Avid Share Discussion Threads

[dobo] 25/3/2007 14:18

Oh dear,i thought there was somthing wrong,there were millions of shares traded the other week and nothing happend to the price,so then i thought the MMs must own prity much all the shares and will know exactly when to move the price not good.

Regards dobo.

[dobo] 23/3/2007 19:32

I think i was tipped this stock the other day, or did i dream it.....
I cant find the tip sheet any where on my e-mails. though even if i was there not doing much at the mo.

[74graham] 16/3/2007 14:46

buy 500,000at 1.35v sell 150,000at1.13

[sandbank] 01/8/2006 14:15

This share is now being actively pitched by Square Mile who are cold-calling potential clients trying to persuade them to buy. ( clearly no one is buying in the market!)

[nockybalboa] 08/4/2006 08:46

Those boys over at www.fairshare.biz seem to be in the know as usual

[faz] 05/3/2003 17:46

Up and away again on Nasdaq - back to ACTI - persume now discontinued on the LSE under AVD?

[faz] 17/2/2003 09:41

ah look , they're stil at it!

you might have to bookmark as I can't see the link on the Yahoo share ticker page

[tricky] 13/2/2003 14:00

Check out Brean Murray reccomendation for acti. I know nothing about them but I guess any buy rec. is a good thing.
www.bmur.com
Registration is easy and free!

[faz] 11/2/2003 09:32

One the issues with this comapny is that there seem always to be exceptional items - strip those away and you have close to break even and 30%+ revenues. The exceptional items don't bother me- write offs for redudant technology and acquisition costs of Activ8 plus, next quarter some costs for moving to the US (on paper; in reality they are Europe and US). The costs don't bother me because they are sitting on a fortune still (I think it equates to $6-7 per share.) THat money is not going down very fast and once they break even they will have about $150m to either buy back shares or acquire. Anyway, I'm in topo deep to sell but I do think we'll see $15 this year if the world doesn't go down the pan

[ariane] 10/2/2003 17:31

The news doesn't appear that bad so i still look forward to a good 2003 for the Smart Card Co.s

[magic] 10/2/2003 17:16

The price has fallen around 4%, so it seems results not as good as expected. Having said that there had been a bit of a run up to the results in the previous days.
Outlook didn't seem impressive, will look at again after the next quarter results.

[maywillow] 10/2/2003 16:12

ACTIVCARD ANNOUNCES FOURTH QUARTER 2002 REVENUES
Achieves 34% Year-over-Year Revenue Growth in 2002 and Positive Cash Flow from Continuing Operations in Fourth Quarter
FREMONT, CA – February 10, 2003 -- ActivCard® (NASDAQ: ACTID/NASDAQ EUROPE: ACTI), the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software for remote access, secure sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today reported financial results for the year and quarter ended December 31, 2002.

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2002 increased 34% to $41.8 million compared to $31.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2001. In the fourth quarter of 2002, ActivCard reported its fourth consecutive quarterly revenue increase, achieving revenues of $12.1 million, an increase of 79% over the $6.8 million reported in the fourth quarter of 2001 and 1% higher than the third quarter of 2002.

Net loss, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, for the year ended December 31, 2002 was $45.5 million, or $1.10 per diluted share, compared to $16.7 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the year ended December 31, 2001. The results for 2002 include a write-down of other intangible assets of $5.1 million, restructuring charges of $8.6 million and a loss from discontinued operations of $16.8 million. Net loss, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, for the fourth quarter of 2002 was $9.2 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $9.8 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2001 and $2.9 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2002. Pro forma net loss for the fourth quarter of 2002 was $1.4 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a pro forma net loss of $6.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1.2 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2002. Pro forma net loss for the quarter excludes acquisition-related charges, re-incorporation costs, deferred stock compensation charges, restructuring charges, foreign exchange gains and losses, and the loss from discontinued operations.

“We are very pleased with the revenues we achieved in the fourth quarter and our 2002 growth rate of 34% is at the high end of the objectives and guidance we provided at the beginning of 2002,” commented ActivCard Chief Executive Officer Steven Humphreys. “We established a leadership position in the U.S. government during the year, which drove our revenue to record levels. We believe our recently completed re-incorporation as a U.S. company will position us well for further growth in U.S. government markets in the coming years.”

2002 Highlights

Announced Microsoft® Corporation as a customer for AIMS and digital ID badge solutions for all of its employees.
Chosen by Northrop Grumman as a sub-contractor for digital identity management software through NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III (SEWP) contract.
Licensed over 1.4 million copies of ActivCard Gold, our smart card client software, to the Defense Manpower Data Center for the Common Access Card deployments.
Won new contracts with seven DoD agencies, DMDC, and six U.S. federal government civilian agencies and expanded business with existing U.S. government customers.
Signed new resellers in Europe and the U.S. including Verisign, Allasso France, Envoy Data, World Wide Technology, and Latam Compuser Corporation.
Launched the AIMS™ product line, a commercialized version of the card issuance and management technology originally developed for the U.S. DoD.
Launched significant upgrades to existing products, including ActivPack™ 5.1, our AAA authentication server and remote access solution, and ActivCard Gold™, our client middleware software for smart cards and tokens; deepened our biometric certifications winning FIPS 140-1 Level 2 certification from the U.S. government and expanded our OEM relationship with Precise Biometrics.
Mr. Humphreys added, "2002 was a milestone year for ActivCard, where we achieved record revenues, significantly cut operating expenses, introduced new product lines and enhanced product integration capabilities, deepened our channel and captured significant market share from our competitors. We succeeded in winning major deployments in the U.S. government and, despite the struggling economy, achieved record gains in our enterprise business, in both the U.S. and Asia. We also continued to expand our software business in Europe. We generated positive cash flow from continuing operations in the fourth quarter of 2002 and are approaching break-even on a pro forma basis."

