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Have debs as coming in this week with a drop in profits down to �44m and a drop in sales down another 2.5%. Just how close will that be, but there are many companies out there that would be happy with a profit of �44m with all that's going on now in retail.

Well looks like some good volume today so far. So what could this reach, 50p or 60p?

Well following the re-financing rns put out in March this means that the company will have cash borrowing facilities of �834m immediately following the refinancing completion and through to September 2021, That doesn't mean they already have that much debt but that they can borrow that much. I guess we will all find out just how much debt they have now is in the results being put out on 30th April, but it doesn't look good .

is being kept low on instructions to buy more cheap stock, sooner or later it's going to fly.

today 1of 300,000 and another of 100,000 , someone is stake building before the results !!!

should start to go up now that ToysRus has gone bust, they had very big displays and sales of Baby / Childrens cloths and equipment. Many of the young mums and dads like to see and try out these products in reality before they buy them, so these sales must go somewhere else which leaves Mothercare.

I think many small shareholders get hung up over debt but many many big companies including saga who reported today have large amounts of debt. Many have anything from �250m - �800m debt and that's on a normal working set-up and as long as it can be managed it works out ok and many big companies with large amounts of debt still have very healthy share prices to boot. So with some �500m debt for pfd and great turnover to finance the debt there shouldn't be a problem. Maybe the city just don't like Darby and the freebies they get. who knows.

Many including me have been waiting years for this to turn round, they have sold off brands, they have had a rights issue, they have had a consolidation, they seem to have done all the right things but still no real progress. Darby and friends have made millions out of cheap / free shares while the rest of us have lost thousands, so why do the large shareholders not take action against Darby, who knows. The sp seems to be stuck around the 35p- 45p for 2 years now and no matter what happens to their total sales even if they are better and show growth it doesn't seem to be enough to pay off debt levels. Maybe the only way forward now is to sell off Batchelors as mentioned in the press a few weeks ago and pay off more debt but what will that do with our nissin tie up. Who knows where we go from here I guess we could find out in a few weeks with the results.But with most big supermarkets doing well with increased sales that should show that pfd has done well to.

In addition, Carpetright currently expects to raise net proceeds of approximately �60 million through an equity capital raising (expected to be by way of a placing and open offer). So I wonder what the price will be for this about 30p-40p, so will need at least another 200m shares. That's some dilution when there is only 71 m shares on issue now.

I think we should just hold tight at the moment as I don't think we have all the information to the extra lending. Why would the 2 largest shareholders just agree to this without a few tied in agreements to help them, maybe the will be more shares allotted to them or a bigger share in overall terms I don't know but you can bet your life it won't be that simple. And maybe when all the information comes out the sp could drop a lot. who knows.

Keith Hamill, OBE, as Chairman and not MD on the 1st Oct 2017, the phantom bid was way back in May/June 2016 so had nothing to do with it. He is buying now because It could have been in his contract or he thinks the sp will be going up after the results. We all know many of company directors buy their own company shares ahead of many announcements. Why is that?

Are vog taking part in the investors show? I don't think so. Are vog taking part in the africa gas investment exchange or taking part? I couldn't see it. What are vog doing there?

Is that all you can do just keep posting the same old information, you must have posted this about 6 times now. Please tell us what if anything you expect to come out of it.? What about just giving some of your own views.

Foo never tells us what's really going on. He never told us about the total drill over run until it was forced out of him. He never told us about the share deal of 57p or the 20% new holders until after it was done. He never told us about the terminated blvn deal until blvn come out with it in their rns, and foo still thinks it will go-ahead. What else has he NOT told us about so far this year.

vog has held lots of these events over the years, so could you please just tell us all what if anything has ever come out of them for a) the shareholders and b) the sp. Many on here will say nothing at all. Foo has been full of promises and long term plans but very little has ever turned out to be factual or on target. So what's different now, we all know that for him to save face he will come out with all sorts that will never come true. Many on here see things different from you so why should we change our views?

Many parts of Britain suffered very very cold and snowy conditions throughout most of March and that meant many spent more time at home or were stuck at home and ate more food than they would have at work or in outside eating houses etc. So overall food sales should be up, now if pfd cannot or has not done better than normal in these harsh conditions when will they benefit. For years pfd has said sales were down for this and that but mainly for warm conditions. Now will be the true test. !!!!! Maybe that's why the chairman has bought the 266,600 shares on the 28th March after getting the sales info. ?

After what 8+ years and one project after another falls from the sky many on here still think vog are doing ok and there is nothing to worry about ( everything will come good in the end). Is it me or have vog published lots of positive news that I have missed? Can the new 20% owners be happy with being stung for 57p a share when the bod's knew what was about to happen?, and who are they? Are we ever going to get a new eneo contract? Are our bod's ever going to come clean that the blvn deal on Bomono is dead in the water? When are we going to sign up another 20+ customers? When are we going to clear the stuck gun? Still so many questions, but if some on here know a lot more than the rest of us and everything will turn out for the better , should we be worrying ?

You could be right there is normally some sort of agreement and it could be tied to 2017/18 year end ie 31st March, but either way they would know more or less the years trading results up to 31st March. Most big companies know just what they have to do in terms of turnover and profit about 4 weeks out from their year end, and that will normally just have to be confirmed by their accountants. So I guess the bod's will know if they are finishing up or down and that's why they are stopped form share dealing within the last 4-6 weeks before the results are announced . It's been 2-3 years since the rights issue of 50p and another 2 years since the failed takeover offer and about time Darby got things moving. Just another gamble.

Must have been in these for about 8 years now waiting for a takeover that has never come, but I think things are now starting to look a little more positive, so just topped up another few thousand bringing my ave down to 60p. Let's hope I am right. but surely the sp cannot go much lower and after the chairman bought 266 600 there could be light at the end of the tunnel !!!!

I think there must have been a buy order in for the chairman for the last few weeks so 1 or more brokers have kept the sp down as much as possible so they could buy the 266,600 shares at the lowest price. It could still be being held down for other buyers, for more reasons. Interesting few weeks ahead.