Detica Share Discussion Threads

[singsing] 02/8/2007 09:33

Theres support at 320p.
D.Y.O.R.

[singsing] 02/8/2007 09:31

Problems with US aquisition.

[togglebrush] 02/8/2007 09:29

Quarter 1 statement does not seem to be liked perhaps the AGM latter to day will enlighten us more ?

[hew] 17/7/2007 19:15

Options granted to Black, Gradden, Evans, Woollhead @392p. No details. Might just be a signal that we will see an end to the present share price hiatus fairly soon.

[hew] 14/6/2007 21:38

A little light selling by directors: 10% to 20% of their holdings. Can't blame them as I suspect growth rate may have slackened. Still an excellent buy-and-hold investment though, in my view. A Rolls-Royce of its field: best people doing best projects for best clients. Won't ever be a rocket but the kind of outfit to depend on if the market takes a hit.

[togglebrush] 09/6/2007 17:17

Today a good Upward spike ... reason ???

[baht] 04/4/2007 11:05

Good news in so far as the purchase of the US co has now been completed.


Detica Plc Completion of Acquisition

RNS Number:1881U
Detica Group Plc
02 April 2007

2 April 2007


Detica Group plc


Completion of acquisition of DFI International Inc & additional listing
Appointment of General John A. Gordon (USAF, Ret) as non-executive director of
Detica Group plc
&
Changes to the Board of Detica Inc


Completion of acquisition of DFI

The Board of Detica Group plc ("Detica" or "the Group") is pleased to announce
the completion of the acquisition of DFI International Inc. ("DFI") following
the satisfaction of all conditions of the transaction including clearance by the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

Following the completion of the transaction, The Financial Services Authority
and the London Stock Exchange plc have granted permission for the 785,233 new
Detica ordinary shares of 2p each issued in connection with the acquisition of
DFI to be admitted to the Official List and trading in these shares will
commence on 2 April 2007. These shares will rank pari passu with the existing
issued ordinary shares of Detica. Following this issue, the capital of Detica
will consist of 114,362,314 ordinary shares of 2p with voting rights.

As a result of the completion of this acquisition, Detica is now taking the
opportunity to appoint a new non-executive director at Group level and make
several important appointments to the Board of its US subsidiary, Detica Inc.


Appointment of General John A Gordon (USAF, Ret) as non-executive director of
the Group

Detica is delighted to announce the appointment of General John A. Gordon (USAF,
Ret) as a non-executive director of the Group with immediate effect. General
Gordon served until 2004 in the White House as President George W. Bush's
Homeland Security Advisor and previously as the Deputy National Security Advisor
for Counter Terrorism and the National Director for Counter Terrorism. Prior to
this he served as Undersecretary at the US Department of Energy. As an Air Force
four-star general, and prior to joining the White House team, he was the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence, with leadership responsibilities across the
entire US intelligence community.

General Gordon has chaired the Board of Detica's US national security business,
Detica Inc, since September 2005 and relinquishes this position with immediate
effect.

General Gordon is a director of EDO Corporation which is listed on the NYSE. He
was previously a director of ActivIdentity Corporation (NYSE) and Electro Optic
Systems Holdings Ltd in Australia.

General Gordon currently holds 25,000 ordinary 2p shares in Detica Group plc.

There are no other matters requiring disclosure under Listing Rule 9.6.13 in
respect of the appointment of General Gordon.

Commenting on General Gordon's appointment, Chris Conway, Chairman of Detica,
said today:

"Development of our business in the US is one of Detica's key strategic
initiatives. John has chaired our US National Security business since September
2005 and played an important role in introducing Detica to DFI. The appointment
of an experienced US director to our main Board is the next logical step in
ensuring that we have the infrastructure and talent in place to drive the
sustainable growth of our business both organically and through acquisition.

We look forward to working with John in taking the business forward into its
next phase of development."

