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Core VCTs – A Vote Is Called: If You, Or Someone You Know, Held These Then Please Read

By Nigel Somerville | Sunday 5 December 2021

Disclosure: I own shares in one or more of the stocks mentioned. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from ShareProphets). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

I have not written about the Core VCTs for several years. Given that the three companies – Core VCT (CR3), Core IV VCT (CR4) and Core V VCT (CR5) were formally delisted and wound up way back in 2015/2016 some may be surprised to learn that a shareholder vote has been ordered by the Court of Appeal and that vote is due to take place at an EGM on or around December 17th, with electronic and postal votes to be received by December 16th. In my view it is absolutely vital that every possible vote is cast.


Alot has been going on behind the scenes and I would urge all shareholders to cast their votes as a matter of urgency – especially given that this is to occur in the middle of the Christmas postal rush, which will inevitably delay things.


What is at issue?


In 2018 the three companies were restored to the register at Companies House and a new Liquidator appointed to conduct an investigation into the affairs of the companies and their winding up. The Court ruled that there were serious issues to be investigated in respect of the management of the companies, and the conduct of their liquidations. However, the Appeal Court ordered that a shareholder vote be conducted as to whether the investigation is completed or whether to wind the companies up once again with no investigation. The new liquidators were ordered to take a neutral position in the meantime – even so, according to the new liquidator’s statement of receipts and payments at Companies House, dated 19 July 2021, paragraph 4.6 states:


applications have been made under section 212 of the Insolvency Act 1986 seeking a) leave of the Court to bring a claim against the Former Liquidators,  and b) to bring a claim against the Former Liquidators


Now shareholders in the three former venture capital trusts have been asked to vote on the matter.


Self-Declaration


I have been asked – and accepted – to serve on the steering committee of a Core VCT Shareholder Action Group. Having spent some time looking in to certain matters myself I agree with the Court’s conclusion that there are serious issues, and am therefore very keen that a new liquidator is given the opportunity to establish whether those serious issues are of merit or not.  


Why You Should Vote


The Manager and associates have – perhaps understandably, given the amount of hassle involved – been very keen to have the plug pulled on all of this. However, given that the Court has already deemed there to be serious issues to be investigated, denying the investigation would, it seems to me, be totally unsatisfactory as it would leave matters untested. Now that is a matter for shareholders and the Court to decide.


My understanding is that shareholders are being presented with a risk-free option to have the affairs of the companies reviewed and if something is found to be amiss of sufficient magnitude, shareholders could (and I stress could) find themselves in line for further returns. Indeed my understanding is that the potential claim could outstrip to total returns per share of the VCTs – if the investigations prove up sufficient problems and the court sees fit. Obviously that may or may not happen and I am not a lawyer or accountant, which is why I want matters looked into by those who are qualified to reach a conclusion one way or the other.


If investigations show that all was well then someone will have a big legal bill to pay. My understanding is that the shareholders are not in line for that risk: thus far, the case has been funded from private means under which the funders would get back a multiple of their cash that they put at risk if the case is successful. Obviously the funders would hope to make a profit – but that would mean seeing a case through to success in the courts and therefore the funders being right – at which point one would hope there is enough cash to offer further rewards to shareholders. If that does not happen, then the funders lose the cash they have put up but my understanding is that shareholders will not face a bill – that would be the funders’ headache. As such, it seems to me that shareholders have a risk-free option to get a new liquidator to cast his/her eye over the affairs of the Core VCTs and their liquidations.


I therefore wholeheartedly recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the resolutions to retain the current liquidator and allow the investigations to be completed.


Once I have the voting form and details I will have them published on ShareProphets so that shareholders know what to do if they wish to support the new liquidators to see the job through. In the meantime I suggest that old share certificates and paperwork are dug out so that votes may be cast quickly when the paperwork arrives.


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A disgraced fund manager bullish on global equities but warns on the tech high flyers

 

SBDS

Silver Bullet Data Services – “Trading Update and Working Capital Facility”, how ‘positive’?

 

BOO

Boohoo: damning letter from Mike Ashley as he requisitions GM to become CEO

 

THRU

Thruvision – “disappointing” interims, “to operate within the level of current funding resources” for how long?…

 

GBP

Global Petroleum and the bankruptcy of executive officer Cecilia Yu.

