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[flateric] 01/7/2008 06:53

RNS Number : 9745X
AIM
01 July 2008


NOTICE

(446)

01/07/2008 07:30am

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF TRADING ON AIM


ARC FUND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC


At the request of the company trading on AIM for the under-mentioned securities has been temporarily suspended from 01/07/2008 07:30am pending publication of the company's annual audited report and accounts.


Ordinary Shares of 0.5p each fully paid (B0ZFX11)(GB00B0ZFX118)


If you have any queries relating to the above, please contact the company's nominated adviser on 020 7628 3396.


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[failedqs] 18/6/2008 06:53

Another favourite of ARC, "Skin Health Spa" is leaving the PLUS market.... Looks like the end for another Company ARC have been investing people's money in.

ARC really is the most incompetent Company I have ever come across in my life. All in my personal opinion of course.........

[argy2] 30/5/2008 10:56

Surprised the price isn't lower after those deals at 5p

[flateric] 30/5/2008 07:10

RNS Number : 5627V
Arc Fund Management Holdings PLC
30 May 2008

For immediate release

30 May 2008


ARC FUND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC
Total Voting Rights

For the purposes of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority, the Board of Arc Fund Management (the "Company") is required to notify the market of the following:

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 144,837,654 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 0.5p, with voting rights ("Ordinary Shares"). The Company holds no Ordinary Shares in Treasury.

Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company with voting rights is 144,837,654.

The above figure of 144,837,654 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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[failedqs] 26/5/2008 16:03

Topvest,

Aerodeon Holdings now worthless as well, according to ARC.

[topvest] 26/5/2008 13:29

I pulled together a list a while back of Catalyst and Arc Equities "failures" or fundraisings where an AIM IPO never quite happened (yet anyway).

Not all directly connected, but the same bunch involved somewhere along the lines.

It's quite long......here goes:

Catalyst New Opportunities plc (then Traction Technolgy plc)
Double Carbon Battery Company plc (trading, but no IPO)
Eastern European Ventures plc
Emerging UK Investments plc (removed from AIM last year)
Ubet 2win plc (removed from AIM last year)
Drug Treatment Holdings plc (trading, but no IPO)
Dualglo Technology plc (trading, but no IPO)
The Weather Lottery plc (lost 90% of value)
Consolidated Vending plc (lost 90% of value)
Turnaround Consultancy plc (trading, but no IPO)
Europol International plc (trading, but no IPO)
Smart Implant Holdings plc (trading, but no IPO)
Global E-network Holdings plc (trading, but no IPO)
Marlin Group Holdings plc (trading, but no IPO)
Britfilms Group plc (trading, but no IPO)
Primary Water plc (trading, but no IPO)
Worldlink Group plc (trading, but no IPO)
PropertyinBulgaria.net plc (in liquidation)
Branded Leisure plc (Creditors Voluntary Arrangement)
Pathway One plc (a PLUS stock)
Viatrade plc (a PLUS stock)
Famous Retail Limited (trading, but no IPO)
Aerodeon Holdings plc (trading, but no IPO)
Dateline Holdings plc (the latest offer from ARC)
Valley Schools Group plc (trading, but no IPO)
Ashton Penney Holdings plc (lost 90% of value)

There are two partially successful companies, that are involved in raising the finance for the above companies:

Capital Ideas plc
Arc Fund Management Holdings plc

Not a full list, but not one of the most successful investment track records around!

[failedqs] 26/5/2008 12:10

Flateric,

I have moved on, I can afford to. But that doesn't stop me warning everyone I can about this bunch of muppets, I feel it is my duty. If I can stop anyone else losing money (and anything they touch seems to lose money) then it is worthwhile.

I challenge anyone to name one company ARC have floated that is still trading at a premium?...

In fact, name one that they have floated and is still within a mere 50% of the float price.... For every one you can point out, I will find 5 that have gone belly up.

I know the usual risks for EIS etc stocks, and I can accept a high degree of risk with such products. Their EIS 1 & 2 funds made 18 separate investments, of which 12 have gone belly-up. No investments showing a profit, all those still trading are markedly down. Cash lost is about 85% of the investment made.

[topvest] 26/5/2008 10:58

I share the concerns over ARC Equities. What they are trying to do is fair enough, but the way they do it is wrong. You do get the feeling that someone knows that 1. Investments are over-priced and 2. They are often businesses without a business model that will fail in 12-18m.

Don't get me wrong I'm very much for entrepeneurial companies, but ARC floats offers only ever raise funds for the selling shareholders and not much needed new funds for the start-up companies that they are pedaling.

What is very curious is why Lord Ashcroft and City of London Group have invested; maybe it was a condition that Renwick went. However, they have still kept pedaling the same old rubbish. Worldlink was totally ourageous. Dateline was more reasonable.

I wonder how many offers Christopher Rowe would genuinely advise friends to take up, in his letters at the front of every offer document?

