RE: Strong trading, share buybacks, and new CEO.....12 Dec 2022 13:11
Spoke with some brokers, Ben is quitting because he has been doing this job from Dubai/Australia so the hour shift was tough and he wants to spend time with his family. On a side note, if the company was performing poorly and CEO would leave, you might think it's a sinking ship. That’s not the case with CNIC as operational momentum remains strong.
Michael is an ex PE guy and is the 'brain' behind the M&A for the Online Marketing segment. He also joined in 2009, at the same time as Ben thus knows the Online Presence segment/industry very well.
Buy Back: always positive but the new CEO wants to send a message to investors "shares are cheap". Brokers told me they target 1 to 1.5% shares outstanding so would result in a c. £4m outflow from Investing cash flows.
STRONG BUY