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Possibly Lombard making a bit of extra money lending out some of the shares they have.

Looks like the shares are being mopped up by a buyer though or being held. Despite the prolonged selling I spent ages yesterday trying to top up a few grand more. It wasn't easy getting them.

i think the odds are better than 50/50 but thats just me….. Oh yeah, and Woodford!

No offence taken. Try not to let the sells worry you too much. Results will be here next week. People will always try to lock in profits before news breaks. Doesn't mean they have access to insider info……

Get a grip man!

Maybe the conversation went something like this….. OXP - Hi Mr Woodford, we are raising additional finances to allow us to bring our lower side effect ibrupofen/aspirin/statin products through trial to market. Would you like to invest more? Woodford - How are the trials going? OXP - Oh, we can't say Neil. Woodfood - OK put me down for 100 million…..

Hi Pharmajohn, That advfn poster doesn't understand even basic chemistry… I'd be careful in letting such ignorance lead your investment decisions. Aspirin will form a salt of salicylate/acetate in the presence of alkali (for example Magnesium/Aluminium Hydroxide) Please tell me though what on earth has Aspirin's reaction with MgOH/Al(OH)3 got to do with anything? They are not in Aspirins formulations, OXP are not using them and they are not present in the body. Anyway, results are due very soon. Nothing wrong in locking in some profits before then. Only problem is trying to get back in if you want. This ticks up 10% on a few hundred pound buys. The Woodford investment. It is especially interesting that he decided to increase his holding to 33% of the company after the recent trial had ended. I am not suggesting for one minute he was party to information not in the public realm.

Proud pyscho indeed. He is more likely to wage full on war than to bow down to the west. He has boxed himself into a corner. THAL may be a good long term punt but with politics how they are and the cash burn you mentioned it looks like there may be a cash call at some point in 2015.

1) A possibility of new deals, maybe if the price of oil gets shored up. 2) Do you think Putin will bow down to the west even when the current sanctions are costing him 140Bn/year.I would have thought not. The bloke is a proud nutter. 3) Dunc may buy some shares. Maybe….he most likely will be able to afford it with the rent received from his property as new HQ.

Yup, things not going well for poor old THAL at the moment. Pity they seem so reliant on Russia's business.

Totally agree Ups1de. I took a 2.5k loss on this the day of the results. It was worth it not to have to see the ticker in my pf anymore. Should have listened to other posters much earlier. Anyway, onwards and upwards.

i'm in for their seismic ops which is showing improved profitability and in all likelihood will continue to do so. Order enquiries are up 23% from a year ago. Cash in bank US$21.2m (1H 2013: US$16.8m) Some not so good points re the uncertainty of the Russian contract but i believe this may already be priced in. We shall see. GLA

Transfer between mms most likely. It would've moved the price if they were buy or sells.

Would be nice to see level 2 on this. Seems to be quite some supply at £2.

Thanks FG. I tried to do what you have done and came to roughly the same conclusion. I still think they are crystalising some profit before end of half year. If I were to buy some I would wait a week or so and see where it is when the buying has stopped from IC article. Aren't results due in a month?

@187.25 - hope it doesn't drop much further, although big sustained selling pressure lately. gla

i'm waiting for 1.88 buy in.... Waiting for the gap of Sept 2013 to close.

Another contract win! With government policy wanting more production from oil and gas wells, this year will be great for THAL.

I was expecting 17th too but some places say week commencing 17th, so...

OSB, Thanks for that extra info. Do you know when the EGM is? I've heard it is in the next few weeks, but haven't got an exact date. Last year, Macau’s gaming revenues rose by 19 per cent to $45.2bn (£27.2bn), and that follows on from a 13 per cent rise the year before -To put this into perspective, it is six times greater than Las Vegas! Analysts predict that this revenue will rise over the next four years to $77bn by 2017 and that could be a conservative estimate because US investment bank Wells Fargo forecast that revenues could hit $107bn by 2018. What a great opportunity.

Also, in a few weeks at the EGM they will be finalising the return of 21p per share from a recent sale of property. At current share price this represents 8.4% special divi.