Rotala Share Discussion Threads

[battlebus2] 08/9/2014 14:01

Buy backs should help imv.

[battlebus2] 08/9/2014 13:58

Totally agree guys :))

[cheshire man] 03/9/2014 15:42

That write-up should bring some buyer's in,I'm with you playful a steady business ! not forgetting a decent divi

[cheshire man] 03/9/2014 15:18

AIM Prospector @aimprospector · 5h
Rotala $ROL.L "a successful, dividend paying company that is off the radar screens of most fund managers." article:

[playful] 03/9/2014 13:43

Lovely steady business to be involved in and with John Gunn at the wheel gives me much confidence the business is being run in the interests of all shareholders.

Incidentally, if you have not seen the channel 5 show “On the Yorkshire Buses” It’s well worth a watch to get a fair insight into the running’s of a bus company:
hxxp://www.channel5.com/shows/on-the-yorkshire-buses

[battlebus2] 29/8/2014 16:28

Yep still widely unknown but i'm happy to see these nearly daily 0.25p increases.
There was a couple of decent size buys today :))

[cheshire man] 29/8/2014 08:54

We need some volume here bb to get the share price moving,,,,,,,happy to hold 'tho as the Divi is not to be sniffed at in these markets

[battlebus2] 15/8/2014 10:37

Pushing on today, looking forward to the dividend and share buy backs :))

[battlebus2] 14/8/2014 11:14

Yes hopefully these will push on through 60p soon.

[cheshire man] 14/8/2014 10:10

Neat looking chart !

[battlebus2] 07/8/2014 18:25

Well two of my shares finished blue today Rotala and Sepura....


Rotala Plc (LON:ROL)'s stock had its "add" rating restated by research analysts at Numis Securities Ltd in a report released on Thursday. They currently have a GBX 62 ($1.04) price objective on the stock. Numis Securities Ltd's price target would indicate a potential upside of 14.39% from the stock's previous close.
Rotala Plc (LON:ROL) opened at 56.00 on Thursday. Rotala Plc has a 52 week low of GBX 49.00 and a 52 week high of GBX 56.00. The stock has a 50-day moving average of GBX 54.49 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 52.92.
Rotala plc is a United Kingdom-based company. It is engaged in the provision of bus services to public and private bodies and tailored transport solutions to a range of private customers.

[cheshire man] 07/8/2014 10:45

Thinking of adding myself,,,,very pleased with the update this morning :-)

[capercaillie] 07/8/2014 09:08

Added to holding following these results.

[battlebus2] 07/8/2014 07:06

Very happy with this mornings results....

Net assets of 69p.. Hire purchase over 1 million less leaving more free cash flow that will enable a share buy back programme..


· Profit before taxation up 12% to £1.055 million (2013: £0.946 million) on marginally lower revenues

· Interim dividend increased by 18% to 0.65p per share (2013: 0.55p)

· Strong balance sheet with net assets per share up 8% at 69p per share (2013: 64p)

· Marginal improvement in earnings per share at 2.41p (2013: 2.40p) after moving to a standard tax charge

· Fuel costs fully hedged for the whole of 2014 and 2015

· Improving cash flow and anticipated lower levels of capital expenditure will enable enhancement of earnings per share through share buy-back programme

[battlebus2] 08/7/2014 12:59

Yep looking forward to them CheshireMan. Love the dividend here.

[cheshire man] 08/7/2014 09:59

Results end of August!


RNS Number : 4874F
Rotala PLC
25 April 2014

14% rise in Divi


CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

"As the company matures I expect the dividend to be progressive"

Contracted Services


Revenues in Contracted Services overall fell by 8.5% to £20.6 million (2012: £22.5 million). The cause of almost all of this reduction in revenue was the loss in April 2013 of the two route diagrams we operated up to that time for National Express Limited ("NEL"). In our view NEL breached their contract with us by their actions. Therefore we have commenced legal proceedings against NEL to recover our losses. This case is expected to come to trial in the last quarter of 2014. In these accounts we have written off as an exceptional item £364,000 of our losses, which form part of our claim against NEL. Looking beyond this exceptional event, we experienced continuing strong growth in our private bus networks business. Revenues from these contracts have increased by some 50% over the last two years and we remain positive about this part of our activities. As might be expected from the drive of government policy, local authority transport budgets have continued to be under pressure. Revenues from the local authorities we deal with in the South West and West Midlands have therefore declined when compared to those of 2012, though we have not yet seen any similar pattern in Preston. The overall effect of these market changes over the last few years has been to re-position our Contracted Services business away from such a considerable exposure to the ebbs and flows of local government finance to be more focused on privately contracted bus services with major corporate customers.


2 June 2014



("Rotala" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Settlement in respect of legal proceedings against National Express Limited ("NEL")

Following the loss of two route diagrams operated on behalf of NEL, referred to in the Company's results for the 2013 financial year, Rotala commenced legal proceedings against NEL for breach of contract and wrote off an exceptional item of £364,000 in respect of this action.

Rotala is pleased to announce that it has reached a full and final settlement with NEL of its claim against NEL in terms satisfactory to the Company.




Directors' Dealings

Rotala has been notified of the following Director's Dealings which occurred on 8 May 2014:



John Gunn, the Non-Executive Chairman of the Company, has, together with his wife, purchased 1,050,000 ordinary shares of 25 pence each in the Company at a price of 50 pence per share. Following this purchase John Gunn has an interest, directly and indirectly, in 10,571,837 ordinary shares of the Company (being 29.97 per cent. of the shares currently in issue).


Let's see what the results in August will bring !

[battlebus2] 07/7/2014 20:43

Something's moving in the right direction..

[battlebus2] 23/6/2014 16:08

Decent size buy 72k and a steady as she goes tick up.

[battlebus2] 09/6/2014 13:49

A tick up is pleasing :)) x divi last Wednesday for payment 26th June.

[cheshire man] 02/6/2014 07:51

Good news indeed bb :-)

[battlebus2] 02/6/2014 07:15

Excellent news the claim against NEL has been settled, no disclosure of terms but it was satisfactory to Rotala.

2 June 2014
Rotala plc
("Rotala" or "the Company" or "the Group")


Settlement in respect of legal proceedings against National Express Limited ("NEL")

Following the loss of two route diagrams operated on behalf of NEL, referred to in the Company's results for the 2013 financial year, Rotala commenced legal proceedings against NEL for breach of contract and wrote off an exceptional item of £364,000 in respect of this action.


Rotala is pleased to announce that it has reached a full and final settlement with NEL of its claim against NEL in terms satisfactory to the Company.

[mrmomentumt] 28/5/2014 09:22

Thanks battlebus2!

[battlebus2] 23/5/2014 18:14

X dividend on 4th June for 1.05p. mrmomentumt they have net assets of 23,584 million so no worries on that. They made 9 million gross profit.

[mrmomentumt] 22/5/2014 11:57

Is a lot of that debt tied up in the vehicles so there is some equity battlebus2? Otherwise c£27m debt sounds rather a lot compared to a £2.5m PBT forecast this year?