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196.60 - 197.00p

Hmmm... sp seems to suggest not, which is annoying. Anyone have the live price? Need this to get above 200 and stay above 200

Really is impossible to say. Ladbrokes are being very cagey on the whole issue - all they say is that they won't do anything if there are ANY regulatory issues to deal with, hence the Turkish disposal. Once that goes through, then a deal could be announced almost immediately. Only my thoughts however...

It is indeed a ridiculously quiet board, which seems to be the same for plenty of other solid shares on here. People only seem to want to discuss the highly volatile shares, which are a bit of a gamble... so in some ways a quiet board is a good sign! ;-)

Yep, closed as above on 54.25, up 2.36%. A decent finish, for sure. GLA

202.00p

Live on Barclays.

202.6 - 202.7 live price - should see us close above 200p

53.75 - 54.25... don't think we'll see 55 today

I think that the offer will be above 70p as assuming the sp climbs to 55p this week that's only a 27% premium on the current sp. I reckon we'll closer to 80p personally and who knows what could happen if other parties come in with a counter-offer. Either way it's exciting times ahead for this share.

Half an hour to get up to 55p

I'm sure that there would be an initial fall as if Ladbrokes did pull out then it's bad news, which the market would be quick to react to, however the underlying business is hugely succesful in its own right and the Centrebet acquisition only strengthens that. I would imagine it would be Ladbrokes who would see their sp drop in the event of talks breaking down, given that it would not be the first time and they are under pressure to get this deal done.

Plenty of activity in the social media/ tech sector at the moment so I'm surprised that we haven't seen anything here yet...

Will we see 55p by the close today?

We're back above 200p once again!! Great to see this heading back to where it should be. Wishing I topped up further at 180p.

Another decent rise this morning maintaining yesterday's momentum. Certainly looks as though it's all coming together ready for the Ladbrokes deal. Just need confirmation of the Turkish unit sale now and then we're away. Top up seems like a good idea today.

Confirmation this morning that the Centrebet acquisition has been completed. Hopefully the next RNS we see will be the Ladbrokes takeover. GLA

http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=201108310700342979N&fe=1

Not a bad finish. Almost recovered all of the ground lost in recent weeks as it dipped back into the high 40's.

That now matches most of the major investment banks who all have buy recommendations on GKN. Tempted to sell elsewhere and top up here below 200p before this gets back up towards 240p, which it will. Just a matter of time.