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics – a Buy to double by Christmas

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus bearcast: GOTCHA Optibiotix but its still lying, Skins playing it well

 

PBEE

PensionBee – argues placing “successfully raised £20 million”, how successfully?…

 

SYME

BREAKING: Supply@ME Capital, a second auditor resignation letter on the way

 

BOO

boohoo (#BOO) – receives EGM requisition seeking board changes including removal of John Lyttle and appointment of Mike Ashley as CEO, is “reviewing”

 

PBEE

PensionBee (#PBEE) – £20m placing at 185p per share

 

ABDN

abrdn (#ABDN) – Q3 Assets Under Management and Administration up to £506.7bn, though net flows -£3.1bn

 

LSEG

London Stock Exchange (#LSEG) – Q3 adj. organic income +8.7% YoY, “confident of continued growth”

 

BMY

Bloomsbury Publishing (#BMY) – H1 adj. EPS up to 24.68p, DPS to 3.89p, now expects FY “ahead of the current consensus expectation”

 

FOXT

Foxtons (#FOXT) – Q3 revenue +8% YoY, “trading in line with management's expectations”

 

ALU

Alumasc (#ALU) – trading momentum means “confident of delivering another year of growth, in line with its expectations” despite sector demand headwinds

 

TPK

Travis Perkins (#TPK) – “shortfall in the Merchanting segment”, “now expects FY24 adjusted operating profit to be around £135m”

 

ULVR

Unilever (#ULVR) – Q3 “underlying sales growth” 4.5%, “on track to deliver our 2024 outlook”

 

AT

Ashtead Technology (#AT.) – agreement to acquire “subsea electronics and ROV tooling rental and services” businesses Seatronics and J2 Subsea for £63m

Wednesday »

PBEE

BREAKING: PensionBee – placing, just “to accelerate investment in its US business”?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast: before bed my plan B for Optibiotix

 

FRAN

Franchise Brands – “Group CEO Appointment and Listing Consideration”, what about current trading consideration?…

 

CHSS

World Chess is ‘avin’ a giraffe yet again

 

Beggar-Stockbroker

30 MPs and green grifter Dale Vince display off the scale economic illiteracy

 

CRDL

Cordel – “AI Technology Certified by Network Rail”, share price rise justified or is the announcement again ramptastic?

 

RRR

There should be a law against doing an Andrew Bell, what is Fatty Cornish playing at?

 

STG

Strip Tinning – “delighted to announce” a new Glazing sales nomination, but what about recently with “significant wins” meant to drive growth?…

 

OPTI

Optibiotix FD walks and disgraced Neil Davidson dissembles on O’Hara health

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Will you help us sack David Bramhill at Union Jack said the email

 

Tom

Querying the health benefits of Tesco tinned tomatoes, Tom Winnifrith

 

Fake_News

Peak Guardian Fake News from Gaza, Tom Winnifrith

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – Finance Director Graham Myers to “step down”, David Blain to join as acting FD, only provides on CEO Stephen O’Hara “recovering after a short illness and expects to be back at work shortly”

 

CHSS

World Chess (#CHSS) – “announces plans to Launch World Chess Tour”, ramptastic

 

HOME

#HOME REIT – notes property auction sales, “sufficient proceeds to fully repay the outstanding Scottish Widows loan will be realised upon completion of the outstanding sale properties”

 

BLND

British Land (#BLND) – COO David Walker to become CFO “after a comprehensive search and review of internal and external candidates”

 

FRAN

Franchise Brands (#FRAN) – divisional CEO Peter Molloy appointed company CEO, “beginning to consider” move from AIM to Main Market

 

IGE

Image Scan (#IGE) – stronger H2 as anticipated, argues “confidence for future growth in FY25 and beyond”

 

WPP

#WPP – Q3 adj. LFL revenue +0.5% YoY, notes “Q4 facing a tougher comparative than Q3 and macro uncertainty”

 

BTRW

Barratt Redrow (#BTRW) – recent weeks “solid trading”, though considers “it will take some time for customer confidence to fully recover”

 

LLOY

Lloyds Banking Group (#LLOY) – Q3 profit slightly lower YoY, though still “confidently to reaffirm our 2024 guidance”

 

RKT

Reckitt Benckiser (#RKT) – Q3 LFL net revenue -0.5% YoY, taking current year’s to +0.4%, notes impacted by Mount Vernon tornado in July

Tuesday »

OPTI

Reader Poll: who should be chairman of Optibiotix?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Ariana to 3.5p by Christmas?

 

TRC

The Revel Collective – full-year results from former Revolution Bars Group, is it now really “well positioned for future growth”?…

 

EMR

Empresaria – from argued “encouraging resilience” to performance “worse than previously forecast” in three months…

 

OPTI

Breaking: Has Neil Davidson at Optibiotix awarded himself a bumper pay rise while pretending it was still austerity all round

 

SOS

Sosandar – Trading Update: Another Loss, More Jam Tomorrow…..Still A Sell

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: the beer and popcorn continues at Optibiotix, after today's expose Neil Davidson must go NOW!

