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Also from the history page of NWT's website:-

"Our History"

"2002
Vema business sold for £6M and Vema NV de-listed"

https://newmarksecurity.com/about-us/our-history/

30 Apr 2002 7:00 am RNS Disposal

"Disposal of Business

Newmark Technology Group Plc's 51% owned subsidiary Vema N.V ('Vema' or 'the
Company')has today announced the disposal of its trading business to the Assa
Abloy AB Group ('Assa Abloy') for approximately €10 million (£6 million) cash.

Vema is a specialised distributor of security products using a consultancy based
approach to advise customers on the best solution to their installed security
locking needs. Vema is a major distributor for Assa Abloy's subsidiary, Fritz
Fuss Gmbh & Co ('Eff Eff'), a leading lock manufacturer based in Germany. ..."

https://www.investegate.co.uk/newmark-technology/rns/disposal/200204300700362580V/

With about twenty years elapsing since NWT's Vema and Drion sales, perhaps NWT could be due another such subsidiary sale, i.e. Safetell.

When NWT acquired Safetell in 2000, part of the rationale was that it would be a natural fit with the 1999 Drion acquisition.
But then three years later NWT disposed of Drion.

Some extracts from the history page of NWT's website:-

"Our History"

"2003
Disposed Drion"

"2000
Acquired Safetell International Limited"

"1999
Acquired Drion SA"

https://newmarksecurity.com/about-us/our-history/

28 Feb 2000 7:01 am RNS Interim Results - to 31 October 1999 & Other News

"... ACQUISITION OF SAFETELL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

The Directors of Newmark, the developer of electronic and other security
products, are pleased to announce that the company has acquired the entire
issued share capital of Safetell International Limited ('Safetell'). Safetell
has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Safetell Security Screens Limited and
Safetell Limited (together with Safetell, 'the Safetell Group').

The Safetell Group specialises in the provision and maintenance of physical
security equipment for the protection of staff at transaction counters
primarily in retail finance, retail and public authorities. Historically the
Safetell Group's core product has been the Eclipse Rising Security Screen
which is designed to provide protection for cash transaction counter staff
against armed robbery. The main customers for this product have been building
societies in the UK. The Safetell Group has developed new products in recent
years including:

- Interscreen, which provides an open plan environment for interviews whilst
maintaining protection for staff in non-cash environments against acts of
violence;
- RollerCash, which is designed to fractionalise a cashier's float into a
secure location at the workstation to minimise loss through robbery; and
- CounterShield, which is aimed at the high value/high risk retail market such
as petrol retailers and off licences.

In the year ended 31 March 1999, the Safetell Group made profits before tax of
£168,000 and had net assets of £922,000.

The total consideration of £1.5 million, which is payable in cash on
completion, is being financed by a bank loan repayable over seven years.

The Directors of Newmark believe that the acquisition will be a natural fit
with Ateliers Drion which was acquired in April 1999. ..."

https://www.investegate.co.uk/newmark-technology/rns/interim-results---to-31-october-1999---other-news/200002280701342646G/

30 Sep 1999 2:48 pm RNS Final Results
" ... The highlight of the period was the acquisition of Ateliers
Drion S.A. in April 1999. Drion is a natural extension of the business of the
Group and the acquisition will provide entry into the Belgian market,
significantly increasing our European presence. ...
Drion is an established business specialising in the production and
installation of physical and electronic security equipment. ..."
https://www.investegate.co.uk/newmark-technology/rns/final-results/199909301448083314A/

Ezhik's prior two posts on this ZEN board prior to today were both marked by him as off-topic, and were primarily aimed at promoting other O&G stocks to ZEN.

Then when I post some very relevant and useful info. about the outlook for small-cap. stocks this decade, he makes a snide jibe suggesting that it is off-topic.

If he can't see the relevance of my post then it doesn't say much about his insight or intelligence.

But perhaps he isn't actually interested in medium or long term outlooks, just on rather sordid short term trading?

As regards punting on drilling results:-
Look at some of the 'dusters' and crashed s.p.s last year, e.g. ADV (Advance Energy) and EME (Empyrean Energy).
Why gamble, when with ZEN we already know the oil is there?

I would add that with both ADV and EME they were relentlessly pumped before the drilling results while the 'smart money' exited, leaving the mugs holding the baby at the unsurprising disappointments.

Ezhik Premium Member Posted in: ZEN Posts: 6,082 Price: 0.825 No Opinion
RE: Alternatives O/T 20 Jan 2023 09:53
"Posted Saturday, just thought I would clarify that I didn't buy any AET. I read they are waiting for Govt approval or words to the similar which reminded me of the problems arising here whilst waiting for approval. The other synergies still remain though. I have bought AXL instead.-Some might be interested, others not, but if we are talking about trying to actually make money then they have a few drills planned for the next 3 months and are funded for them already, therefore an opportunity for a trade I think. No response required, get the post removed if you want, just trying to spread the love."

