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I'm serious actually - I mean, to have an unsubstantiated message passed on 'allegedly' from the boss of a company via an anonymous poster on a bulletin board, addressed to someone the poster doesn't like, and making a threat that they 'may' take action.... That's real corporate legal stuff isn't it. I mean, didn't he give you some facts to post up instead of leaving with your Jackanory efforts all alone? Then we could all learn how much promise this company has. Or not.

Well I bet Roses is quaking in his boots.

Yes, he'll probably throw his teddy. Again. Truth hurts.

Better save that for Christmas 2025 at the earliest because you know for a FACT there are no talks going on. Then work out how many solutions and consolidations they need to fund their hobby fornthe next 7 year's.

Hope noBoDy ends up doing the Jailhouse Rock.

Exactly. But there seems to be a small core of rampers trying to plant the 'deal' seed again! If they had a phone call this morning expressing an interest (which let's face it, they won't have had) it would have to be from cold, and how long does it take to complete a deal from cold? 12 months on a hurry-up? 18 months? 2 years? And that's if it succeeds. At a million quid a year in salaries alone, that's two raising like yesterday's just to keep the board in the style to which they are now very accustomed.

Dracula1 - you say 'If they are In the process of signing the deal.' There is always conjecture and turning over of ideas on a bb, but signing a deal they are not. The bod bought shares yesterday, so There is no deal, no negotiations, possibly even no NDAs. Some posters here still need a dose of realism even after the events of yesterday.

I'm still intrigued as to Tommyflowers' previous name on this board, but presume he won't say. A little Christmas party game perhaps.

Valju - if any form of takeover or deal was under way at all, the bod would not have been allowed to buy shares. It's as bleak as that. The fact they have bought means the cupboard is bare. Stop trying to hint otherwise.

'Oversold' here is more like a euphemism for 'going down the pan.' Amazed to see the rampers getting back into gear after today's debacle. By lunchtime tomorrow they should be back to 'deal imminent' and 'wouldn't want to be out of this over the weekend' etc etc etc.

Also a phase 3 top-up would involve negotiations which would have precluded the bod from partaking in today's dilution. From what I see of the rns they had to have a gun put to their heads to buy any shares, so I wonder if their first preference was not to buy any and thus keep up an appearance of being in the world's longest closed period.

Those who have dished out criticism at me for some of my posts can digest this - I have watched this company for a long time, with a view to buying into it if I see something worth investing in for the longer term. Despite the claims of many, buying at the bottom is way more luck than judgement, and a share that drops after you buy I in is not necessarily the end of the world. I don't have an interest in trading this or any share, so I tend to look in depth at the history and the RNSs, and reread them as time passes to see if the tone changes, and to look at exactly what is being said. I look for specifics, for short, firm statements with clear detail, and any links to people, companies or other associations get googled intensely to try to ascertain how credible the people they rub shoulder with may be. I have seen the most consistent ramping here for ages, and while hindsight is all very well, the pattern of this company showed (IMO) that this placing was extremely odds-on. I feel deeply and genuinely sorry for those who have put money in based on some of what has been said (I have been there a few years ago, believe me!) - it is sickening to see an investment dwindle possibly irreversibly. But the ones who were talking 'deal imminent' over and over again were either sadly misled , or were doing some nasty misleading. I know GM talked of 'six companies', but I have yet to be in any way convinced by any of his presentations - his style is not his fault, he might just be a poor public speaker, but the actual facts he puts across are never strong, the details don't flow off his tongue as they honestly should if things are as good as some would have us believe. If he has eaten slept and breathed this company's activities for a large proportion of his life he should be able to produce hard facts in his sleep, and IMO fails abjectly to do so. So just for the record I am not a 'paid deramper', not a 'troll', not 'seeking to undermine the company', and not 'talking it down to get in cheaper'. I am a potential investor who is damn glad to have followed my instincts and research and not bought in here, I am very sorry for those who have been fleeced, and immensely angry with those who have fabricated tales of imminent success and riches. It is they as much as any failings of the BoD, or 'MMs and their tricks' who are to blame for a lot of losses among some very genuine and I am sure decent people who were persuaded to put their hard-earned in here by some ruthless liars.

...your still going on about a placing so soon after the last one you might start believing it yourself one day. Who should one believe now Paulie?

So no imminent deal, no companies fighting for a signature, no positive news expected.

..the article is very much shaped and expanded by the anonymous expert reviewers, providing a respected validation of the data." Does this translate as 'placing this week?' Would any of the sensibly invested confident rampers now like to apologise and retract their blinkered abuse?

Obelix - English is my first language of three, and I was just trying to see what the real meaning was of "....the article is very much shaped and expanded by the anonymous expert reviewers, providing a respected validation of the data."
It is so imprecise and meaningless, especially as it purports to comment on an as-yet unpublished article, so my suspicion is that it is an attempt to talk up more smoke with the aid of mirrors, as it were. Am I alone in not trusting the company management?

"....the article is very much shaped and expanded by the anonymous expert reviewers, providing a respected validation of the data." Does this translate as 'placing this week?'

Stands for Poxy Damned Liberals. Probably.

Scapegoats are always useful.

First five years was with the Liberals as a coalition so they can take the blame for most of it.