Fourth Quarter 2002 Highlights

Won new business with three new U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agencies for ActivCard Gold; won new business for our ActivCard Identity Management System (AIMS) with a U.S. federal government civilian agency; expanded business with the Defense Manpower Data Center; expanded existing deployments with four DoD agency customers; and expanded existing deployments with four U.S. government civilian agencies.
Grew our Asia-Pacific business, including a new agreement with a leading Japanese service provider, to sell ActivCard IDM services as part of a value-added solution to its customers.
Signed OEM agreements with two U.S. enterprise businesses: one with a leading personal computer (PC) provider to the U.S. government, to pre-install ActivCard Gold™ for CAC software with its new PCs for distribution to government departments; the other with a multimedia storage manufacturer, authorizing them to distribute ActivCard interfacing software for implementation of custom smart card terminal applications
Signed three new enterprise customers, two of which purchased our AIMS enterprise edition software for the issuance and management of smart card ID badge deployments; expanded existing deployments of ActivCard IDM software with two enterprise customers.
Expanded existing business with Inovant - VISA, who added AIMS to their current deployment of ActivCard IDM solutions; expanded existing business with Hewlett-Packard (HP), as the company placed new orders for ActivCard Corporate Access Card products and services.
Q1 ’03 Outlook

In the first quarter, we expect revenues to range between $12.0 million and $12.5 million. Net loss, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, for the first quarter of 2003 is expected to range between $0.05 and $0.08 per diluted share, which will include incremental costs related to the re-incorporation of the Company in the United States. The Company will not provide pro forma guidance beyond the fourth quarter 2002 results.

On February 4, 2003, ActivCard Corp. (Nasdaq: ACTI; Nasdaq Europe: ACTI) and ActivCard S.A. announced the expiration and closing of ActivCard Corp.'s registered exchange offer for all of the outstanding common shares and American depositary shares ("ADSs") of ActivCard S.A. The exchange agents have advised ActivCard Corp. that 24,409,937 common shares and 15,417,729 ADSs were tendered and not withdrawn in the exchange offer prior to its expiration, which constitutes 94.8% of the outstanding securities of ActivCard S.A. ActivCard Corp. launched the exchange offer for the purpose of changing the domicile of the publicly listed company of the ActivCard group of companies to the state of Delaware in the United States. The ActivCard Corp. common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market and Nasdaq Europe under the symbol "ACTI", replacing the ActivCard S.A. ADSs and common shares. The ActivCard Corp. common stock will temporarily trade on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “ACTID” for a period of up to 20 trading days.

ActivCard will hold a conference call at 11 a.m. EST on Monday, February 10, 2003, featuring Mr. Humphreys and Chief Financial Officer Mr. Blair Geddes, to discuss these fourth quarter and 2002 results. A live Webcast of this conference call will be available on the Investor page of our Website at for 20 days. Webcast participants should register approximately 15 minutes before the event to download and install any necessary software. A replay of the Webcast will be available on the Website’s investor page for 20 days after the call.

[maywillow] 10/2/2003 16:08

Pleased about the good news,lets hope 2003 boded well for all Smart Carders

[tricky] 10/2/2003 16:05

The announcement on their website is much fuller, and shows that they continue to deliver their promises.
www.activcard.com

[magic] 10/2/2003 13:55

Dow Jones Business News
ActivCard Results: 4Q Fincl Table, Comment >ACTID
Monday February 10, 4:03 am ET


ActivCard S.A. - Fremont, Calif.

4th Quar Dec. 31:
2002 2001
Revenue $12,085,000 $6,759,000
Inc cont op (8,936,000) (9,492,000)
Inc dis op (293,000) (355,000)
Net income (9,229,000) (9,847,000)
Avg shrs 41,605,000 40,255,000
Shr earns
Inc cont op (.21) (.23)
Inc dis op (.01) (.01)
Net income (.22) (.24)

Figures in parentheses are losses.

ActivCard S.A.'s fourth-quarter loss before extraordinary items narrowed to $1.4 million, or 3 cents a share, from $6.2 million, or 16 cents a share, a year earlier. Results on this basis exclude acquisition-related charges, reincorporation costs, deferred stock compensation charges, restructuring charges, foreign exchange gains and losses and discontinued operations.

The company, which makes software for remote access of computer networks, expects a first-quarter loss of 5 cents to 8 cents a share on revenue of $12 million to $12.5 million. ActivCard, which noted that it won't offer a first- quarter forecast that excludes extraordinary items, said the period will include costs related to the company's reincorporation in the U.S.

In the first quarter last year, ActivCard reported a loss of 71 cents a share and 11 cents share before extraordinary items. Revenue totaled $8.2 million.

[magic] 09/2/2003 13:50

Results tomorrow, surely US DoD will have accelerated their roll-out. If result look good, may buy in again.

Anyone got views/info on SSPX with their recent $5m win from DoD, tiny Co Capex $20m. The decline of ACTI and rise in SSPX were around the same time. Could be coincidence.
I wonder if ACTI may be tempted by a takeover.

[people] 06/2/2003 16:56

Faz agree with you missing emmanuelle et al! Has anyone found the Yahoo message
board yet for Actid if so please share ?

[tricky] 06/2/2003 16:29

They still exist, it just means they will be hard to sell. Whoever has them will have to find a buyer privately as they can't be sold on the market.