[flateric] 26/5/2008 10:17

There is no way it can be a scam!! Arc is AIM-quoted and FSA regulated. They have poor record at picking companies, agreed, although a few do get on AIM at a premium. Learn to take profits. Or maybe only invest on fundamentals and stay away from start ups and pre-IPOs. Move on.

[failedqs] 26/5/2008 06:48

JakNife,

I must admit, I hadn't considered it as a scam until you mentioned it, but it is a possibility....

Anything that they put their name to, I will be trying to warn people about the likely outcome given their track record to date.

And yes, I am bitter !

FQS

[failedqs] 25/5/2008 10:23

It looks as if Traction Technology is in the final stages of its trading life, yet another disaster from ARC.....

I stupidly invested a total of £14k in ARC EIS funds, that is now worth about £3k accoring to ARC's latest valuation (Adjusted for the decline in Traction Tech obviously !!), but in reality these investments are worth nil, as they cannot be sold at any cost as most are not quoted on any market.

Most of the companies they "invested" my money in have gone bust within a couple of years, all others are showing a loss. None are showing any profit (And that is circa 20 separate investments over the EIS funds)

Despite the warnings on their literature, it is clear that they have been negligent in my opinion, I'm seriously considering takling this up with the FSA.

[flateric] 14/5/2008 06:23

I no longer hold these, but more Throgmorton acquired...

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Regulatory Announcement

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Company ARC FUND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC ORD 0.5P
TIDM AFM
Headline Acquisition
Released 07:00 14-May-08
Number 3660U07



RNS Number : 3660U
Arc Fund Management Holdings PLC
14 May 2008














For Immediate Release 14 May 2008







ARC FUND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC




ACQUIRES THROGMORTON FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED ("TFS")










Arc Fund Management Holdings plc ("Arc" or "the Company"; AIM: AFM), the niche investment management boutique, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Throgmorton Financial Services Limited ("TFS"). The purchase of the entire issued share capital of TFS, an independent financial advisory company based in Northenden, Manchester has completed for consideration amounting to £1,600,000, being £800,000 in cash and £800,000 in shares (through the issue of 12,628,256 new Ordinary Shares of 0.5p). A proportion of the consideration is deferred and is payable subject to the achievement of certain performance targets by TFS and to the extent that these targets are exceeded additional consideration amounting to a maximum of £100,000 may become payable.




TFS has estimated funds under advice of £85million and its profit before tax for the year to 31 December 2007 amounted to £130,390 on turnover of £1,334,000 and, at that date, showed net assets of £364,000.




The transaction is earnings enhancing for Arc and represents a further step in the development of the Group's wealth management division. As a result of the transaction Arcwill have approximately £500million of funds under management/advice.




A total of 12,628,256 new Ordinary Shares, ranking pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares of the Company, were issued today. Application will be made to the London Stock Exchange for the 12,628,256 Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM, and trading is expected to commence on 19 May 2008.







Christopher Rowe, Arc's CEO, commented




"This is the third acquisition since the wealth management division was established in the last quarter of 2007 and we will continue to increase our coverage of the UK during 2008 through the purchase of other suitable IFA businesses.




Once again this latest acquisition is earnings enhancing and improves the quality of our earnings. Funds under advice now stand at nearly £500m, which compares with some £140m under advice in May last year."










For further information please contact:-




Arc Fund Management Holdings plc
020 7623 3345

Christopher Rowe, Chief Executive Officer

John Gracey, Finance Director




Throgmorton Financial Services Limited

Frank McWilliams












0161 945 4411






Beaumont Cornish Limited
0207 628 3396

Roland Cornish








Fiske plc
0207 448 4700

Clive Harrison








Bankside Consultants



Simon Astley
020 7367 8888



Mobile: [phone]








Notes to Editors




Arc Fund Management Holdings plc




Arc Fund Management Holdings plc is an established fund management group, combining fund management and corporate finance expertise, specialising in funds which invest in early stage private companies.




Arc Fund Management is the principal operating company of the group and has a particular focus on the management of tax efficient funds including EISs, VCTs and its European property OEIC and an established structured product company.




Arc is a Member of the London Stock Exchange.




The Company currently has assets of £500m under management and was listed on AIM (Company symbol: AFM) in July 2006.




Throgmorton Financial Services




Throgmorton Financial Services Limited was established in 2003 to offer high quality independent financial planning advice to high net worth individuals.



With an estimated £85m under advice currently TFS's aim is to build its recurring income and funds under advice by both offering a premier service and attracting further client mandates.




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[flateric] 02/5/2008 06:34

I no longer hold this one. But new director.

