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KBT K3 Business Technology Group Plc

108.00
0.00 (0.00%)
28 Mar 2024 - Closed
Delayed by 15 minutes
Share Name Share Symbol Market Type Share ISIN Share Description
K3 Business Technology Group Plc LSE:KBT London Ordinary Share GB00B00P6061 ORD 25P
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  0.00 0.00% 108.00 106.00 110.00 108.00 108.00 108.00 62,000 08:00:00
Industry Sector Turnover Profit EPS - Basic PE Ratio Market Cap
Fabricated Rubber Pds, Nec 47.48M -3.98M -0.0902 -11.97 47.62M
K3 Business Technology Group Plc is listed in the Fabricated Rubber Pds sector of the London Stock Exchange with ticker KBT. The last closing price for K3 Business Technology was 108p. Over the last year, K3 Business Technology shares have traded in a share price range of 105.00p to 126.00p.

K3 Business Technology currently has 44,090,074 shares in issue. The market capitalisation of K3 Business Technology is £47.62 million. K3 Business Technology has a price to earnings ratio (PE ratio) of -11.97.

K3 Business Technology Share Discussion Threads

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DateSubjectAuthorDiscuss
31/8/2012
13:13
205p my guess.
philo124
31/8/2012
10:57
Yeah, you can have it with Chips or rice.
philo124
31/8/2012
09:46
bidder leaked in industry paper - before official rns?
snatander
31/8/2012
09:33
whats Mancurian, is it a kind of food?
snatander
31/8/2012
08:28
I have had many dealings with Mancurian businessmen in the past in different
fields and i found that i couldn't trust any of them.

philo124
31/8/2012
07:45
would ASW bid?
snatander
31/8/2012
07:43
bid must be soon
snatander
31/8/2012
07:29
the "independent" - non execs in theory. I would rather sell out to Sage as then Board will go for top price knwoing their positions are gone. With MBO they have an incentive to get it "cheap" . All depends if they are the only game in town. If we have two bidding we should get a decent price.
felix99
31/8/2012
07:16
So this a MBO with private equity finance is it? How will shareholders know if the takeout price is fair?
philo124
31/8/2012
07:12
Finally looks as if we might be on our way with a bid...LDC, Lloyds investment vehicle is apparently in pole position.



LDC in pole position to buy Manchester's K3 Business Technology

30 Aug 2012

LDC, the private equity arm of state-backed lender Lloyds, is understood to be in pole position to clinch the hotly anticipated buyout of Manchester-based enterprise software group K3, two people familiar with the matter told AltAssets.

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I've also been in contact with the CEO who concedes that it is "Frustrating" that KBT are PRECLUDED from updating the market on trading, indicating that if things weren't as previously forecast they would have been REQUIRED to issue a profit warning.

So, with 28p EPS forecast I still maintain any takeout should be in the region of 220p-240p following my previous calcs that I posted to this thread.

Regards,
GHF

glasshalfull
28/8/2012
13:12
If an offer was being considered by a trade buyer who understood the business and wanted a straightforward deal, then surely there would have been a deal by now at a decent price. In Private Equity deals where they want to retain directors/management, then the negotiations can be a lot longer and the directors do not have the same incentive to do the best deal possible for outside shareholders. I have been following KBT for many years but have never felt confident enough to invest. The same applies now.
123prezzie
16/8/2012
08:40
Why on earth was David Bolton, who is the full time Fd here, allowed to be chairman at such a demanding and time consuming company as Dawson? They are now in administration so he may have time to help get the UK s longest running bid situation to a finale!!
davidosh
16/8/2012
08:20
Is David Newlands ex GEC?
philo124
01/8/2012
07:14
Felix, you are correct,I have had an e-mail from the Co.stating that they are unable to make a statement during a Sales Process.We can take comfort from the fact that if the numbers had not been o.k. they would have had to make a statement.They said it was "extremely frustrating" not being able to update the market
rogash
31/7/2012
23:31
Dropped again. The chart support at around 120p
snatander
31/7/2012
17:29
have i missed profit warning?
snatander
31/7/2012
16:47
well presumably trading is in line - it must be implied as otherwise they would have to warn or say ahead. So EPS of 28p is average market forecast so they must be +/- 10% of that as rule fo thumb for issuing a warning or ahead statement.

Why they cant just spell it out I am not sure - certainly would have been better PR wise I feel.

felix99
31/7/2012
15:28
As we are now past the year end would they not have to update the market if they were not going to meet and equally if going to beat forecasts?
davidosh
31/7/2012
11:48
or perhaps like me you have faith but have sold a few - just cos without any trading update I know over next month or two it will just drift further on no news - and most likely the bid price will have moved down allowing me to buy back cheaper.

I should have sold more at £2 in hindsight but at the time I thought £2.30 plus looked fairly certain. Now I think any bid will be at around £2 at best unfortunately. Still I am largely cash so got no other use for the cash tied up here currently

felix99
31/7/2012
11:46
from a modest pe of 7/8,£2.20 would be a minimum price.
rogash
31/7/2012
11:23
Pe is under 6 and presumably results in line, as no indication to the contrary.

Perhaps a few had taken out t10 or t20s with a view to a firm announcement in July.

stegrego
31/7/2012
11:06
where did you take the £2.20 from?
nicedude1976
31/7/2012
10:33
It wouldn't surprise me if the price had already been agreed and the buyers are waiting to see if trade falls off in any way in this environment. KBT work with the retail sector and I suspect a number of retailers aren't looking to invest in KBT services if they don't have to right now. Just guessing.
Would have been nice to have had a trading update. Any thoughts on why we didn't get one?

simon42
31/7/2012
08:04
This is very frustrating news but perhaps could be viewed as positive as im sure the talks would have been terminated by now if the offers werent acceptable.

I am tempted to up my holding here.

cfro
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