Changes to the Board of Detica Inc

Following General Gordon's appointment to the Group board, Edward Allen,
currently a non-executive director of Detica Inc, will succeed him as chairman
of the Board of Detica Inc. He will be joined, subject to the approval of the
US Government ,by two additional non-executive directors, Alan Wade and
Franklin C. Miller, both of whom have had distinguished careers in the US
National Security sector. Following the completion of the acquisition of DFI,
each of General Dennis Reimer (US Army, Ret), President of DFI, and Barry
Blechman, founder of DFI, join Dr Tom Black, Detica's Chief Executive and Edward
Burton, Detica's US Chief Operating Officer, on Detica Inc's board. Barbara
McNamara relinquishes her position as a non-executive Director of the Board of
Detica Inc.

Alan Wade

Alan Wade served in the U.S Government for many years managing national level
issues, planning reform of the intelligence community, and guiding
organizational change within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where his
roles included Director of Communications and Chief Information Officer of the
CIA and the United States Intelligence Community.

Franklin C. Miller

Frank Miller served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and as
Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security
Council staff between 2001 and 2005. His White House assignment capped a 31
year career in the U.S. Government which included two years at the Department of
State and twenty two years in a series of progressively senior positions in the
Department of Defense. He was the senior career civilian official in the
Department of Defense under Secretary William Cohen (1996-2000)

[baht] 09/3/2007 09:48

Cerrito I bought yesterday morning and then saw a 5% increase so very happy. Not on many peoples radar and due to the secretive nature of some of their business I dont expect everything to be quite as open as normal co's but also I cant see demand for their products reducing so as long as they they keep the "IT Stuff" up to date should be a good long term hold. I also invested because they are Surrey based.

[cerrito] 09/3/2007 09:06

I bought some of these a couple of months back on a whim and have not really got a grip of what is going on.
Yesterday they shot up...this morning back down again on very little volume
doles anyone follow this stock??

[wjccghcc] 27/2/2007 11:56

I guess the analyst day went well.

[tuffbet] 27/2/2007 11:41

encouraging rise today in a market well down - -87 points on FTSE 100 at the moment Detica one of the very few shares on my list in Blue-punters in other less solid stocks fleeing to the hills at the moment

[tuffbet] 13/2/2007 11:48

Each year the Financial Times runs PLC awards sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and there are a number of different categories one of which is "Entrepreneur of the Year" To quote the FT ...

...." the entrepreneur will have demonstrated continued leadership of the business. The winner will have created a management structure that can cope with the demands of running a public company while retaining the essential entreprenurial spirit that enabled the company to succeed early on."

According to the FT ..."the nominations were made some months ago and a panel including representatives of the sponsors,fund managers and analysts has whittled them down to a shortlist of four finalists in each category."

The four who have cleared the filtering system and are up for election by the FT's readers are:-

Philip Carter of Carter and Carter Group,
Tom Black of DeticaGroup
Jamie Pike of Foseco
and Steve Corcoran of Speedy Hire.

Clearly it would be nice if TB won but as I see it the important thing is the recognition that the CEO of your company is good enough to even qualify at this level. It's like qualifying for the Olympics too often the glory goes only to the winners on the day and there is very often a big element of luck. Anyone who gets to that level and has earned the right to compete on the day is by definition an outstanding athlete. So lets give TB a big hand for even getting through to this level anything else is a bonus.

Talking of bonuses I think there will be a vey positive spin off effect from this in terms of substantially raising the company's profile with potential shareholders and potential customers. This is a prestigious award and it can't help but raise the status of DCA amongst the fund managers and it's their view rather than yours and mine which will determine the direction and extent of any movement in the share price

The winners will be announced at a PLC Awards dinner to be held at London's Grosvenor House on 8th March - a special report with profiles of the winners will be published by the FT on 9th March so put these dates in your diaries

[smalikhafsah] 06/2/2007 17:45

hi everyone
be aware if you ever decide to terminate advfn subscription (my story)

i rang them few days ago to cancell it/they said send a e-mail/well i sent an e-mail, they reply to the e-mail saying write a letter/ ok i wrote a letter/ according to them they did not received my letter, telling me i should have recorded it/ the person on the advfn phone was very rude and had no respect for the subscriber at all besides he did not give me his full name, 6 times i rang and he simply put the phone down on me/ all i asked them to do is cancell the subcription/ for few dollars more/they lost a potential subscriber & a advfn shareholder for good/ what a administration who does not care a bit about the inconvenient they are putting through their loyal customer.

