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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Rockhopper Exploration Chmn Builds Stake

Tue, 06th Jul 2010 12:30

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC (RKH.LN), a Falkland Islands-focused oil and gas explorer, said Tuesday Executive Chairman Pierre Jungels bought another 23,350 shares in the company. The purchase follows results published last week from a laboratory analysis of oil samples from its Sea Lion discovery in the North Falklands Basin, which confirmed the oil is a medium-grade crude. The discovery has yet to be formally declared commercial. At 1045 GMT, shares +14 pence, or 4.7%, at 312 pence. RM PLC (RM.LN), a provider of educational products and services, said GBP200 million of future revenue is under threat from the U.K. government's decision to slash spending in schools, as seven Building Schools for the Future projects where it has been named preferred bidder could be axed. At 1045 GMT shares -9 pence, or 5.6%, at 153 pence. N. BROWN GROUP PLC (BWNG.LN), a home shopping retailer, plans to sell more of its brands in the U.S. if the imminent launch of its Simply Be range in the region is a success. The firm said trading has been "subdued" since the U.K. general election, with comparable sales ticking up just 0.1% in the 18 weeks to July 3. This compares to a 3.1% rise in comparable sales in the eight weeks to April 24. At 1045 GMT shares -11 pence, or 4.5%, at 243 pence. MELROSE RESOURCES PLC (MRS.LN), an oil and gas explorer, said it is seeking a buyer for its mature oil fields in Texas and New Mexico to focus on its projects in Europe and North Africa. At 1045 GMT shares +3 pence, or 1%, at 292 pence. AVACTA GROUP PLC (AVCT.LN), a drug research and analysis company, said it raised GBP1.38 million in a share sale to fund sales of its Optim protein analyzer and animal diagnostic system Midas. At 1045 GMT shares -0.12 pence, or 10.6%, at 1.05 pence. EXPANSYS PLC (XPS.LN), an online consumer electronics retailer, announced a "transformational" deal for the firm with the purchase of two businesses controlled by major shareholder and Dragons' Den entrepreneur Peter Jones for GBP38 million as part of its plan to build a global online technology superstore. At 1045 GMT shares -4 pence, or 28.7%, at 10 pence. HISCOX LTD. (HSX.LN), an international specialist insurer, said it has agreed a $750 million syndicated three-year revolving credit and letter of credit facility. Chief Financial Officer Stuart Bridges said the "competitive" facility will support the insurer's business development plans. At 1045 GMT, shares +3 pence, or 0.8%, at 346 pence. SPICE PLC (SPI.LN), a utility support services group, said it has received an increased conditional proposal from European buyout firm Cinven Group Ltd. in the range of 62 to 65 pence a share, but said this offer still undervalues Spice. At 1045 GMT shares +5 pence, or 8%, at 58 pence. ANITE PLC (AIE.LN), a software company, swung to a full-year pretax loss as sales fell and it invested more in new products, but said it has made a solid start to the current fiscal and is eyeing a return to profit. At 1045 GMT shares flat at 35 pence. DJ UK Smaller Cos +0.6% AIM +0.7%| -By Hannah Benjamin, Jason Douglas and Rachael Gormley, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0) 20 7842 9298; uksmallcaps@dowjones.com (END) Dow Jones Newswires July 06, 2010 07:30 ET (11:30 GMT)
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Melrose Makes Third Bulgaria Discovery; Farms Out To Noble

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources PLC (MRS.LN) Friday said it made its third consecutive discovery offshore Bulgaria. Melrose said the gas discovery was at the Kavarna East No. 1 well in the Galata block. It estimates the discovery, which is near two other recent discove

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6 Jul 2010 16:00

UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP:Rockhopper Exploration Chairman Builds Stake

Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps ROCKHOPPER EXPLORATION PLC (RKH.LN), a Falkland Islands-focused oil and gas explorer, said Tuesday Executive Chairman Pierre Jungels bought another 23,35

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6 Jul 2010 09:55

Melrose Resources Seeks Buyer For Permian Basin Assets In US

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Oil and gas explorer Melrose Resources PLC (MRS.LN) Tuesday said it is seeking a buyer for its mature oil fields in Texas and New Mexico in order to focus on its projects in Europe and North Africa. Melrose said it has asked its advisers to sound out potential interest in its

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5 Jul 2010 14:51

Two Consortia To Drill In Romanian Black Sea Shelf

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11 Jun 2010 16:40

C&W Communications bosses buy

Two executive directors of Cable & Wireless Communications have taken advantage of the shares going ex-dividend on Wednesday and added to their shareholdings. The final dividend payment of 3.34p a share is the first dividend since Cable & Wireless Worldwide was spun off. Chief executive Tony Ric

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9 Jun 2010 17:42

FTSE Review: Essar Energy, African Barrick To Join FTSE100

LONDON (Dow Jones)--FTSE Group said Wednesday African Barrick Gold PLC (ABG.LN) and Essar Energy PLC (ESSR.LN) are to join the FTSE 100, and Thomas Cook Group (TCG.LN) and London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.LN) will leave the index and join the FTSE 250 Index. MAIN FACTS: -The changes are part

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19 May 2010 11:20

Small caps round-up: Chaucer, Ricardo, Trafficmaster...

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19 May 2010 10:29

Small caps round-up: Impax, Liberty, Petards

Impax, the investment manager focused on environmental sector, saw its assets under management rise by 40% in the six months to March 31 as markets improved. 'Evidence of improving macroeconomic conditions, particularly in the United States and in the Asia-Pacific region, has resulted in continued

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20 Apr 2010 12:54

FTSE 250 movers: Mixed day for commodity stocks

While it has been a busy day on the company news front in the FTSE 100, there has been little to move shares in the mid-cap index. Resource stocks are mixed, with oil group Wellstream and zinc and nickel miner Talvivaara vying for top spot, but oil and gas group Melrose Resources among the heaviest

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6 Apr 2010 14:31

FTSE 250 movers: Oil stocks advance

Oil group SOCO International has gushed higher after it said the second phase of development has begun on the Ca Ngu Vang oil and gas field, offshore Vietnam. The first well in the programme, CNV-6P-ST1, is expected to take around 60 days to drill. Oil-related stocks in general are boosted by stro

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24 Mar 2010 16:49

London close: Market unmoved by Budget

The blue-chip index finished marginally higher after a Budget that was light on bells and whistles While there was little in the Budget to excite anyone other than first-time buyers, cider drinkers and British occupants of Dominica, Grenada and Belize, the corporate news scene was busy, with half

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24 Mar 2010 14:42

London afternoon: Banks bounce after Budget

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24 Mar 2010 13:23

FTSE 250 movers: Bellway builds gains

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24 Mar 2010 08:31

Melrose profit slumps 78%

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