 

HEIQ

HeiQ – “Restructuring and Delisting”, yet ANOTHER Covid-era IPO Roll-Call of Shame…

 

OPTI

BREAKING: Optibiotix and the share issue cover up

 

PFC

Is Petrofac Worthless? Evil Banksta does new sums

 

Trump

Tom Winnifrith Podcast: Kamala insults Jesus, Trump serves up french fries, it is now all over bar the shouting

 

MUL

Mulberry (#MUL) – considers possible offer from Frasers (#FRAS) “untenable” and that “should focus its attention on driving the commercial performance”

 

HEIQ

#HEIQ – trading “continues to face significant challenges”, to delist

 

EMR

Empresaria (#EMR) – Q3 adj. net fee income -4% YoY, now expects Q4 “worse than previously forecast with market conditions in Germany particularly challenging”

 

TRC

Revel Collective (#TRC) – FY significantly increased loss, “begin seeing improved performance”

 

G4M

Gear4music (#G4M) – H1 revenue -1%, emphasises return to revenue growth “following the launch of our updated growth strategy in June”

 

SOS

Sosandar (#SOS) – revenue fall argued as “transition away from price promotional activity”, H1 still pre-tax loss

 

SHOE

#SHOE Zone – H2 “below expectations”, FY adj. PBT “expected to be not less than £9.5m (FY 2023: £16.5m)”

 

HFD

Halfords (#HFD) – H1 LFL sales -0.1% YoY, consumer “remains uncertain” outlook unchanged

 

BRCK

Brickability (#BRCK) – H1 LFL revenue -7% YoY, notes recent weeks “increase in inquiries”

 

WIX

Wickes (#WIX) – Q3 LFL revenue improved to +0.4% YoY, argues “remain on track”

Monday »

ZIN

Zinc Media – a business sale “to focus on growing its core operations”, but how’s that going?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a free money idea from Evil Banksta

 

HDD

Hardide – “pleased to announce” ‘Year End Trading Update’, but how ‘pleasing’ is it?…

 

LFT

D day looms for Brown Envelope Man: Confessional from Zak Mir by Friday?

 

PFC

Petrofac kicks can down the road again but shareholders will still be screwed in the end

 

BOWL

Hollywood Bowl – “expects to report EBITDA pre-IFRS 16 ahead of market expectations”, but how’s bottom-line performance?…

 

Gold

Is gold in the grip of apophenia – or another mass delusion ?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: Avacta hooks up with Tempus AI, 2 crazy valuations

 

TNT

EXPOSE: Tintra the stench gets even worse at the fraud that was the AIM Company of the Year 2022

 

MIDW

Midwich – “Trading Update”, it now clear why it was previously “full year expectations unchanged” which were reluctant to speak their name?…

 

PFC

Petrofac (#PFC) – senior secured notes forbearance agreement extended to 15th November, continues to work to conclude a “proposed financial restructure”

 

SAR

Sareum (#SAR) – raises further £1m at 22.5p per share with warrants

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – “Q2 2024 Production update and Operational updates”, attempted ramptastic

 

BOWL

Hollywood #BOWL – FY LFL revenue +0.2%, emphasises expects adj. EBITDA “ahead of market expectations”; above £65m

 

HDD

Hardide (#HDD) – H2 improvement to FY adj. EBITDA “close to break even”, this year “expect to see a strong recovery in revenues”

 

MIDW

Midwich (#MIDW) – “broader market conditions have not improved as anticipated”, expects adj. Op profit “significantly below the prior year”

 

CER

Cerillion (#CER) – adj. PBT “expected to be comfortably ahead of the consensus market forecast”, “continues to view growth prospects very positively”

 

MRIT

Merit (#MRIT) – IT projects sales pipeline conversion trading warning

 

XLM

XLMedia (#XLM) – agreement for sale of North America business for $20m and up to further $10m, to distribute proceeds to shareholders

 

ELIX

Elixirr International (#ELIX) – acquisition of US-based “insights and strategy” business Hypothesis Group for initial $37.3m in cash and shares and up to further $7.6m

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Liam, plain honesty matters more than strict AIM rules

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Amateur Art Sleuth, Bad DEI, Island King, Spy or Journo?, Korean Adoptee Mystery

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Home Ownership Rates Across Europe

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Takes Out $2,700

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #263

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Oct 19

 

Trump

Photo article from the Welsh hovel: Brits for Trump, Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast: I may like gold but I disagree with Malcolm and worry about his enthusiasm

 

GPM

Golden Prospect – Autumn Christmas Tip Update As Ouzo Beckons

 

RTOP

GOTCHA! Reg Tech Open Project – after hours resignation of CFO, the fat lady is warming up in the wings

 

HUM

This Mining Bird could Be Humming Towards a Glittering Future.