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Regulatory Announcement

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Company Arc Fund Management Holdings PLC
TIDM AFM
Headline Directorate Change
Released 07:00 02-May-08
Number 6284T



RNS Number:6284T
Arc Fund Management Holdings PLC
02 May 2008



For immediate release 28 April 2008

Arc Fund Management Holdings plc
("Arc" or the "Company")

Directorate Change

The Board of Arc (the "Board") is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew
Stephen Wilson as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

The directorships held by Andrew Wilson, 48, in the previous five years are as
follows:

Current / Former

Watford Association Football Club Limited / Professional Staff Ltd
The Corporate Services Group PLC / Southern Cross Healthcare Holdings Ltd
Watford Leisure PLC / Ohsea Holdings Limited
Bankside Pubs Limited / P1 Hospitals Propco Limited
Digital Marketing Group Services Limited / PSX Equityco Limited
Strand Associates Limited / Wraith Limited
Global Health Partner PLC / Global Health Partner UK Ltd
London Town plc / Jolie Investments Limited
Retail Merchant Group Limited / Thomas Rivers Limited
Access Hire Nationwide Limited / Capio Healthcare Limited
Seashell Group Limited / Bawley Associates Limited

There is no further information to be disclosed under the AIM Rules for
Companies.

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For further information please contact:-

Arc Fund Management Holdings plc 020 7623 3345
Christopher Rowe, Chief Executive
Officer
John Gracey, Finance Director

Beaumont Cornish Limited 0207 628 3396
Roland Cornish

Fiske plc 0207 448 4700
Clive Harrison

Bankside Consultants
Simon Astley 020 7367 8888
Mobile: [phone]




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[dell314] 29/4/2008 08:48

Jak - cheers. I'll have a more careful read of the dateline prospectus at some stage, although I'd personally rather buy a bag of landfill garbage than actually invest in it.

I'm just intrigued as to what has happened to Dateline between buying it from YOO for £250k and attempting to flog off a portion of it to PIs at a pro rata valuation of £3.5mln(14 times larger!!). Has there been any activity to justify the incredible mark up?

Rgds
dell

All IMHO, DYOR etc.

[dell314] 29/4/2008 08:28

Does anyone here buy the stocks that AFM floats?

I had a quick scan(very quick, so it's possible I may have missed something obvious!) of the Dateline prospectus and as far as I can see the total number of shares in issue is the same as when it was purchased from YOO for £250k, so was the proposed fundraising aborted? If that's the case, how do they justify flogging stock to PIs at a pro rata valuation of over £3.5mln when it appears to be in a similar state to when it was purchased from YOO? Can anyone answer this without using the words greedy and rip off?

Rgds
dell

All IMHO, DYOR etc.

[flateric] 18/2/2008 15:20

Arc Fund Management Holdings PLC
18 February 2008




For immediate release 18 February 2008

Arc Fund Management Holdings plc
("Arc" or the "Company")

Holdings in the Company/Directorate Change


The Board of Arc (the "Board") announces that it was informed on 8 February 2008
that City of London Group plc holds the total voting rights attaching to
15,875,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.5p in the share capital of the Company
representing 12.01% of the total voting rights in the Company.

In addition, the Board was informed on 28 January 2008 that Mr Leigh Hornby
holds the total voting rights attaching to 4,286,547 Ordinary Shares of 0.5p in
the share capital of the Company representing 3.24% of the total voting rights
in the Company.

In addition, the Board was informed on 28 January 2008 that Mr Gary Richardson
holds the total voting rights attaching to 4,286,547 Ordinary Shares of 0.5p in
the share capital of the Company representing 3.24% of the total voting rights
in the Company.

In addition, the Board was informed on 10 January 2008 that Mr Stuart Kinner
ceased to have total voting rights of more than 3% in the Company.

The Board also announces the resignation of Stephen Hadley from the Board with
effect from 15 February 2008. Mr Hadley will continue to play an important role
in the management of the Arc group but will concentrate on the development of
its wealth management division.


ENDS

[rj allen] 12/2/2008 17:59

15.000.000 shares traded Feb 6th at 6.0p

[topvest] 09/2/2008 14:37

Looks like City of London Group bought their shares at 6p each.

[flateric] 08/2/2008 07:23

For anyone interested...


For Immediate Release 8 February 2008


ARC FUND MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PLC

CITY OF LONDON GROUP PLC TAKES 12% STAKE


Arc Fund Management Holdings plc ("Arc" or "the Company"; AIM: AFM), the
expanding investment management boutique, is pleased to announce that City of
London Group has bought 15,875,000 existing Ordinary Shares in the Company
representing 12% of Arc's issued share capital.

Arc, the AIM-listed investment management and financial advisory company, has
£410m under management/advice. In December 2007 it announced a £3million placing including an investment of £2.1million by Mayfair Limited a company controlled by Lord Ashcroft and last month it acquired Independent Investment Associates Limited ("IIA"), an independent financial advisory company based in Cumbria, with some £150m funds under advice.


Christopher Rowe, Arc's Chief Executive, commented

"Arc is delighted to have the support of the City of London Group and, of
course, Lord Ashcroft over such a short period of time. The Board believes this
is a clear indication of the potential of the business and its business plan.

As previously stated, we will grow the Group, both in the UK and overseas,
through both the application of internal expertise and by making a series of
strategic acquisitions."