Kelso Share Discussion Threads

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 09:42

Blimey.....

KLSO Bid:7p Offer:9p Change:1.75

[tomboyb] 05/12/2022 09:42

unexpected -

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 09:41

Or enough interest in more than one company to be able to influence company(s) direction of travel?

[a2584728] 05/12/2022 09:38

We know they have £3m cash and are looking to raise circa £15m I think. They would mean a target co with a M Cap of circa £35m. ????

[a2584728] 05/12/2022 09:37

I shall just buy and hold and wait for a deal rather than try to trade them on a regular basis

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 09:35

KLSO Share Bid Price £0.055
KLSO Shares in Issue 48,000,000
KLSO Market Cap £2,640,000

Looks cheap?

[a2584728] 05/12/2022 09:27

I have great hopes for this investment. They have a top level BOD who will find an acquisition target and have the network to raise sufficient cash to achieve that

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 09:20

Moves fast in either direction so will be volatile

No1 on this morning's early winners list fwiw

1 KLSO Kelso Group Holdings Plc 6.75 28.57% 1.50

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 08:53

John Goold Chief Executive Officer
Mark Kirkland Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Brooke Chief Investment Officer

John Goold, 51, qualified as a chartered accountant in London with Touche Ross in 1996 before a 25 year career in the City raising growth capital and advising small and mid cap companies. John initially started in corporate finance before moving into equity sales and corporate broking where he spent most of his career. During his career, John has helped raise over £5.0 billion for his clients much of which was while he was Chief Executive of Zeus from 2012 to 2021.


Mark Kirkland, 54, qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse Coopers in London and has gained extensive corporate experience gained over 30 years having held numerous senior roles in public and private companies. Mark's initial career was in corporate finance predominantly with UBS. Mark has been CFO of numerous public and private companies and latterly was CEO of Delin Property, a pan European Logistics developer, investor and manager. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at Strix Group plc and an adviser to DP World.

Jamie Brooke, 51, has over 25 years investment experience and has been a director on over 20 company boards. He was formerly lead fund manager for the Hanover Catalyst Fund. Prior to this, he spent 12 years with the top-rated Volantis team, specialising in strategic and active UK small cap equity investing, where he was lead fund manager for the Volantis Catalyst Funds and led the team's corporate engagement strategy. Earlier experience was gained at 3i and Quester in private equity, after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Jamie read Maths at Oxford University and is currently NED at Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd, Chapel Down Group plc and Flowtech Fluidpower plc.

[intoodeep] 05/12/2022 08:49

John Goold CEO

Part of my success has been due to a relatively unique combination of skills combining initially a chartered accountancy and corporate finance background with latterly front end equity sales where I got to know many senior fund managers over 20 years, many who became great friends.

This market experience with a technical background has allowed me to help companies second guess the market and help advise them accordingly to make the right decisions. In the public markets you can rarely please everyone but ones aim needs to be please the majority. I am often surprised how many boards are light on public market experience.

My ethos is to always give simple straight batted advice and look after clients / friends 24/7.


On Kelso, John Goold commented 'Mark, Jamie and I are delighted and appreciative of the investment from around 25 entrepreneurial friends as we embark on this new venture, with the aim of creating value for all our shareholders.'

[a2584728] 28/11/2022 10:18

Now they have "King Deal Maker" John Goold on board I suspect there will be a deal in the offing very soon.