 

Fake_News

The global warming nutters want it both ways: its back to Lake Vrynwy with hard data, Tom Winnifrith

 

Welsh_Flag

Who will be Guy on November 2 at the Welsh Hovel? Tom Winnifrith

Friday »

REAT

React Group – further cash generation and growth potential, but...

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: invaded by the Frogs, a Shipman report & more

 

FNX

Fonix – having been an AIM Awards 2024 nominee, how’s “Change of regulation in Republic of Ireland” announcement?…

 

KOO

Kooth – with the ominous combination of being an AIM Awards 2024 “winner” and that being “Diversity Champion”, now contract disappointment (natch!)…

 

Video: why have gold and silver stocks underperformed surging precious metals prices?

 

OPTI

Letter to AIM Regulation regarding Optibiotix and Steve O'Hara

 

SALT

Microsalt forced to make a statement, something not right here

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: more Optibiotix beer and popcorn, call me Sherlock bloody 'olmes

 

EUA

Eurasia announces webinar next week – the questions that must be asked!

 

SHI

SIG – argues refinancing shows ‘confidence in the group's strategy and outlook’, but how much so really?…

 

SALT

MicroSalt (#SALT) – “notes” share price increase yesterday, “confirms there is no trading or operational update”

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – “Response to Publication of Circular by ProBiotix”, still currently “supporting the action taken by Seneca Partners”

 

UJO

Union Jack Oil (#UJO) – North Lincolnshire Council to not seek to resist proposed legal challenge against further Wressle development planning consent

 

FUTR

Future (#FUTR) – CEO Jon Steinberg to step down “later next year to relocate back to the US”

 

FOUR

4imprint (#FOUR) – “appointment of Michelle Brukwicki as CFO Designate effective 9 December”

 

CLCO

CloudCoCo (#CLCO) – agreement to sell co-location and data centre services business Connect for £0.25m including net liabilities “in excess of £1.7 million”

 

SHI

SIG (#SHI) – notes debt pricing, €300m senior secured notes due 2029 at 9.75%

 

BOO

boohoo (#BOO) – H1 trading decline, £222m debt refinancing and announces “a review of options for each division”

 

MTC

Mothercare (#MTC) – FY states swing to profit but net borrowings up to £14.7m, notes challenging Middle Eastern markets trading

 

EVOK

evoke (#EVOK) – Q3 revenue +3% YoY, maintains growth guidance

Thursday »

XPS

XPS Pensions Group – ‘ahead of expectations’ from a previous winning share tip, but what about value now?

 

China Flag

Caption contest: Gary claims this is 114 lbs

 

AOM

ActiveOps – with the ominous combination of a covid-era IPO and AIM Awards 2024 nomination, how’s trading?…

 

IBST

Ibstock – Q3 update, how confident to be in full-year expectations “are unchanged”?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: 5 stocks to fall 99% or more, three of them shortable

 

Madness

ProBiotix Health and OptiBiotix Health – time for a mature negotiation which looks possible ex-OptiBiotix Chairman Neil Davidson

 

SDY

Speedy Hire – “Half Year Trading Update”, how confident to really be in its “anticipates the group meeting its full year expectations”?

 

Gold

Video: Silver Could Surpass Its All-Time High Within The Next 18 Months

 

AVCT

Avacta: more goalposts being shifted, more red flags vicar

 

UJO

Union Jack confessional but does it give a FF about AIM Rules?

 

BWNG

N Brown (#BWNG) – 40p per share recommended offer with an unlisted shares alternative

 

RNK

Rank (#RNK) – Q1 LFL Net Gaming Revenue +12% YoY, argues “growth in our Grosvenor venues and UK digital business is particularly encouraging”

 

ROO

Deliveroo (#ROO) – Q3 Gross Transaction Value +5% YoY, maintains FY guidance including “positive” free cash flow

 

AOM

ActiveOps (#AOM) – H1 growth in line with expectations, notes “confidence to invest in our sales team as we seek to accelerate our organic growth rate”

 

CHG

Chemring (#CHG) – FY “in line with the current range of analyst expectations”, “order cover for expected FY25 revenue is building well”

 

RTO

Rentokil Initial (#RTO) – Q3 organic revenue +2.6% YoY, notes an “integration review period” is to delay synergy delivery

 

SDY

Speedy Hire (#SDY) – H1 revenue “marginally down”, expects new contracts H2 “significant growth… meeting its full year expectations”

 

IBST

Ibstock (#IBST) – Q3 “sales volumes were similar to the comparative prior year period”, “adjusted EBITDA broadly in line with our expectations”

 

AJB

AJ Bell (#AJB) – notes FY growth in customers and assets under administration, though “upcoming Budget has introduced unhelpful uncertainty”

 

FRP

#FRP Advisory – £5.5m acquisition of valuation services business Globalview Advisors

Wednesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Bracing myself

 

AAZ

Anglo Asian Mining – “Q3 2024 Production and Operations Review” positive, but...

