Trafficmaster Share Discussion Threads

[ls lowry] 26/5/2010 13:38

RNS are normaly given if the deal is significant to profitability. One can only assume its not that significant in relation to profits on the deal.

[restassured] 26/5/2010 13:24

I agree and am not sure why they don't do it.


This kind of win shows their technology is the business.

[lfc4ever] 26/5/2010 13:20

i wish they would rns these wins.

helps build a bit of investor momentum.

[restassured] 26/5/2010 13:04

Nice win for TFC.

Encouraging to hear that Jaguar dumped the other provider for TFC's superior system.


May 26, 2010,

Trafficmaster Secures Deal with Jaguar and Becomes Its Approved Tracking Partner


LONDON, May 26, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jaguar has chosen Trafficmaster's Trackstar stolen vehicle tracking as its approved security system on the All New Jaguar XJ. Branded as Jaguar Trackstar, it will launch at the end of May and is supported by Trafficmaster's own round the clock team of stolen vehicle experts.

Following a thorough evaluation of the system Jaguar has chosen Trafficmaster's Trackstar to replace its existing supplier. Trackstar's reliability comes from its superior technology, which uses GPS signals to locate a vehicle and provide an accurate view of the vehicle's position and details of every turn and manoeuvre the vehicle takes. In addition, Trafficmaster manages its own 24 hour control centre, where a team of stolen vehicle recovery experts are able to liaise directly with the police and provide real time vehicle locations and immediately notify them if the vehicle stops.

The vehicle's journey is also recorded and is often used as evidence to help prosecute the thief. Trackstar is also able to locate a vehicle through GSM positioning in the unlikely case that the GPS signal is not being received.

Pat Gallagher Director of In-Vehicle Products at Trafficmaster, comments: "We are delighted to be the chosen approved stolen vehicle tracking option for Jaguar's All New XJ. This adds to our growing list of prestige vehicle manufacturers who now fit Trackstar to its vehicles."

Pat concludes: "Jaguar is seen as a world class prestige brand and drivers who own these vehicles see the value in protecting them from thieves. In addition they also appreciate how Trackstar can cut out the hassle and costs incurred when a vehicle is stolen and never recovered."

[joeblogg2] 25/5/2010 15:38

With the £ /$ rate and if it is a USA buyer, it is a lot cheaper for them now!!

[forearmed] 25/5/2010 15:36

I agree they certainly should have done - although for us (calculating) gamblers it has given us a chance to top up our holdings. 60p would, of course, be a 50% premium to my purchase price today. I can handle that. Fingers crossed because I hate to think what will happen to the share price, in this market, if the deal is off.

[restassured] 25/5/2010 14:44

Logic says that should be the case.

There have been strange goings on with price as usual.

I expect them to be taken over,however I think it will more likely be at 60p than 80p.

I do think the co owes its shareholders some kind of progress statement.
They were very quick to put out an RNS on what was a minimal share price movement,when they announced the talks.


They should either tell us it is on and the price range of any possible takeover.Or that it is unlikely to proceed.This is quite normal practice.

It is not fair to leave shareholders in the dark for a month!

[forearmed] 25/5/2010 14:23

A couple of nice buys there - 100,000 and 50,000. I was in for another, rather more modest, 10,000 at 40p this morning. Risk/reward factor seems reasonable to me at that price. I can't help feeling we'd have heard something by now if this wasn't going ahead.

[restassured] 25/5/2010 09:20

One wonders about the possibility/legality of any potential bidder playing with the share price in order to buy the co for less.

[restassured] 25/5/2010 08:08

Yes all of £16,000 worth of shares and it is marked down 5%

[argylerich] 25/5/2010 08:06

Just a little shake of the tree, 40,000 shares is nothing in the bigger picture

[restassured] 25/5/2010 08:06

Ermmm have you seen the stockmarkets?

[sdavis] 25/5/2010 08:02

Looks like bid chances must be fading.

[restassured] 23/5/2010 17:24

Road pricing may be on again.It is a very effective way of raising revenue......This could be one of the prizes any bidder for TFC may have their eyes on.



