 28/12/2007 15:40 by aileron
Hello,

Im new to this thread so I apologise now for asking any repetative questions, or stupid observations.
Ive recently sold my shares in NIS and have been looking around for my next interest. FKI seems to fit the bill so far.

The positives for me are: Increasing profits, good dividend, low share price (seems to be at a 5 year low?), out of favour, decent size company making something i can understand.

The negatives: Im not overly familiar with the company or the bad news which has obviously affected the share price.

I tend to buy into 'unpopular' (out of favour) companies which stand a chance of recovering over a 6-12 month period.

What am I looking to achieve? Share price of 75p by mid March, and the dividend. Investing £5,000 to £10,000.

Any helpful comments would be welcome. Thank you and happy new year to all.
Posted at 28/9/2007 14:18 by lord gnome
From over the road at munney am
Engineering group FKI said its first-half operating performance improved at the group level. The improvement was driven by a 7% increase in sales on a constant currency basis.
The company said strong performances from its lifting products and services and energy technology divisions in the first half more than offset reductions in its hardware and FKI Logistex units, adding that it is well positioned to improve its trading in the current year.
FKI also expects improved performance in the energy technology and lifting products and services units to more than offset any potential further weakening in US demand.
The company said though order intake at FKI Logistex unit was about 25% ahead of last year, turnover was down about 10% at constant currency basis following the rescheduling of some major projects.
FKI expects the volume reduction and a higher proportion of relatively lower-margin integration projects to reduce the Logistex unit's profit performance in the first half to below last year's levels.
The company said it will announce its first-half results on November 29th.
In reaction, Landsbanki said that FKI's pre-H1 close trading statement should provide the market with considerable reassurance and the share price should move ahead strongly.
The broker added that, as indicated at the preliminary results, Energy Technology and Lifting Products are enjoying buoyant markets and that performance at both divisions has more than compensated for continued weakness at the group's Hardware and Logistex division.
Posted at 15/8/2007 21:38 by christh
RNS Number:1683C
FKI PLC
15 August 2007

FKI Logistex awarded major contracts for New Doha International Airport in Qatar

FKI plc is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, FKI Logistex, a global
leader in integrated material handling solutions, has been awarded a contract
worth circa US$ 123 million to supply and install a complete Baggage Handling
System for the New Doha International Airport in Qatar. Design works will start
immediately and the installation is planned to be in operation by September
2009.

FKI Logistex has also been awarded a US$ 67 million contract for the operation
and maintenance of the system until 2016.


The New Doha International Airport will be among the largest in the Middle East
region with more than 20 million passengers per year.



Enquiries:

Paul Heiden Chief Executive, FKI plc 020 7832 0000
Neil Bamford Finance Director, FKI plc 020 7832 0000
Catherine Hicks/James Olley Brunswick Group 020 7404 5959



Notes to Editors

FKI is a major international diversified engineering group. It focuses on
businesses that have superior and sustainable market positions in sizeable,
attractive markets, leading brands and world class technology.

FKI's major divisions are:
Lifting Products and Services - world leaders in wire and wire rope, fittings
and lifting products (servicing construction and the oil and gas industries).
Sales in 2007 were £434.2m.
Energy Technology - the world's leading independent supplier of turbogenerators
and other power infrastructure equipment (manufacturing for the power
generation, oil and gas and rail industries). Sales in 2007 were £344.4m.
Logistex - a major provider of automated material handling systems (servicing
airport baggage handling, freight and parcel, warehouse and retail distribution
and manufacturing businesses). Sales in 2007 were £372.6m.
Hardware - the leading US supplier of window, storm and screen door hardware
(focused on window and door manufacturers, DIY stores and office furniture
markets). Sales in 2007 were £179.7m.
FKI judges its performance by return on invested capital and actively manages
the strategy and performance of the businesses.

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
Posted at 08/8/2007 09:14 by christh
FKI is worth more than 130p that's why the directors turn them down.
But what it suprises me but look at the trades going through everyday.
Unbelievable.
I will stick to buying as much as I can as something might happen.
It could have another bidder step in.

Date Time Source Headline

07/08/2007 15:26:17 RNS FranklinResourcesInc - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
07/08/2007 15:01:56 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
07/08/2007 14:34:09 RNS Fidelity Int Ltd - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
07/08/2007 11:15:41 RNS Dres Klein Group Ld - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
06/08/2007 15:21:25 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
06/08/2007 14:18:52 RNS AQR Capital Management - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
06/08/2007 14:00:57 RNS FranklinResourcesInc - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
06/08/2007 12:26:30 RNS Halbis Capital Mgt - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
06/08/2007 12:11:42 RNS State Street Global - Rule 8.3- FKI
06/08/2007 11:49:53 RNS Lloyds TSB Group PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
06/08/2007 11:48:53 RNS Fidelity Int Ltd - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
06/08/2007 11:18:58 RNS FKI - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
03/08/2007 15:37:00 RNS FranklinResourcesInc - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
03/08/2007 14:23:04 RNS AQR Capital Management - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
03/08/2007 13:10:06 RNS Old Mutual Asset Man - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
03/08/2007 13:08:06 RNS Fidelity Int Ltd - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
03/08/2007 12:48:03 RNS Halbis Capital Mgt - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
03/08/2007 09:34:24 RNS FKI - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
02/08/2007 16:03:42 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
02/08/2007 16:00:13 RNS Fidelity Int Ltd - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
02/08/2007 15:10:49 RNS FranklinResourcesInc - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
02/08/2007 14:14:03 RNS AQR Capital Management - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
02/08/2007 11:35:40 RNS ABN AMRO BANK N.V. - EPT Disclosure
02/08/2007 08:56:58 RNS FKI - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
01/08/2007 15:23:09 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
01/08/2007 14:54:43 RNS Standard Life Inv. - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
01/08/2007 14:36:54 RNS AQR Capital Management - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
01/08/2007 14:17:53 RNS State Street Global - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
01/08/2007 13:16:26 RNS Halbis Capital Mgt - Rule 8.3- FKI plc
01/08/2007 12:39:59 RNS Legal&Gen Inv Mgmnt - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
01/08/2007 11:04:04 RNS FKI - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
01/08/2007 10:30:50 RNS ABN AMRO BANK N.V. - EPT Disclosure
31/07/2007 17:47:22 RNS Brandes Investment - Rule 8.3- (FKI plc)
31/07/2007 16:54:20 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
31/07/2007 15:01:19 RNS FranklinResourcesInc - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
31/07/2007 13:14:10 RNS Aviva PLC - Rule 8.3- FKI plc
31/07/2007 11:44:45 RNS ABN AMRO BANK N.V. - EPT Disclosure
31/07/2007 11:43:44 RNS ABN AMRO BANK N.V. - EPT Disclosure
31/07/2007 10:03:32 RNS FKI - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
31/07/2007 07:25:34 AFX FKI completes 2.5 mln stg sale of Froude Hofmann and Bridon Wire Special Steels
31/07/2007 07:10:38 RNS FKI PLC - Disposal
30/07/2007 14:49:43 RNS Aviva PLC - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
30/07/2007 14:41:39 RNS Standard Life Inv. - Rule 8.3- FKI
30/07/2007 14:34:10 RNS AQR Capital Management - Rule 8.3 - FKI Plc
30/07/2007 14:21:19 RNS Barclays PLC - Rule 8.3 - FKI
30/07/2007 13:41:11 RNS State Street Global - Rule 8.3- FKI PLC
30/07/2007 11:42:59 RNS Halbis Capital Mgt - Rule 8.3- FKI Plc
FKI Plc share price data is direct from the London Stock Exchange

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