 

FDBK

Feedback plc – emphasises now Elective Recovery Fund reimbursement eligibility, but balance sheet detail that dare not speak its name?

 

ZYT

Zytronic – states following “a full business and operational review… a clearer vision for what is required to turn the company around”. Er, is there?!…

 

IQAI

Trevor Brown at it again as IQ-AI pumped before the next bailout

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: betting markets and polls are now moving rapidly in the USA, how to profit from this

 

SDG

Sanderson Design – having been an AIM Awards 2024 nominee, just days later results statement disappointment (natch!)…

 

VRS

Versarien – The 4th placing in 2024 and the company should still go bust in February

 

KEFI

More knicker wetting by your fellow Kefi shareholders vicar?

 

GILD

BREAKING Guild Esports: David Beckham walks away with £9m, the Bixby gang make millions, company now worthless

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – £0.45m bailout placing at 0.0325p per share

 

ZYT

Zytronic (#ZYT) – “challenging” trading conditions, announces “strategic review”

 

PROC

ProCook (#PROC) – Q2 LFL revenue +4.7% YoY, net debt up arguing “prudent intake planning due to the global supply chain disruption”

 

OXIG

Oxford Instruments (#OXIG) – H1 update, notes increased currency headwind from appreciation of sterling

 

MONY

#MONY Group – Q3 revenue -2% YoY, confidence for FY “in line with current market expectations”

 

WTB

Whitbread (#WTB) – H1 adj. EPS -6% to 137.1p, DPS +7% to 36.4p, notes increased cost efficiencies

 

JET

Just Eat Takeaway.com (#JET) – Q3 Gross Transaction Value -3% YoY, reiterates FY guidance

 

VTU

Vertu Motors (#VTU) – H1 EPS down to 4.77p, DPS up to 0.90p, expects H2 stronger used vehicles market than prior year

 

SDG

Sanderson Design (#SDG) – H1 adj. EPS down to 2.21p, DPS to 0.50p, “trading conditions at the start of the second half have been more challenging than expected”

 

MSLH

Marshalls (#MSLH) – Q3 revenue -3% YoY, expects FY “in line with its previous expectations… in anticipation of a continued improving demand environment”

Tuesday »

ENSI

EnSilica – “Design & Supply contract award” but what about a results announcement from this supposedly one of the “Best Use of AIM” companies?!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the Mrs comes down with severe TDS

 

VIC

Victorian Plumbing – “Trading Update”… and May’s “significant strategic value” £22.5m acquisition to shut down!

 

ELEG

While my Electric Guitar Gently weeps, only for utter suckers My Sweet Lord

 

AEG

BOMBSHELL: Active Energy and the Charlton Dossier, what on earth is AIM allowing now?

 

Roulette

I agree with Tony Blair: it’s time to scrap AIM

 

VAST

BREAKING: Former director Pitchford, Vast Resources will not get a cent out of Zimbabwe for its diamonds

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: More beer and popcorn for Pete Brailey as Probiotix lashes out at Optibiotix

 

RWA

Robert Walters – “continue to aim for a profitable full-year outcome”, but market conditions “challenging”…

 

Beggar

A failed fund manager "massacres" popular myths

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo article from the Welsh hovel, an experiment that worked harvested, Tom Winnifrith

 

DLAR

De La Rue (#DLAR) – agreement for sale of Authentication business for £300m Enterprise Value

 

TERN

#TERN – £0.625m bailout placing at just 1.25p per share

 

TAM

Tatton Asset Management (#TAM) – H1 “continued growth… in line with the board’s expectations”

 

BOOM

Audioboom (#BOOM) – Q3 argues ‘strong growth’, but cash still slightly down to $3.3m

 

RCH

Reach (#RCH) – Q3 revenue -2.5% YoY, “continue to monitor the impact from the tech platforms' actions on referral volumes”

 

MTO

Mitie (#MTO) – H1 update, “remain confident in meeting expectations for the current year and delivering our three-year plan targets”

 

VCP

Victoria (#VCP) – warns “earnings are likely to be below consensus expectations” as flooring demand “has continued to be soft”

 

VIC

Victorian Plumbing (#VIC) – FY LFL revenue c.-1%, to close May-acquired Victoria Plum business

 

RWA

Robert Walters (#RWA) – Q3 adj. net fee income -12% YoY, “client and candidate confidence levels yet to show signs of material improvement”

 

BWY

Bellway (#BWY) – FY adj. EPS down to 135.2p, DPS to 54p, argues now “well-placed to deliver a material increase in volume output”

Monday »

Father Christmas

Less than three months to go, tips of the year update...

