Eidos Share Discussion Threads

[darrens] 24/3/2009 16:32

A little bit of volume at 32p...wonder why anybody would be buying at that price unless they thought there was a chance of a counter-bid. Surely not?

[the crypt] 24/3/2009 08:36

lol - may the captain be right!

[the crypt] 24/3/2009 07:50

if you hold then the least you get is 32p.................lol but i am thinking that their could be a counterbid today!

[peterbill] 23/3/2009 16:31

what caused the drop to 30p?

Any large sellers?

[togglebrush] 21/3/2009 08:17

The end is near:-

6.00 p.m. on 25 March Shareholder voting record time in respect of the Court Meeting and the EGM

10.00 a.m. on 27 March Court Meeting

10.10 a.m. on 27 March EGM

The following dates are subject to change.

Suspension of listing and dealings in, and last date for registration of transfers of, Eidos Shares 21 April

Scheme Record Time 6.00 p.m. on 21 April

Court hearing to sanction the Scheme and to confirm the Capital Reduction
21 April

Effective Date of the Scheme 22 April

Cancellation of listing of Eidos Shares 8.00 a.m. on 22 April

[the crypt] 20/3/2009 09:56

may the marathons be long........................... oh lordy!

[the crypt] 19/3/2009 16:30

may the lols progress

[the crypt] 17/3/2009 12:08

may the lols be great and yet mightier than ever. may the counter bidders stand up and be counted. may i get at least 68.5p pershare instead of the measily 32p.

[life of crime] 16/3/2009 20:58

Good to see a bit of commonsense. My choice would be Sept, a month into the new season.

Mind you, if CM was going to have a minimal impact on this FY, why release it in Apr in the first place? Either it was incompetence, or TRU has been performing better than expected since Xmas, particularly the PS2 version.

Anyway, I'm glad to see the back of an independent Eidos. I think they'll fare better under Square's control and with their financial muscle. I'll use some of the Eidos receipts to invest in Square (may as well share in some of their upside!).

PS. From Eurogamer:

"We'll get onto Eidos shortly this morning to try and nail down a new release date.

Update: "Eidos has not announced a release date for Championship Manager 09 as yet." Given that it was clearly nearly ready though, we'd be surprised if it didn't make it some time before Football Manager, which traditionally releases later in the year."

I suspect it will be Sept then, as FM usually comes out in Oct from memory.

[darrens] 16/3/2009 09:39

Definitely the right thing to do (if they're not going to sell the CM franchise which would have been my choice).

Doubtless, Football Manager will take the "best" release date but plenty of other times better than April.

[gnnmartin] 16/3/2009 09:02

LoC, Eidos listened to you. :-)
From RNS:
"..we have decided to delay the release of Championship Manager from April 2009 to ensure we deliver the best game to our customers ... the release date will move into the Company's next financial year.

This decision will have limited impact on the Company's profitability for the year ended 30 June 2009 as we had built in conservative expectations for this version of the game to reflect the re-establishment of the franchise. We expect to meet our previously stated revenue forecast."
Nigel Martin

[life of crime] 13/3/2009 19:20

For general interest, a promising preview of CM:



With predictions for TRU to eventually perform as well as TRL (4.5M) and this game looking like a return to form, Square are really bagging a bargain IMO. I hope they delay CM until Sep/Oct to give it more polish and align it with the start of the new season, now cashflow is no longer an issue. However, with this management's knack for bad timing (ie TRU's Xmas release) I'm still expecting an Apr launch.

[the crypt] 13/3/2009 16:43

can i hear a counterbid?? did i????? no no nio

[the crypt] 13/3/2009 08:41

oh my oh my - where is the counter???????????????????come on TW make yer move yer bunch of closset jobs!

[the crypt] 12/3/2009 11:16

oh boy - counterbid where are you?????/ oh my oh my - what a lot of lols.....

[the crypt] 11/3/2009 16:30

heh heh heh lol wheres the counterbid???? oh my???? i keep waiting? lol - them mighty ones.

[the crypt] 11/3/2009 15:39

the cabbage keeps repeating on me. burp.

[the crypt] 11/3/2009 10:41

eat yer chickens and chips - mines a southern fried!

[the crypt] 11/3/2009 09:55

lol - it's a lonely place - stuck here.....................lol

[the crypt] 09/3/2009 14:02

peterbilledgarphilip - lol lol

[peterbill] 09/3/2009 13:03

From the RNS above ... Did UBS short EID?

CFD - SHORT - 166537 @ 31.780001 PENCE

[the crypt] 09/3/2009 10:09

mate - what a whiff!!!!! get dealy back... we want dealy!

[the crypt] 06/3/2009 14:11

LOL EAT YER EGGS AND DO A MASSIVE BLOW OFF!!!!!! LOL LOL