[hew] 01/2/2007 14:46

Just as a matter of record for any new readers of this thread I put below the bones of today's announcement.

For the same readers, this really significant type of step is rather routine for DCA and we don't go in for too much actual excitement here. In keeping with the nature of the company, "excellence comes as standard".
____________________________

Detica Group plc is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire DFI International Inc. for approximately £20.2 million on a debt free basis. [Abbreviated para.]

DFI is a privately-owned, Washington DC-based, consulting group providing services to the US national security community. Clients include the US Department of Homeland Security, several US intelligence agencies, the Department of State, and the US Department of Defense, including the Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the US Air Force and US Army.

DFI's services include open source intelligence analysis, counter-terrorism research, IT solution development, security architecture design and planning, advising on budgets and force structures, and studies of force readiness and long-range strategic planning.

DFI has 208 employees, many of whom have had direct professional experience with organisations such as the US military, the US intelligence community and the US State Department. The DFI management team is led by General Dennis J Reimer (Ret.), formerly Chief of Staff of the United States Army. All the members of the senior management team of DFI's government practice will remain with the business, including the company's founder and majority shareholder, Dr Barry Blechman, who will serve as a consultant to Detica Inc and as a member of its Board for six-months after completion.

[explorer88] 21/10/2006 09:45

hi gb2005

i'm hoping DCA does well with StreamShield, as they use SRF's database of URL's

i'm looking to invest in three small market cap. stocks (preferably under £10m) which have the potential to increase their market cap. tenfold in three years. i've identified one company, and am looking for two more - do you have any suggestions?

exp88

[gb2005] 02/10/2006 09:25

I agree with yourr realism. Was working in SW I knew the long process from desing to testing and final confirmation of the first order.

So wether in the price or not. I can see recently a lot of AT order cause price move. Wait to see it can stay above 304p or move above 310p or not that could tell the BO, where PI could move in in bulk, bulk order would even be better, which with the rise of spam mail and virus every day could not tell me there isnt much interest in this new method I hope.

Spam mail and virus do not belong to stream of online ads, so not against interest of network provider.

[gb2005] 02/10/2006 09:13

the new anti-spam and anti-virus approach shows its efficiancy, following extensive testing in BT network and with the break-through with the first real order that what I see as light at end of a long wait of product testing and realisation.

[hew] 02/10/2006 08:20

It is great news, but clearly in the price though there may be some rise when news spread. Conversely, anything other than Streamshield progress would cut the share price When we start to hear of global bulk orders the price should really move. (I'm not -ve, my holding substantial for me, but realism needed.)

[gb2005] 02/10/2006 07:52

GREAT NEWS!

"The initial order has been made by BT Retail following extensive
testing in its network and is valued at approximately £500,000."


Commenting on this development, Dr Tom Black, Chief Executive of Detica said
today:

'We are clearly delighted to have been able to demonstrate the efficacy of
StreamShield's approach to Internet Content Security and the value that its
products can bring to BT Retail, one of the world's largest Tier 1
telecommunications businesses.'

[vistaboy] 22/9/2006 09:42

This news is great for Detica's future. Colin has a great history at a working level in Detica and his National Security background will certainly help the company chase some of the immintent homeland defence contracts in the pipeline over the coming years.

"LONDON (AFX) - Computer firm Detica Group Plc said it has appointed Colin
Evans as the group's chief operating officer with immediate effect.
The group said this is a newly created board position which it described as
a logical next-step in the evolution of the business as it is driven forward."

[srhm11] 23/8/2006 20:46

IBM to buy Internet Security Systems



Not buying Detica then...

[robson1974] 22/8/2006 17:02

making new highs almost every other day