Andrews Sykes Share Discussion Threads

[cockerhoop] 17/1/2012 16:13

Pretty sure it's the ex FD's holding the trades exactly match his holding from the 2010 Annual Report (409,206).

[ignoble] 17/1/2012 16:02

Tks for that ...

[adeg] 17/1/2012 15:53

Jean Jacques Murry has 410845 shares as per the holding notice.



or maybe it's the ex finance director selling his holding after leaving last month.



We will have to wait and see, I'm sure there will be an RNS.

[ignoble] 17/1/2012 15:47

Aye , decent block of stock cleared out of the way ...

[keithfox] 17/1/2012 14:51

What's going on? Must be a buyback, but a bigun.

[ignoble] 12/1/2012 15:04

New Year starting well ...nice rise in the share price plus London Security on a nice upward move .

New Tunnel under the Thames in the years ahead , all sorts of utilisation of Sykes services in the coming year plus for years ahead (hopefully)
(no advice intended , as always)
Happy New Year All ...250p this year ? Who knows but as always , live in hope !

New comprehensive sector on the Sykes website regarding Air Con and Sykes services

[ignoble] 24/12/2011 18:06

Blimey , £375 million spent on Turkey's ...

Tks for the post , makes me aware of the many niche markets Sykes' are a part of ...just don't realise the use of chillers can be part of turkey Christmas production.

Happy Christmas to you

[jeff h] 24/12/2011 13:00

Yes Merry Xmas to all ASY holders.

Here's a bit of topical news about the company:-

[cockerhoop] 21/12/2011 20:03

First company buyback for over 6 months - hoping more to come, certainly helped the share price late last year/early 2011. Merry Christmas

[ignoble] 21/12/2011 12:24

Nice uptick heading into Christmas ...most welcome !

Happy Christmas fellow Sykes Holders ...hoping 2012 is a good year !

[ignoble] 16/12/2011 08:27

Tks Jeff ...looks very impressive

[jeff h] 16/12/2011 08:18

Nice new Middle East contract:-

[ignoble] 01/12/2011 12:56

Bit of an uptick in LSC ...c'mon Syksey ...much preferred when the big figure was 2 !
Wifey will be pleased , Divi cheque on the way , nice little surprise for her.

[ignoble] 28/11/2011 11:03

Now we're talking ...Sykes News Page relates to their recent success at The Northern Beer Festival .
They did a great job keeping the beers at the ideal temperature.

[ignoble] 11/11/2011 21:12

Thanks for the post ...always fascinating to see what Sykes are up to ...

[jeff h] 11/11/2011 20:52

Well it aint bad bb. I think Abu Dhabi has been fairly buoyant for some time.

Get the impression that Dubai is seeing an increase in construction work as well now.

[battlebus2] 11/11/2011 20:37

That is great news Jeff.

[jeff h] 11/11/2011 19:45

Nice £350k order from the Middle East:-



AED 2M order for Sykes Pumps in Abu Dhabi

Khansaheb Sykes are pleased to announce the Sale of a Full Dewatering Pump Package for a prestigious project located in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi.

This sale consisted of:-
- 26 Sykes WP150 Dewatering Pumps
- 4 Sykes MX Booster Pumps
- 2 Sykes Jetting Pumps
- 7 Sykes Sand Traps

Sykes WP150 Pumps awaiting delivery

To complete the package all associated Dewatering accessories were purchased bringing the total value of the order to over AED 2 Million.

[ignoble] 10/11/2011 18:11

Seem to recall that a couple of times , the day before a divi announcement , a small block of stock was sold.
Seem to recall we speculated before who may have sold them and wondered if it was something to do with the tax position of our "non-domiciled" share holders.
Hardly think it is worth doing on such a small amount (relatively)

[jeff h] 10/11/2011 12:53

I reckon the company may snaffle what's left of the 12.5k before next weeks xd date.

[keithfox] 10/11/2011 12:28

I was the other 1K this morning, starting to build up a holding again after paying off my mortgage at 227.5p. Can't see a viable alternate to put my money.
They dont need much cash for buybacks as buying ALL of the remaining shares back would only cost about £7-8m. I reckon they will have over £15m cash by the end of next year. Depends how the winter goes, of course. Dont understand that sale the other day, 12k ish at 167p. They could have sold back to the co at a higher price and for a largish shareholder not to know much about whats going on is a bit odd I think.

[jeff h] 10/11/2011 09:29

Nice to get another divi and happy in re-investing it in another 2.5k purchase.

I assume Switzerland and Italy will have required a fair amount of cash investment to get them up and running.

[horndean eagle] 10/11/2011 08:29

They did refer to it as an interim payment so I guess we might be on the cards for a similar amount at the finals stage. I guess caution ruled the day.

[battlebus2] 10/11/2011 08:27

Pity Gordon Brown didn't take the same view. Shares moving up!