Dawson Intl. Share Discussion Threads

[battyman2] 23/5/2008 08:10

Have a buy order in but broker can't fill it

[battyman2] 22/5/2008 17:29

I have a strong feeling that we're going to see more very large transactions over the coming weeks.

[battyman2] 22/5/2008 16:45

Well I bought a few today and will be adding to my holding over the coming weeks. Looking to accumulate 2 - 3 million. Got to think of my pension!

[arthur_lame_stocks] 22/5/2008 16:33

I'm not sure the pension fund is really under control, it's quite big in relation to the company and th deficit is always going to be liable to quite big fluctuations.

[jotoha1] 22/5/2008 16:05

ALS, would expect PG to sort out duff management and sell the company on to new owners at some premium, its currently capitalised at silly money , pension fund is under control and when all manufacturing is from far east should be a winner for some astute investors....fair value now at least 6p, but will they allow it to rise before they fill their boots?

[arthur_lame_stocks] 22/5/2008 15:16

Why do you think it's very good news?

[battyman2] 22/5/2008 14:05

In fact I would say this has to be VERY good news?

[battyman2] 22/5/2008 13:57

This has to be good news??

[charmer1_23] 22/5/2008 13:37

Substantial Transaction




RNS Number : 0767V
Leeds Group PLC
22 May 2008




Leeds Group Plc
("Leeds" or the "Company")

Substantial Transaction


Leeds announces that it has, today, acquired 64,750,000 shares in Dawson International Plc
("Dawson") representing approximately 28.76%
of Dawson's ordinary issued share capital. The purchase price of £971,250.00, equivalent to
1.5 pence per share, will be met from the
Company's existing cash resources.

Dawson is one of world's leading cashmere businesses, whose headquarters are in Scotland
and whose shares are traded on AIM. In the most
recently published audited Report & Accounts for the financial year to 31 December 2006, the
company made a loss after tax and exceptional
items of £785,000 on turnover of £102 million. Further details on Dawson may be found on
their website www.dawson-international.co.uk .

The Company considers the purchase of shares in Dawson to be an investment. The Company
intends to work with the management at Dawson to
increase shareholder value but does not currently intend to increase its shareholding in
Dawson above 30 per cent. The remaining business of
the Group will continue to operate in line with existing plans. There will be no change to the
Board of Directors of Leeds arising from this
transaction.

Mr Peter Gyllenhammar, a Non-Executive Director of Leeds Group holds 349,640 shares in
Dawson representing 0.16% of Dawson's ordinary
issued share capital.

Enquiries:

Ewen Wigley Tel: [phone]
Leeds Group plc

Sarah Jacobs Tel: [phone]
Seymour Pierce Limited
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

ACQPUUGAAUPRGUP

[arthur_lame_stocks] 09/5/2008 18:51

That news must give them a massive boost to NAV, the important thing though is whether they can negotiate lower payments into the fund now as with the outlook for retail they'll probably need all the cash they can get.

[cg1953] 09/5/2008 13:31

jotoha1
i do so hope you are right !!!
have traded this sucessfully for 20 years but my last punt @3.75 is looking woefully misplaced, and i think the chinese investor that was interested would have made his move, if any, before this better piece of news.

[jotoha1] 09/5/2008 13:00

We can now see why there was a nice million bought yesterday, talk about chinese walls, this is now in play and a massive rerating due!

[arthur_lame_stocks] 23/1/2008 11:53

The question has to be though whether there'll be anything in it for DWSN shareholders.

[eggbird] 23/1/2008 09:17

Dawson Statement re Discussions




RNS Number:3511M
Dawson International PLC
23 January 2008


Dawson International PLC ("Dawson")

Statement re. Preliminary Discussions


The following is a translation of an announcement made by the Board of Directors
of Ningxia Zhongyin Cashmere Company Limited ("the Company") on 19 January 2008
referring to the preliminary discussions between Dawson and Lingwu Zhongyin
Cashmere Company Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company, announced
by Dawson on 3 August 2007.

"Mr. Ma Sheng Guo, the principal shareholder and legal representative of the
Company, has had preliminary discussions with Dawson International PLC, a
customer of the Company, relating to the acquisition of Dawson's shares or
assets. No agreement has yet been reached. There is still considerable
uncertainty on this issue. If the Company decides to proceed with the purchase,
due diligence investigations will be carried out accordingly. Progress, if any,
will be duly announced to the public.

Dawson is the main customer of Zhongyin. Dawson is one of the oldest cashmere
companies in UK, founded in 1888 and it is an AIM listed company, see the
website www.londonstockexchange.com/engb/pricesnews/marketnews/marketnews.htm?
bsg=true&ns=DWSN for additional information.

[cg1953] 23/12/2007 10:56

just hoping the directors connection is not infectious !!!!lol

[cg1953] 30/10/2007 11:24

400+k went thru at 3.75
and they drop the offer to 3.5 ?

[pal999] 09/10/2007 20:26

directors at dawson with very twitchy backsides i have been told - problem i hear is that they (directors) are all novices with no real knowledge of the business but will hang on to their reasonably huge salary packages - GPG were forward planners to unload! The word 'china' is forbidden to staff.

[arthur_lame_stocks] 06/10/2007 21:49

Buying Dawson from the then major shareholder (GPG) looks like a massive mistake now, it's done nothing but lose money for them.

[bunlop] 01/9/2007 19:33

No one else here. Results come and go with no BB coment. Shares mag says avoid and no hope of a takeover. Looks to me like these will stay in the bottom draw for a long time or I will take the loss to reduce capital gains elsewhere.

[michaelmouse] 04/8/2007 09:02

Dawson in takeover talks with Chinese firm
HAMISH RUTHERFORD
CITY CORRESPONDENT
DAWSON International has revealed it is in takeover talks with a Chinese company, raising fears of job losses at the Scottish textiles company.

Kinross-based Dawson told investors it was in preliminary discussions with the Zhongyin Cashmere company that could lead to all or part of the company being taken over.

"The nature of these discussions is such that there can be no certainty that any offer will be made or as to the terms on which any offer might be made," Dawson noted in a brief statement to the stock exchange.

Dawson's announcement was sparked by a BBC report that its Fife yarn spinning operations could be sold to Zhongyin. However, the company was not ruling out a complete sale of the business yesterday.

A spokeswoman declined to comment when asked if a takeover would lead to job losses, stressing the talks were "very preliminary".

Analysts speculated that the attraction of a deal for Zhongyin would probably be the prospect of savings from lower staff costs.

At the time of its 2006 annual report, Dawson employed 1,177 staff, all but 25 in the UK, and mainly in Scotland, though there have been redundancies since. Scottish Enterprise said it had not been in contact with Dawson but would monitor the situation.

Zhongyin is based in the city of Lingwu, in the Ningxia province in central China. According to its website it is one of the biggest cashmere processors in China, with sales of $65 million (£32m) in 2005, employing almost 2,000 staff. The firm is an existing supplier to Dawson for dehaired cashmere and cashmere fibre.

It is the second time in the past year that Dawson has revealed it is in takeover talks. Last November, the group made a similar announcement without specifying who the parties it was involved with were. Those discussions were ended in February.

The former owner of the Pringle of Scotland brand has recovered from heavy losses in recent years but its market cap has fallen to about £11m. Yesterday, shares in AIM-listed Dawson rose 8.5 per cent to 4.75p.

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