Ezhik Premium Member Posted in: ZEN Posts: 6,082 Price: 0.90 No Opinion
Alternatives O/T 14 Jan 2023 08:44
"For those that like the idea of attempting to prolong the life of divested assets picked up from bigger players in Africa have a look at AET. There are certain synergies with Zenith. Can't say they are better or worse but worth a read of their web and rns history. POO has rebounded a bit which helps all of us invested in oilers."

https://www.lse.co.uk/profiles/ezhik/

There are some very impressive growth stories here, which look like they have a long way to run:-

• HCM annual recurring revenue ("ARR") increasing by over 600% year-on-year to GBP0.9m in April 2022 driven by SaaS and ClaaS.

• Sales of the new Janus C4 product beginning to take-off, reaching GBP0.8 million, up by 137%.

And the news of a new contract with a large US retailer is also very positive.

23rd Jan 2023 7:00 am RNS Final Results

" ... Grosvenor - Hardware-enabled software and services

The business achieved top-line revenue growth of 15% to £14.6 million, primarily driven by strong North American human capital management ("HCM") business growth and our expanding relationships with Tier 1 software partners. Key achievements during the period included re-platforming our core cloud control software, GT Connect, and evolving warranty and support services with GT Protect. We have seen substantial progress in our HCM hardware enabled SaaS strategy with HCM annual recurring revenue ("ARR") increasing by over 600% year-on-year to £0.9m in April 2022 driven by SaaS and ClaaS.

The success of our North American HCM operations continued to deliver double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive year, with revenues increasing by 34% to £8.7 million. The current outlook is very promising, expecting a new revenue pipeline for next year.

The Rest of World opportunity is more fragmented, and we have attracted a number of key European partners who have been essential to our local strategy. We have developed for Protime, our largest European partner, an additional functionality within our Android feature set that enables them to adopt the new GT8 time clock.

Internationally, the emerging overlap in HCM and Access Control creates a new cloud-based opportunity for combined solutions, and together these represent a very large market for our future growth.

Access Control revenues increased by 4% to £3.1 million, with sales of our new Janus C4 product beginning to take-off, reaching £0.8 million, up by 137%.

Partnerships

We continued our successful partnership with major software vendors enabling us to supply directly to their large customer base. We are working with our partners to increase our share-of-wallet acting as their preferred supplier and new partnerships are being established to help us deliver our growth targets. We are pleased to announce we have signed a GT Connect and support contract with one of the largest US retailers based in Mexico in H2 2023. This contract will help accelerate our growth in HCM recurring revenues. ..."

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/NWT/final-results-fjybevmguogyzsg.html

"MELLOMonday
INVESTING IN GOOD COMPANY
Monday 6th February 2023, 5pm – 9pm"
"Stephen English
Investment Director, Stella Asset Management
... Stephen is an Investment Director at Stellar Asset Management, responsible for running their AIM IHT fund. ... "
http://melloevents.com/mm-6th-february/

"UK Tax Benefits Guide To Investing On AIM (2023)

... there are number of favourable tax reliefs that the UK government have implemented to encourage investment in smaller growth companies through the FTSE AIM Market, which we cover in this article on AIM tax benefits.

Inheritance Tax (IHT) Relief:

Business Property Relief (BPR) was originally designed to enable family businesses to be passed on without creating an Inheritance Tax liability, whereby assets have to be sold to pay for the tax.

Notably, its use has since widened to cover unquoted shares – a status AIM-listed companies possess. As such, providing the shares have been held for two years, many AIM investments are able to benefit from BPR, meaning that they are 100% exempt from Inheritance Tax.

It is worth pointing out that the two-year qualifying period does not mean that one has to hold the shares of a specific company for two years, as the shares of one qualifying company can be replaced with the shares of another qualifying company.

But which companies qualify? Unfortunately, there is no definitive list of which companies qualify for Business Property Relief, largely due to the qualification status of a company easily changing over time. For instance, non-qualification would apply to a company that is being sold or wound up, as well as a company with dual trading on a recognised overseas exchange. Non-qualification also applies to companies who mainly deal with securities, stocks or shares, land or buildings, or in making or holding investments. ..."

https://aim-watch.com/project/aim-tax-benefits/

NWT, as a qualifying AIM share, would be eligible for the Stella Asset Management AIM IHT fund, run by Stephen English.
And note that the AIM IHT relief applies to both existing shares bought on the stock market, as well as to new subscriptions.

But the other two companies presenting on 6th. February, ahead of NWT, although they are both AIM shares, would not qualify for this relief:-
1. Impax Asset Management (IPX) because fund management companies do not qualify.
2. I3 Energy (I3E) because it is dual-listed on a recognised stock exchange (Toronto).

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