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Well the RNS might well say that but clearly the market thinks it could just as easily say something completely different. A 12% discount to the offer seems too big to me (even though I did buy a few more this morning. I shouldn't think we'll have to wait too long for further announcements.

They're not on a trading platform because, as you say, they are a private company. I don't think they're interested in becoming a public company so your Option 1 would apply. I wouldn't worry about them being incorporated in the Cayman Islands, in the event of the deal going through you would still get the £2 per share or whatever it ends up being.

Took opportunity to buy a few more @ 174p

Today's research note from Edison:- http://www.edisoninvestmentresearch.com/research/report/gear4music/full

The others have got to catch up. And there's a lot more of the world for Fevertree to conquer in the meantime. Down a bit today was to be expected after the last two days' SP takeoff.

Can't agree with you there Stellarshares. Some are selling because they've madea good profit, are happy with that and don't want to run the risk that tomorrow disappoints. And Aim shares are like other shares, they drop after announcements if what is said isn't as good as they were expecting. On the other hand they rise if what is said is much better than they expected. All will be revealed tomorrow.

I didn't think that Fevertree had said anything about trading since their results in March???

Yes, many thanks for posting that link Hardleyouth. Very enjoyable and it tempted me to buy another 60 shares (OK, not many I know but all the spare cash I had in my ISA at the time).

Positive Trading Update this morning from Marshalls which the market seems to like. So a bit more life in motor dealer shares for a while yet, perhaps.

You could be right - but dealers highest profit margins are earned on servicing and selling second hand cars. Obviously petrol and diesel cars are not going to disappear overnight so a reducing number will continue to need servicing but once electric cars reach critical mass I suggest that petrol and diesel car values will plummet so profit per car sold will also plummet. Electric cars need much much less servicing (they simply don't have anything like the number of moving parts) so annual servicing will become a thing of the past. Just look at what's happened in other industries - clothing, houses, household appliances, almost everything really now sold online for wafer thin margins. I'm not sure that Mr Musk is going to be interested in selling Teslas through traditional dealerships. The more I think about it, the more I wonder why I own shares in Lookers and Marshalls.

1 for every 11 held @ 335p

Good to see they want to raise some money for proven investements but disappointing that they obviously had to issue extra shares at such a big discount.

Dar - do you mean they show in your account on the 10th of each month (in which case that can't be right) or do you mean they pay out to you on the 10th?

Bungle - I think you'll find that in those cases they still have to declare.

Hmmm - so the 2.5M shares ended up being 4.5M shares and at a fair discount to yesterday's closing price.

Disappointing - although I guess he is hanging on to almost 15M shares.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/05/14/petrol-cars-will-vanish-2025-says-us-report/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/05/14/petrol-cars-will-vanish-2025-says-us-report/

Oh dear! Now I've got to think about what to invest the proceeds in?!?!

Balfour Beatty was lifted by an upgrade to 'buy' from 'neutral' from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.