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11000% is a bit much, however, let's assume coal deal and sale of 80% stake in WAE is announced, this could fly to between 10-20p range?

Reference Coal Deal imminent, not sure if any trades yesterday were sells...all well above the bid?

Coal Deal, AGM or sale of Assets?

I don't think we will, he has achieved his buy in price!

Good job I didn't buy earlier. I'll wait until seller has gone. Still worth a punt though, and assuming deal goes through?

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Out of interest, what if the offer is not accepted and rge deal falls through. What would the expected SP be...please? Not a dream as I may take the risk as if the offer is accepted

There was good news for Petroceltic (PCI) over the weekend. ENI announced that it had made a 30tcf GIIP discovery offshore Egypt, the largest ever gas find in the Mediterranean. The discovery, Zohr, is in the corner of a block adjacent to the North Port Fouad (NPF) licence, which Petroceltic shares on a 50:50 basis with Edison (operator). Zohr is around 3.5km from the block boundary and, according to ENI, covers 100km2 . It is therefore possible that the field encroaches into the PCI/Edison block. In addition to a possible interest in Zohr, PCI has a significant interest in a licence that sits between a number of very large gas fields - Zohr to the west and Leviathan (22tcf) and Tamar (10tcf), which lie to the east, offshore Israel. We do not currently include any value for exploration in NPF as further G&G work is required (and 3D seismic is still to be shot in the block and is expected in 2016). The massive discovery should introduce increased interest in PCI's licences and we expect the company to farm-down its interests to fund any drilling. We note the company also owns an interest in another block (North Thekah), which lies to the south and had seismic shot over it earlier this year. Given its existing production onshore Egypt, the country is already a material part of the company's portfolio, which could grow as exploration activities offshore join its sizeable onshore exploration acreage. We look forward to the company expanding its thoughts on prospectivity as the G&G work is undertaken.

where do you see this going if the vote is AGAINST the proposal on the 7th. Personally, I would expect an imminent rise?

Yeah, gonna do it... quick brush up then I'll place a bid.

Funny that, I remember buying Dragon Oil years ago at 0.5p. Still looks cheap without the rumours, may have a punt. Cheers

Phat do you have any links etc regarding this? Thinking of buying in here, apart from the blog nonsense, and then the High Court ruling its dismissal, I think there is room for maneuver here.

RNS...... Revenue up 9.5% to €143.1 million EBITDA up €11.5 million RoRo freight volumes up 11.5% Cars carried up 7.1% in the period Net Debt down to €33.7 million from €61.3 million at 31 December 2014 Interim dividend 3.638 cent, up 5.0%

RNS to soak, this news should attract some big buyers, similar if not higher to what we have witnessed over the last few days. News just starting to break.

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recent highs (2.90 and above) based on this excellent news, not matter what the markets are doing. These figures are better than what I was expecting and imo, OPAY is far way under valued at present.

disagree, we knew a strong update was possibly expected, but not guaranteed, and definitely not as good as this. Phase 2 of the operation complete, excellent news. Phase 3, FTSE entry about to commence, keep your heads down, as you may be hit by a flying SP.

RNS..Closing statement, very strong, should see a lot of interest today....“Our first half results show continued strong performance with growth in NETELLER and NETBANX including a significant contribution from the integration of Meritus & GMA, the US centric businesses we acquired last year. This was achieved in the period in which we also completed the negotiations to acquire Skrill, a transformational transaction for us and for our shareholders and one which positions us as a key player in the global payments industry. I would like to thank the team for their hard work and commitment in delivering impressive results and positioning the company for future growth.” “Current trading continues to be strong and we believe that the consolidated business places us in a much stronger position in the payments landscape and are eagerly looking forward to our future as a combined entity.”

RNS....LONDON, MONTREAL and NEW YORK (26 August, 2015) - Optimal Payments Plc (LSE AIM: OPAY, "Optimal Payments", the “Group” or the "Company") today announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2015. Note the performance for the period does not include any contribution from Skrill, which completed after the period end. Highlights Strong performance in line with expectations: Revenues up 40.2% to $223.0m (H1 2014: $159.1m) Adjusted EBITDA(1) up 27.9% to $49.9m (H1 2014: $39.0m) Adjusted profit after tax increased by 18.7% to $37.3m (H1 2014: $31.4m); statutory profit after tax reported at $2.4m (H1 2014: $27.5m). Adjusted diluted EPS(2) increased 11.4% to $0.12 (H1 2014: $0.11); statutory fully diluted EPS at $0.01 (H1 2014: $0.10) NETELLER Stored Value (“SV”) business: revenues up 20.1% to $49.8m (H1 2014: $41.4m) in spite of the weakness of the Euro against the USD. NETBANX Straight Through Processing (“STP”) business: revenues up 47.4% to $173.0m (H1 2014: $117.4m), incorporating revenue from the acquired US businesses. Group cash and cash equivalents of $113.3m (31 December 2014: $109.9m) – excludes cash raised on rights issues of $685.3m: Reporting of cash and cash equivalents restated to exclude settlement assets and restricted cash (held for NETELLER members and merchants) and cash held as reserves(3) to provide a more transparent analysis of the Group’s cash position Free cash flow(4) of $29.9m (H1 2014: $10.9m). Significant progress on key strategic initiatives: The acquisition of Skrill, announced on 23 March 2015 and completed 10 August 2015, positions the Group as a market leader in the fast growing and profitable stored value, payment processing and prepaid sectors with the ability to process over 100 payment types in more than 20 languages and over 40 currencies. The enlarged Group will have an increased customer and geographic diversification with further upside potential from cross selling opportunities. The integration of Skrill and subsequent delivery of synergy benefits is proceeding in accordance with our plans. Successful integration of US businesses Meritus and GMA (acquired H2 2014) into NETBANX STP division – with both businesses trading strongly. Acquisition of FANS Entertainment (‘FANS’), a mobile platform developer based in Montreal, to offer an application with analytics for merchants to engage more directly with their customers. During H1 2015, as a result of these initiatives, we have incurred restructuring costs of $4.1m and acquisition costs of $12.4m. Good progress made in acquiring and card issuing services divisions and NETELLERGO! (for ecommerce merchants outside of gaming) contributing to further growth and diversification of the business. Main market listing

Currently up 189 points (3.2%) and US markets expected to rise considerably this afters. Bodes well for this afternoons trades, and last chance to top up prior to update.