 

PAGE

PageGroup – Q3 update, how’s the argued “believe we will continue to perform well” going now?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a belated sell and an apology on one I got very wrong

 

THRU

Thruvision – “Half year trading update and Board changes”, how’s that previous “expectation that we will reach profitability in the short-term”?

 

Gold

The President Putin bull case for gold as explained by SP Angel

 

VAST

Vast Resources: Does fatty Cornish have no shame after another pump and dump placing

 

CRU

Coral Products – “now expected to record a loss”, argues financial ‘resilience’ but detail that dare not speak its name?

 

Bear

Video: Raising The Alarm, Why The Western World Must Change Course or Face Decline

 

ECP

Eight Capital Partners – Non-Executive Director resignation, yet another big red flag

 

EML

Emmerson: this looks terminal: don’t go bottom fishing

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: something to do at night as I can't sleep, Tom Winnifrith

 

TIFS

TI Fluid Systems (#TIFS) – 200p per share possible offer which “would be minded to recommend”

 

MUL

Mulberry (#MUL) – notes revised possible 150p per share offer from Frasers (#FRAS) and majority shareholder stating it won’t accept

 

SHI

SIG (#SHI) – proposed senior secured notes offering and a 2026 notes tender offer refinancing

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – £0.75m placing at 0.1p per share to keep the lights on

 

GCAT

Caracal Gold (#GCAT) – confirms has received $0.6m of bailout funding

 

THRU

Thruvision (#THRU) – “disappointing” reduction in revenues, CEO Colin Evans to leave as intends “to further his non-executive directorship portfolio”

 

CRU

Coral Products (#CRU) – warns FY trading “now expected to record a loss”

 

SPA

1Spatial (#SPA) – H1 still a loss, argues pipeline “confidence in continued progress throughout the remainder of the year”

 

ASHM

Ashmore (#ASHM) – Q1 AuM up to circa $51.8bn, though still net outflows ($0.7bn)

 

PAGE

PageGroup (#PAGE) – Q3 LFL gross profit -13.5% YoY, “exited September -16%”

Sunday »

SBTX

Video: SkinBiotherapeutics, make up your own mind?

 

SYME

The fraud Supply@Me Capital – why hasn’t Supply filed its Italian subsidiary accounts?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Fatherly pride at Jaya's rugby and the loathsome Mail disgraces itself over Pulsar Helium

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Scale, Kill Small Biz, Weird Chimp Story, Private Equity, Art of Stealing

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Bounces…..Another Leg-Up Coming?

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Global Real Estate Bubble Risk in 2024

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #262

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Oct 12

 

Boom

Tom Winnifrith podcast: Tampon Tim becomes Touchdown Tim, is this terminal for both the Democrats and Ukraine?

 

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel - the last jam of the season is an experiment, Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

IMB

Imperial Brands – “in line with expectations and increases shareholder returns”, Take Profits?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I disagree with Steve Moore

 

MBH

This Brill Brick Maker Set to Benefit from New Government's Housing Pledge.

Friday »

JLP

Jubilee Metals – Zambia copper project & power update, a ‘numerous growth opportunities’ Buy

 

RBG

Revolution Bars Group – name change, “a fresh start” and “better reflects the businesses and brands”?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: 2 US election bets and Gabriel Grego vindicated as THG needs a bail out

 

VRCI

Verici Dx – attempts to mitigate trading warning with expects cash “in line with market expectations”, but how reassuring is that?...

 

TIR

Letter to AIM Regulation: Time to suspend shares in Tiger Royalties pending clarification

 

Gold

Video: We Have Never Seen a Time Like this for Miners

 

BRH

Yet another dirty Trevor Brown related party deal at Braveheart: don’t Allenby and Peterhouse feel dirty acting for this shitshow?

 

CCS

Crossword Cybersecurity – “Financial Update and Proposed Asset Sale”, hopefully my prior warnings were heeded!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: The bearded Geordie poltroon buys again at Skinbiotherapeutics

 

Beggar

How to protect your wealth ahead of the 2024 Autumn Budget

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel: it's what an Aga is for, Tom Winnifrith

 

CCS

Crossword Cybersecurity (#CCS) – believes needs to raise up to £0.6 million “within the next six weeks”, to seek sale of business and assets

 

THG

#THG – raises £95.4m at 49p per share including via PrimaryBid

 

SAR

Sareum (#SAR) – raises £2.364m at 20p per share with warrants

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain (#ARB) – class action lawsuit, Murphy vs. Argo Blockchain plc et al, dismissed “without prejudice and without leave to amend”

 

SAGA

#SAGA – H1 adj. profit up but also increased statutory loss, insurance business exclusive partnership and sale negotiations with Ageas

 

HAS

Hays (#HAS) – Q1 LFL net fees -14% YoY, particularly permanent recruitment longer time to hire and low levels of confidence continuing

