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Yes, they've now updated accounts and I think you're likely to find you haven't got all the extra shares you asked for. The shares you got have been added to your holding and the separate line is now marked 'open offer rejected' and refers to the shares you didn't get. The value attributed to these should be returned to cash shortly, when this line will presumably disappear.

The 13% not taken up in the open offer will be allocated to others who applied for an excess over their entitlement. Easily covered. The news we are likely to get from the govt later will not be helpful but RBG has by all accounts been trading well and if anything this fundraising may enable it to take advantage of opportunities that might arise, shameful though it is that the industry has been treated in the way it has.

The offer only closed at 11 a.m. today. Nominee accounts will have had earlier deadlines but that was so the admin could be done in time. The announcement of the result will be on Monday, presumably at 7 a.m..

Also fewer competitors as some have not survived after the shameful treatment of the hospitality sector by the government over the past year.

The original intention was to sell the business on. I have been in this for years waiting for that day, and it never comes. Believe it or not, this is from 2007! https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/wicks-and-malde-return-with-inland-254650/

From the RNS released this after noon

The Open Offer closed for acceptances at 11.00 a.m. today. The Company has received valid acceptances from Qualifying Shareholders in respect of their B asic Entitlements in respect of 24,045,349 New Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 80.10 per cent. of the Open Offer Shares. In addition, the Company has received applications from Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility in respect of 21,497,094 New Ordinary Shares, representing approximately 71.62 per cent. of the Open Offer Shares. Accordingly, Qualifying Shareholders who have validly applied for Open Offer Shares will receive their full Basic Entitlement s . As applications under the Excess Application Facility cannot be satisfied in full, applications for New Ordinary Shares under the Excess Application Facility will be scaled back in accordance with the terms set out in the Circular.

I think that has to be provisional as the offer hasn't actually closed yet - if you hold them in a nominee account there's an earlier close so the broker can do all the admin, but the actual closing date for applications is tomorrow (25th)

In the absence of any other news, I assume the announcement yesterday of the death of the chairman, Dr David Hammond, has in some way brought about this reappraisal of the company's prospects.

I'm sure we all send our condolences to Dr Hammond's family and friends.

I suspect Berry's offer will not be accepted at the current price and that they are prepared to go a bit higher to get it across the line. If Apollo can get round the restriction they've put on their own bid and come back with an improved offer themselves, so much the better.

Aviva have said they do not support this offer. I suspect others may follow. http://www.cityam.com/272086/rpc-groups-33bn-private-equity-takeover-sparks-disquiet

The response to this offer has been less than lukewarm and it is significant that they have secured support from almost no one. If the large holders (backed up I'm sure by many PIs) refuse to vote in favour, it won't go through. Whether someone else will come in remains to be seen, but if not the continuation of this company under its own steam, presumably with new management at the helm, would be a preferred outcome for many shareholders.

It was announced this morning that Flow Energy is also planning to sell its supply business to the Co-op. https://www.investegate.co.uk/flowgroup-plc--flow-/rns/proposed-sale-of-flow-energy-limited/201804100738143863K/

Must be close to re-entering the FTSE100 if it can hold at this sort of level

My understanding is that Deltic can come back, though only with with the agreement of the RBG management and if the Stonegate offer has lapsed. The Stonegate offer has indeed now lapsed, and as the outgoing CEO may well have been the person blocking any meaningful contact with Deltic, now that he has been shown the door they are able to discuss any takeover offer or merger proposal with Deltic, and it would seem from Deltic's public statements that they on their part would still wish to do so. I would suggest that this is likely to have been the reason the board told Mr McQuater that they wished him to go straight away.

Pushed, for not engaging fully with Deltic which could easily be seen as not acting in the best interest of shareholders. Whatever the merits of their proposal it might at least have been the way to extract a better price from Stonegate, yet they complained that they were never taken seriously. With him gone, Deltic could well return to the table and this story might well have a chapter or two left in it yet.

Time is up for Deltic and they have wave withdrawn. Disappointing that Stonegate have not been pushed harder on this,as I am sure they have always had more to put on the table. However, it might yet be that the large shareholders will not accept 203p and force them to go a bit higher. I will be doing my bit by not voting in favour of the offer next week.

The market seems convinced there is more to come here. Clearly they haven't seen this conversation or they'd be marking the shares down, not up!

They may well have been using this to get more out of Stonegate - that said, I think there might be questions as to why the approach from Deltic hasn't been notified to the market by RBG.

Even if no offer is forthcoming, I don't think this will be a disaster in the longer term. Of-course the price would fall back and it is always annoying to find you could have bought in cheaper, but there is a lot of potential here and a reasonable dividend as well. The next payout - should we get that far - would be in early December if the previous timetable is adhered to.

I mean the buyer will want to get it done quickly!