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agree with that mel5.our posts crossed

the bad bat sorry but I'm struggling to see the logic behind that suggestion.i cannot see the point in granting options and then taking steps to prevent their exercise.also i do not think that evrh have the ability to influence their s/p in that way.i assume they have a business plan and marketing strategy which they hope over time will increase the s/p and that they proceed with that strategy regardless of the existence of options.if they don't want the money then they will be the first company on aim to pass up the chance of additional finance imo.i do, however, think that the gore options are something of an enigma.massive disconnect between the exercise price and the s/p when granted and the time available to achieve it.to my mind there are 3 main possibilities.1/they were ridiculously optimistic when granting them and saw no real prospect of them being exercised.possible but unlikely imo as why bother.2/it was a cynical attempt to raise the s/p by creating unrealistic expectations.again possible but unlikely.what would be the point.short term spike to sell into perhaps but not a convincing explanation.3/they had some realistic expectation that the exercise price might be acheved based on their knowledge of the events likey to unfold over the remainder of the year.this for me is the most likely explanation.that said i do not expect the s/p to reach the putative exercise price in practice but i am expecting events to unfold which will move it significantly higher than at present.i also think its is possible that the option terms will be amended as another poster has suggested,which would not necessarily have any negative connotations and could be quite positive.all just my opinion of course

i mean "himself"

strange comment from someone who refers to themselves as holding 2m shares on the 3rd november,or have i missed the point?

very interesting article JESK.certainly helps to emphasise the potential here.hopefully we are seeing now the first solid steps on the road to turning that potential into concrete achievements. imo the move to mobile focus is key and i agree with arden that this is a pivotal point.

agreed.tv ads plus a couple of other strong positives could it.as you say fingers crossed.

not sure if i have the figures right but i think it would mean gore would have about 11.6% so slightly less than machett.personally don't think we have much chance of getting to the exercise price by end of year so don't expect it to happen but could be wrong and obviously hope it does get there.

yes the arden report indicated greater expectations from IOS.not the same as having hard numbers of course but reasonable supposition.

yes looking very promising.

admirable restraint kettle and good to see a continuing sense of humour.as someone who lives in perpetual fear of the punctuation police i have adopted the policy of eschewing its use entirely.makes typing so much easier!doh.i just used a bit damn!

looking very promising.country music huge market!

having given it much thought kettle i have concluded that le mot juste here is "vestsgial".it would cover imo both matters under consideration!

good of you to take the initiative bunion.lets see what is said.

unfortunately kettle i fear that minuscule may be more accurate than small but let us hope i am wrong.perhaps i could offer exiguous as an alternative!aplogies though for the negativity.im afraid its that sort of a day.best wishes to you.

don't think so I'm afraid.less than £7k of shares traded this morning so far.no indication of anything imo.

i realise i must be missing something here but what exactly do posters feel is the significance of the change of R/O.does the new address have some special significance?

puddin could you elaborate please.what has it changed to and why do you think it is significant? when was the change announced?thanks

agree with that cunir.future looks like mainly mobile.interesting that the report places emphasis on the potential greater income from iOS rather than android despite the greater android numbers.i think that makes sense.have always thought the terms of the gore options were strange given the s/p disparity and the time scale so perhaps there are some factors in the background which make it feasable to be achieved but personally i think it unlikely.would be very pleased to be proved wrong of course

typo! i know its gore .same with ARDEN.im not a fluent typist as you can tell so i dont bother much with punctuation either.hope it wasn't some sort of brexit related freudian slip.

whilst musing over ardents calculation i was reminded of the gove options and the views of some posters expressed on ADVFN (and perhaps also on here) that a failure on his part to exercise the options would be very bad news.im not sure i really follow that reasoning.clearly it would be very good news if he did as we would have an sp of 17/18p and the company would have its cash situation significantly improved but as the prospect of him exercising them must surely have seemed very remote since the announcement of them being granted, i assume that the current s/p reflects the market view that they will not be exercised, so a failure to do so should not logically impact the s/p significantly.i accept it might temporarily give rise to some negative sentiment but not to any great extent.again am i missing some thing?happy to be corrected if i am.