 

PMI

Premier Miton (#PMI) – Q4 net outflows £133m, though AUM slightly up to £10.7bn

 

JUP

Jupiter Fund Management (#JUP) – Q3 net outflows £1.6bn, AUM down to £50.1bn

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – acquisition of health, hygiene and personal care products manufacturer and supplier Bio-Tech Solutions for £1.25m, including a £0.25m shares subscription and an expensive loan

 

OMG

Oxford Metrics (#OMG) – acquisition of measurement for manufacturing business Sempre for £5m and up to a further £0.5m

Thursday »

SHI

SIG – “exploring” bond refinancing, but currently “no certainty” and what terms can it achieve?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: from A to Z, Artemis and Avacta to Zephyr

 

ETP

Eneraqua Technologies – “pleased to report” interim results, but what about the numbers is ‘pleasing’?

 

CGNR

Conroy Gold £259,000 fund raise but it is still totally insolvent. What is the point?

 

VAST

Vast Resources: it's that old pre-placing Zimbabwe spoof again

 

GCAT

Caracal Gold and the 11 reasons its auditor quit: surely the FCA must call time on this farce

 

CAU

Centaur Media – trading update notes “retain a cautious outlook”, but it’s “significantly” not been cautious enough!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Just not good enough from Optibiotix

 

GBP

The ramp of the week and the spiv behind it exposed by Evil Banksta

 

Clown

A disgraced fund manager says he is boring but important

 

BOXE

Tritax EuroBox (#BOXE) – recommended 69p per share offer from Brookfield

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – a ‘settlement agreement terms approved’ update, but still “can be no guarantee of a successful outcome”

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – “SlimBiome study update”, does also include confident of improved sales performance for rest of this year and next year

 

POLR

Polar Capital (#POLR) – AuM over Q2 -4% to £22.7bn, net outflows £0.2bn

 

LIO

Liontrust Asset Management (#LIO) – AuMA over Q2 -4% to £26bn, net outflows £1.1bn

 

CAU

Centaur Media (#CAU) – customer marketing spend reductions profit warning

 

ATG

Auction Technology (#ATG) – Gross Merchandise Value “significantly improved” momentum in H2, but still slightly negative year-over-year

 

RFX

Ramsdens (#RFX) – expects FY PBT up to “at least £11m”, argues sets up well for continued growth this year

 

TET

Treatt (#TET) – FY adj. profit growth “in line with board expectations”, argues “clear opportunities ahead”

 

RWI

Renewi (#RWI) – “following a capital injection of approximately £125m”, completes divestment of UK Municipal business

Wednesday »

Tom

CROWDFUND MY NEXT MEDICAL/ NINE MORE TICKET SALES NEEDED Sharestock 2025, we are on: date fixed so book now!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Has Andrew Monk finally done the decent thing and how much should I charge Opti for doing its PR today properly?

 

ECEL

Eurocell – a buy for trading recovery?...

 

PODP

Pod Point – having been “really excited to be joining the team and building on the fantastic progress”, CFO ‘steps down’ after less than 2 years!

 

Bear

Thoughts on – The Autum Statement, Outlook for Markets in the nearer term and the scrapping of the proposed Social Care reform, gold to $8000

 

Sheriff

Letter to the Financial Reporting Council: Johnsons must lose its PIE status at once

 

HERC

Hercules Site Services – emphasises trading “well ahead of market expectations”, but what about cash flow?

 

TIR

BREAKING: Just how insolvent is Colin Bird’s Tiger Royalties? Surely its goose is cooked?

 

IXI

IXICO – fundraising, how much really to ‘accelerate technology platform growth and global commercial reach’?

 

ELEG

Letter to the Financial Reporting Council asking that it force Electric Guitar to restate its last audited numbers

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: The 'fess up RNS Optibiotix should be issuing NOW

 

Fake_News

Florida Hurricane meets global warming nutters and dumb journalists at the Daily Mail: Tom Winnifrith

 

DBOX

Digitalbox (#DBOX) – receives GM requisition letter from Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust (#DSM) to appoint Graham Bryce as a director

 

RDT

Rosslyn Data Technologies (#RDT) – £1.64m placing at 5p per share, up to £0.25m “retail offer” and £1.2m convertible loan notes issue

 

IXI

IXICO (#IXI) – £4m placing and subscription at 9.5p per share and a “retail offer”

 

CARR

Carr's (#CARR) – FY “broadly in line with board expectations”, “asset realisations are progressing as planned”

 

REVB

Revolution Beauty (#REVB) – H1 net sales -20% YoY, though emphasises ‘core SKUs’ growth including Q2 accelerating to +16%

 

