Fd Technologies Public Share Discussion Threads

[badger36] 15/8/2019 10:48

No need to be the comments of shorts that irritate it's that of a disgruntled long that has seen this pumped by management to 46 only for all the statements to be puffery on potential

[ezram] 06/8/2019 14:50

I’m happy to listen to both points of view. But when persons are just trolling it begs the question “ why troll”?

my outlook now is flat here so people can see how transition happens and what planning was achieved in last months

[malcontent] 06/8/2019 10:09

shorters rarely provide evidence

they just want to stoke fear

[ezram] 05/8/2019 20:58

Why do you say the kx technology is obsolete?

I’m not behind the fundamentals of this company sometimes but the kx technology seems strong for ext few years.

While you may be right do you have evidence to support this statement?

[badger36] 05/8/2019 11:50

Congrats to the shorts and TW. Right all along and given the rally in tech of late it seems Kx is obsolete

[ezram] 31/7/2019 00:02

Tim W has a pod cast published. Crass

[battlebus2] 28/7/2019 21:35

Yes terrible news and so young True entrepreneurial in what he has created.

[sspurt] 28/7/2019 20:37

Yes. V sad news indeed.
RIP Brian.

[myonlypost] 28/7/2019 15:32

Word reaches me here that Brian Conlon has died today.

[slacker22] 28/7/2019 15:30

hxxps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49144907

[pastybap] 28/7/2019 15:29

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49144907

[swiss paul] 04/7/2019 19:46

Well she did not hold that long did she ?

[skatersav] 04/7/2019 16:35

Yeah, am I right in saying they failed to sell the amount they went out with? Sold 1.4, were offering 1.5? I might have that wrong - skim read it. If that’s right then it’s probably more significant than the other insider sales. Especially given the discount. Surprising given its been trading up from here for quite a while post results. AIM can be the canary in the mine though - usually it offers a good early indicator on a correction in the broader market... first to go down, liquidity dries up, etc

[badger36] 04/7/2019 11:00

Congratulations to FD management. The greed and hubris could not be better summed up by TWWho needs TW when they collapse the stock by naked greed. BC is understandable but to announce options at the same time and sales by insiders has to be applauded for incompetence

[badger36] 03/7/2019 07:05

Looks like the share option issue is the last straw for some. Pigs at the trough again

[badger36] 02/7/2019 20:35

Well the speculation of a takeover will be finally put to bed if a large suitor does not take the lot

[mog] 02/7/2019 17:30

Quite likely, and seems fair enough for him to enjoy the fruits of his labours given his health situation, which hopefully will turn out fine

[johnroger] 02/7/2019 17:04

Is this the reason for the price swings of the past few days?

First Derivatives plc ("FD" or the "Group") today announces that it has been advised that Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer, is proposing to sell at least 1.5 million shares in the Group (the "Placing Shares"), representing approximately 5.7 per cent. of the Group's issued share capital, via an accelerated bookbuild through Goodbody Stockbrokers UC ("Goodbody") and Investec Bank plc ("Investec") (the "Placing"). The Group is not party to the Placing and will not receive any proceeds from the Placing.

Mr. Conlon currently holds approximately 29.8 per cent. of the voting rights of the Group and following the Placing, assuming the Placing is fully placed, will hold approximately 24.1 per cent. of the voting rights of the Group. If the Placing proceeds, Mr. Conlon has agreed with Goodbody and Investec not to sell his remaining shares for a period of six months (subject to certain customary exceptions).

[johnroger] 19/6/2019 10:33

FD (AIM: FDP.L, Euronext Growth: FDP.I) announces it has completed the acquisition of the minority shareholdings in Kx Systems, in line with the terms announced on 2 July 2018. Completion of the transaction takes the Group's ownership of Kx Systems to 100% for consideration of $53.8m in cash, which has been paid from FD's available facilities.

Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer of FD, said: "Since we acquired a controlling stake in Kx Systems in October 2014 we have invested heavily to deliver the performance advantages of our combined solutions, branded as Kx technology, to a range of end-markets. We are making exciting progress as we demonstrate our ability to transform our customers' operational performance by unlocking the value in their data. Full ownership of Kx Systems is an important milestone as we continue to commercialise our technology."

[craffert] 10/6/2019 21:46

Salesforce paying $15.7bn for tableau ...the target has sales of $1.2bn. With Google snapping up Looker for $2.6bn and the rivalry hotting up with MSFT, Oracle and SAP, I expect FDP will be snapped up after they have the Kx deal wrapped up and continue to execute in the non Financial IoT verticals. The £900mn market cap looks like peanuts compared with the big US tech transactions.

[dexy2] 07/6/2019 13:14

Not quite Angus, they borrow the shares and effectively pay a small rent for them from institutions and sell them when the price is high. When the price drops, they repurchase from the market and return to the institutions, pocketing the different between the sale and buyback price, less the rent and commissions. But simply...yes, shorters win.

[angusframpton] 07/6/2019 10:28

Please forgive my ignorance of the subject, but my simplistic understanding is that shorters make money by scaremongering the share price down, then buying more shares when they are low, waiting for recovery once scare fear wears off before profiting. So in this case, all is going to plan, and the shorters win?

[johnroger] 07/6/2019 09:39

Back over 3400, shorters very quiet!

[algo1] 22/5/2019 10:31

Hello Moorsie, welcome back to the BB.Further progress on the financials and pipeline and - yes - I'm sure the suitors have not gone away... only a matter of time.