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Down another 12% this afternoon, this time on no news I can see. Company seems to be hurtling towards oblivion and I wanna get off!

Therefore, with a breakfast sandwich's worth of egg on my face, I've bailed. Had to do it in 2 goes, so illiquid is this share. Took a 50% loss but i feel better for going into 'recovery mode' and recovering what i can from this debacle. Can always take another look if things settle down.

What was I thinking being so loyal as red light after red light flashed? Anyway, better late than never.

Interesting. The offer is partly based on GTE shares, so if the 'GTE SP is tanking' as you say, that could well explain today's drop in I3E - a mechanical response.

There may be few posts on this board, but I, for one, have a decent sized legacy holding in this share that I'd like to see recover. I remain hopeful. Until they disappoint me again. Some recent insider buying is worth noting.

Thanks for the info.

I was expecting a firmer sp based on a hope (expectation?) of an improved offer/ 2nd bidder, but so far I'm being proved wrong.

I was thinking that too. I was expecting poor results this morning based on yesterday's sp decline and the possibility of leaks, but thankfully that wasn't the case.

Do we have a date for when the results of the voting are declared?

Yes, Ironminded, I'm one of the LTHs , so different perspectives indeed. I always used to say "Hardly worth selling at a 95% loss", but I've since refined my response to these catastrophic losses. Now I ask myself do I want the price of a nice meal for two or a (usually worthless) paper certificate? These days I take the meal.

I need to be convinced the balance sheet is ok. Spare cash should be used to pay down expensive debt and then, possibly, on some buybacks... but the amount of money the company has already spent on buybacks when the sp was waaaay higher, is sobering! Divi out of the question for a while I reckon.

Thanks for the bounce, I'm out. Huge percentage loss, but thankfully not a huge amount risked.

In case it gets forgotten amongst all the day trading and bottom feeding, the RNS does state "It is the Board's present expectation that the Company (Hostmore plc)... will be wound up and delisted". So, to be clear, if the company doesn't actually go bust it will at the very least be delisted from the AIM market and removed from your self-invest platform. You'll get a paper certificate in due course if the Registrar remembers. Been through all this before, but not this time.

The biggest shareholders in BRBY are Lindsell Train and so Mr Train's settled view will be a factor. He meets BRBY's management "within the next 10 days". Imagine there'll be a frank exchange of views as to how the company should fix things... He reminds us that BRBY has been a volatile share that came back strongly in the past.

From 14.20:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr6iAcGFY_I

Don't take him seriously.

And that "Irrevocable Instruction" from the CEO committing herself to monthly share purchases at unknown prices over the next 12 months.... apart from being weird... turned out to be a complete waste of her money!

It's all over. Another of the IPO class of 2021 bites the dust...

They say September's a bad month on the markets and even a stock as solid as BVXP isn't escaping. If I had spare cash I'd be tempted to top-up, but it would mean selling something and today really isn't a day for selling!

Suspect the share price keeps dropping while Investors playing the "let's wait to see if I can get it cheaper" game....

I'm interested in records. From £270 a share to under a penny a share in less than 10 years... this must be the worst share price performance of any company still operating that I've seen... ever... and I've looked at a lot of companies in my time! Admittedly I've suffered a couple of 100% losses in my investing career, where the company actually went bust (which is worse), but, at a 99.997% loss, this runs it very close. Incredible to me that this company still operates on public markets.

You're a thoughtful investor StreetsJ. Unfortunately I invested way back when at 280p when I thought the glory days would return and I've averaged down a couple of times since. Got sucked in...

I watched the Investor Meet. Been watching Cooklin present these for years. It's always plausible until one remembers he's been saying variations of the same old thing for years. Even now, the story has not changed.... covid disruptions this year, but next year it'll all looking great... until it isn't. Case numbers up, but case size decreasing, oh but case numbers are down but the case size is increasing. BBL was the next big fillip, no it wasn't, it was a distortion, etc etc.

Get the feeling we're being played here? No one likes being a sucker.

I'm also starting to question the entire business model here. They don't seem to be able to grow without incurring more debt. They need the debt to invest in staff to grow the cases. They don't seem to ever make enough cash to fund the investment in cases. The y/e cash position is a bit of a moveable feast too.

I don't feel too good about Manolete today - the only thing giving me some hope is this fellow Cooklin does own 15% of the equity, so he has plenty of skin in the game and one would think he'd be highly motivated to do everything in his power to fix the market valuation. The way to do it, surely, is to operationally prove the business model.

And now we have a c*ck-up on the debt front... technical breach it seems. Company's operating on thin ice...

Won't sell down here, but can't bring myself to buy either. Not my finest investment this one.

With stunning hubris, von Jako is 'excited' to talk about the new recruits, following the company's 'recent fundraising success'. Would that be the the placing at 1p when the sp was 5p? That one?

What matters with these blue sky, pre-profitable companies is the story. Sweep under the carpet the ropey sales, the terrible dilution and the inevitable need for further placings, and emphasise the great tech and superb calibre of the recruits....

The story must go on... and on... rinse & repeat!