MARS

Marston's (#MARS) – 13 weeks to 28th Sep LFL sales +3.8%, meaning FY LFL sales +4.8%

 

CMCX

CMC Markets (#CMCX) – H1 strong growth, including continued expansion and sustained levels of client trading activity

 

PRES

Pressure Technologies (#PRES) – completes sale of Precision Machined Components business for £6.2m Enterprise Value and up to a further £1.5m

 

MNDI

Mondi (#MNDI) – agreement to acquire Western Europe packaging business of Schumacher Packaging for €634m Enterprise Value

 

RIO

#RIO Tinto – agreement to acquire lithium chemicals producer Arcadium Lithium for approx. $6.7bn

Tuesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast: not getting to the bottom of it yet with the Shipmans yesterday

 

AAZ

Anglo Asian Mining – Gedabek agitation leaching resumes normal production, flotation processing next from this winning share tip

 

XPP

XP Power – Q3 update, how confident to really be that full year performance will be within the range of analyst forecasts?

 

SNR

Senior plc – profit warning, attempts outlook reassurance but it was arguing ‘expectations of good growth unchanged’ as recently as August

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Time for Optibiotix to row back, a blinding statement from Probiotix

 

SYME

The fraud Supply@ME Capital Auditor Resignation letter – sadly no cigar for me

 

VTY

Vistry – profit warning as now ‘aware’ 9 developments cost projections “understated”, though also the causes are not currently fully ascertained!

 

ELEG

Electric Guitar – another audit where Mr Edmund Cartwright of Johnsons appears to have missed a potential material error

 

INSP

Inspirit – lies yet again as it becomes a cash shell, actgually not really even that

 

OBC

BREAKING: Online Blockchain: the final disgrace of Clem Chambers and, surely, the downfall of auditors Johnsons

 

Warwick_School

Tom Winnifrith: Naming the paedophile teachers at Warwick School No 2, Alan Wilkins

 

LGRS

Loungers (#LGRS) – 24 weeks LFL sales +4.7%, notes outperforming broader UK hospitality market

 

GNC

Greencore (#GNC) – Q4 LFL revenue +3.7% YoY and now anticipates FY adj. Op profit of £95m-£97m, “ahead of current market expectations”

 

ANG

Angling Direct (#ANG) – H1 EPS up to 2.24p, argues well placed for FY “in line with market expectations”

 

MOTR

Motorpoint (#MOTR) – H1 return to profit, “strong momentum going into H2”

 

IGP

Intercede (#IGP) – H1 revenue +22% to approx. £8.54m in line with expectations, cash £16.2m

 

GHH

Gooch & Housego (#GHH) – H2 stronger trading in line with expectations, “anticipated sustained recovery from our end markets next year”

 

XPP

XP Power (#XPP) – Q3 revenue -20% YoY, notes increased order intake but FY requires orders conversion and slower channel destocking

 

VTY

Vistry (#VTY) – warns as cost projections to complete some developments “have been understated by c. 10% of the total build costs”

 

SNR

Senior (#SNR) – warns on trading, with aerospace “temporary near-term customer related headwinds”

 

BRK

Brooks Macdonald (#BRK) – agreement to acquire financial services business LIFT for £30m and up to a further £15m

Monday »

GFIN

Gfinity – CEO shares subscription, but still how’s that balance sheet?

 

CNS

Corero Network Security – emphasises “Continued Q3 2024 New Customer Momentum”, but how significant?

 

CCT

Character Group – full-year trading recovery “in line with current market expectations”, Buy

 

JLP

Jubilee Metals – full-year results, profit fall but an outlook-improving Buy

 

JWNG

Jaywing – “Increase in Loan Facility”, and what about it’s to “draw the funds immediately”?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: It's cost me cash but I make no apologies for remembering October and standing 100% with Israel

 

SRT

SRT Marine Systems – “US$213 million new MDA system contract award”… which is not currently a finalised contract award!

 

HELD

Hellenic Dynamics fesses that the 1 million Euro has still not arrived but today's RNS begs massive new questions

 

FDP

First Derivatives by FD technologies disposal: more ouzo for the sheriff with complete vindication

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – “alternative arrangements with creditors” as now expects to receive sales proceeds “on or around the third week of October”

 

MUL

Mulberry (#MUL) – 392,013 “retail offer” shares valid applications from up to 750,000 shares at 100p each offer, group raises overall gross proceeds of £10.4m

 

ECK

Eckoh (#ECK) – being paid £2.25m in patent dispute “settlement agreement”

 

CAV

Cavendish Financial (#CAV) – H1 growth and “solid pipeline”, though notes “uncertainty over the impact of the upcoming Budget”

 

BKS

Beeks Financial Cloud (#BKS) – FY adj. EPS up to 6.36p, “confident” for current year

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