From today's Telegraph.


Coalition considers plan to sell off Britain's roads


Britain's road network could be sold off under a scheme being considered by the coalition Government.

By Heidi Blake
Published: 4:12PM BST 23 May 2010

The coalition Government is considering selling off Britain's roads
Philip Hammond, the Conservative transport secretary, and Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary, are said to be weighing up a proposal by the investment bank NM Rothschild to privatise the nation's motorways and trunk roads.

The scheme would resemble the private finance initiatives used to build schools and hospitals under Labour. Toll-road companies and infrastructure funds would compete to run and maintain stretches of the network.


The plan to raise tens of billions of pounds, which was enthusiastically backed by Vince Cable when it was unveiled last year, is likely to cause a rift in the cabinet after senior Tories made their opposition clear.

Vince Cable hailed the scheme as "an attractive, positive idea", while Teresa Villiers, then shadow transport secretary, said the Tories had "no plans" to consider the proposal.

The business secretary this weekend reaffirmed his approval of the idea. "I thought the principle was right. I think the principle in that report, which is using assets more creatively, is something we have to look at across government," he told the Sunday Times.

Mr Cable said he would not rule out a sell-off. "There is no ideological opposition to asset sales. If we can get good value for money for something, then we will look at it," he said.

"There is undoubtedly potential for releasing an income stream from government assets. There are no inhibitions; we want value for money and we want income."

If enacted, the scheme would be the second programme of privatisation embarked upon by the coalition Government. Plans to sell off the Royal Mail delivery business, while retaining the Post Office network, were outlined in the full coalition agreement last week.

Other asset sales which could be in the pipeline include Channel 4 and the Met Office. Gordon Brown announced a "fire sale" of £16 billion worth of assets last year, including the Dartford Crossing and the Student Loan book.

[samsingh] 21/5/2010 16:57

I think you are spot on Rest

[uppompeii] 21/5/2010 16:42

I hope you live up to your name....

[restassured] 21/5/2010 12:19

TFC paid two times turnover for FMS.

Last years turnover for TFC was £57 million.On the basis of 150 million shares in issue,it would be hard for them to justify anything less than 76p a share.

I reckoned that if the deal was off,TFC would have announced that alongside the trading statement.Bearing in mind they have been in possible takeover talks for a month.

So I think it is on and they are trying to agree a price.


TFC have assets of £32 million and very attractive carried forward tax losses of almost £25 million,which any acquirer could use against the costs of a takeover.

[gerdmuller] 21/5/2010 09:30

Well I expected something this week but it is highly unlikely now. It is now into week four and there is still no name and no price and the recent fall in the market won't help either.

Let's just hope that when something is announced the price is high enough to make it practically a done deal.

Nothing more from KWL yet either but that is only a week.

[lfc4ever] 19/5/2010 11:44

as you know from RAY, what they say, and what eventually happens are not necessarily the same.

in any event, a buyer could buy the lot, and then seek to sell off the uk satnav stuff.

[restassured] 19/5/2010 09:27

I think it is clear they would be after the US business,which by all accounts seems to be forging ahead nicely.
That fact that overall revenues are up 5% in the current climate is no mean feat.

TFC previously said any offer would be for the "entire issued share capital of the company."

[lfc4ever] 19/5/2010 09:18

pretty good results on balance in the current climate.

increasingly, though, this is a US based fleet tracking business, with a small uk consumer business tacked on.

whihc part is the bidder interested in? and will they take the lot, or spin one part out?

[tratante] 19/5/2010 09:08

I think no mention is positive rather than negative. Unless the bid were being taken seriously talks would surely have come to an end by now. There must be a serious proposition on the table.

[sdavis] 19/5/2010 07:59

Dull and no mention of talks!!

[18bt] 19/5/2010 07:30

IMS this morning. Revenue growth appears subdued. A minimal statement.

[daveys] 18/5/2010 17:24

No pure speculation based on the fact that if things were not progressing news would be out by now.