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Date- and time-stamped screen dump taken of my last one, by the way!

That of last night (it was there several hours later - I checked) asking the perfectly reasonable question of how concerned investors should be about operations based in the DRC and whether anyone had experience of the place?! LSE already has the reputation of being a pathetic joke whose raison d'etre seems to be to serve as a platform for ramping market abusers. Don't make it worse.

Sorry about the absence of a closing bracket there - machine and keyboard are old!

Do worms have willies (male ones, that is?

...pending SOME effing statement from the BOD - perhaps even one on the merger rumours currently circulating. Useless!

Be prepared for (but DON'T accept and/or tolerate) certain brokers giving you the runaround if your shares are held by them in nominee accounts on YOUR behalf and you request a Letter of Representation for proxy voting at a General Meeting - every little helps...! Right - time to try to at least get into the Yuletide spirit (then again, maybe not)!

"buys companies from mates(?) at over valuations" I consider this to be about as big a warning sign as there can be, as it cuts right to the integrity of those tasked with a fiduciary duty of care to shareholders. A democratically-elected NED is exactly what is needed here to prevent this sort of thing happening. If that can be proven then there's a case of misconduct waiting to be filed. Ah, but hang on - this is AIM! Wonder what attracted then to this UK 'regulated' market?

..at http://www.blnx.com/executive-voices/edward-reginelli that "Strong financial discipline has led blinkx to profits"! Huh? Isn't it a requirement of AIM Rule 26 that the websites of its constituent companies be kept up to date?

"what can the BOD do to alter the share price today?" 1) Engineer a share buy back and subsequent cancellation to compel Tosca to make a bid for the Company (for at least twice the current SP, I believe) 2) Slash their remuneration until the SP returns to previous (significantly higher) levels 3) Cease spouting pretentious twaddle that resonates contempt for shareholders 4) Stop playing with themselves

"Launching a fresh, premium brand architecture, based on the RhythmOne umbrella - and making it synonymous with our unique capabilities around cross-screen advertising at scale" I could punch the condescending imbecile who spouted that utterly pretentious tosh - the extent to which he feels we can be fobbed off satisfactorily with it undermines our (or at least my) intelligence to a an extent that almost suggests contempt.

"On second thoughts have you tried PINKFLOYD? has an amazing effect with 2 bottles of wine inside you" I'd caution anyone about taking ANY LSD tab along with alcohol - it reduces the effect of the former so you'd just be wasting your money. Anyway, does anyone have any stats on Tosca? Just because it's a large hedge fund doesn't mean it doesn't screw up from time to time (check out San Leon!). The issue is whether it's common for it to do so (or whether all is as it seems). What's its average now - 30+P?

BDC - but it's illegal to create a false market per se isn't it? And besides, the SP has been languishing at these levels for so long it would seem to be double standards in the extreme to now force or accept a waiver on the grounds of this. I realise you were just giving one example, by the way.

"What is the highest price paid in the last 12 months, by the way - about 39p?" Ah, sorry - I'm using the slowest computer in the world and didn't see the 52-week-high figure given here!

Apparently, though, on application the party holding over 30% can have this 'mandatory' requirement waived (yeah - rather undermines the whole notion somewhat, doesn't it?!). I'm not sure of any specific circumstances necessary for this - perhaps it does indeed boil down to the applicability of the Takeover Code to essentially overseas entities, even if they are listed on the LSE. Dunno. What is the highest price paid in the last 12 months, by the way - about 39p?

As was the trade at 25.68 - we can see what you're up to!

...again - those 25.77p trades were buys, anyway!

"one or two employees who actually feel positive about the company" Suspect you might have struck a raw nerve there oh powerful one!

Chirpy chirpy cheap cheep, eh? Bird brain!

"advise me whether I should buy a stake now" Well there's no real harm I suppose in being prepared for nosferati, especially given the ease of movement these days from their part of the world (I mean those of the true line), but I'd personally just keep a clove with me at all times and leave the actual process of despatch to the professionals. Oh, and this business about being pyrotechnically photophobic is apparently just Hollywood drivel (they have an aversion to electromagnetic radiation lying within the visible spectrum of typical daytime intensity, but the more powerful ones at least can still go about their business whilst exposed to it - at least for short periods). Keep it real, lake man - may your possum smell like blossom!

"there is the concern that they could be dragging this out to reduce the amount they'd have to pay" By way of qualification, they could have an agreement in place whereby the MMs suppress the SP in return for regular share purchases (to explain why they haven't just waited for the SP to fall further). Ooh - er! Not that any bid would have to be accepted, of course.