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You have to go through the stock exchange and use a broker so basically on the open market. You will probably get arounf 199 a share less broker fees so around 197 to 198 nett

All buying is done on Advents behalf by their brokers

Will be happy if that happens but not optimistic. Too late so I would take the money and run

I think they will but have indicated that they will sell off the connected vehicle division so the rest retained will be beefed up and sold off within 5 years. Advent are turnaround specialist and a $50 billion company with deep pockets so will invest. They are in the big league but the fact that 99.86% voted in favour of takeover including all Institutional shareholders and no counter bid suggests this was the best option for Laird s on its own it could have been overtaken by other larger companies with deep pockets. The price fall from about 400p to 120p despite heavily discounted Rights says it all

Settlement will be in third quarter so between July and September. This is normal in all the cases. Share price above 200p by now is fanciful. In fact despite management indicating good results price had fallen to 120p before Advent stepped in A relatively small company like Laird would have required more cash to grow as research can burn a lot of liquidity. A heavily discounted previous Rights stabilised the company as there were concerns borrowing covenants would be breached

With 99.86% of shareholders voting in favour of takeover by Advent, surely most know Laird cant survive on its own. 321.3million in favour and only 447 thousand against so what happened to all those on this feed saying they were going to vote against??

with sterling so low and Brexit issues. lots of foreign interest in our companies or whats left of it

I assume the 50% threshold or is it 75% may not have crossed. Advents brokers are buying on the open market so I assume it wont be long before the offer is declared unconditional

Other bidders can certainly come in as court approval is still awaited. It seems very unlikely that would now occur. Advent must have a sizeable holding and no doubt vote against any other bidder or compete or sell out

Today the scheme was approved with overwhelming shareholders voting in favour of accepting the 200p. Next stage is court approval. So far I am surprised they have not indicated how many shares Advent own

Quite likely they will declare the offer unconditional till say 27/04 with the hope that the rest of the shareholders will accept 200p. If nobody has made a counter offer then quite frankly all of us who have rejected the offer will accept the 200p price Today the shares opened at 205 but the initial excitement gave way as the price fell to 200p so the market is resigned to Advent succeeding. Our monies wont come through until 3rd quarter (July to September) unless you want to sell on the open market and after charges get about 197p

I understand if they have 50% then they will declare the offer open ad most if not all of us will sell. They have applied to the Courts as well and remember the offer document is not with us as yet and 27/04 AGM is another crucial point on 17th April we will know how much they have. Their brokers Citi/JPMorgan and others are buying on the open market so perhaps they have around 50% already.

Still optimistic of an alternative offer and perhaps competitive bidding to get 250 to 300p but not holding my breadth.now Even at this price, we have made enough but were mean not to give a 10p divi

Not required to but Advent brokers are picking up on the open market. I think 1 or 2 brokers are buying on their own or somebody's account.. All will be revealed on tuesday 17th at the meeting. If Advent had 75% then they would have announced.

Fingers x. somebody will emerge on Monday, perhaps it is tactical to barge in at the 11th hour. I cant and did not see Laird surviving on its own despite the good Q4. There are too many in this space with deep pockets and Laird would have needed huge liquid resources to develop its technology. Others have deep pockets and Laird cannot issue more shares, one reason shares fell back to 120p was nobody had much faith in Laird wwlll hopefully wont happen as destruction is not the answer. we have seen what bombing has done to Iraq, Yemen , Libya and Sria unless they want 30/40 million refugees. Our politicians have been wrong so many times and we dont have a Right to invade and kill. Power brings responsibility

Moniman, the only hope is there is either a counter offer or significant holders like pension funds and others have voted against. 17/04 is fast approaching. The shares have not moved much so it is worrying Hopefully, something happens by Monday. Either way Advent will make a packet

Actually the % is 75% not 50% so quite a high threshold

A couple of Hedgies have taken a position (and not buying for Advent) hence the spike in the expectation of a counter offer but so far no counter offer so we enter the home run. Next 12 days to 17/04 is crucial It seems Advent have still not got 50% in the bag although their advisers like Goldman Sachs, J P Morgan are buying in the open market. It is a wait and see for us now and definately vote against the takeover before the 17/04 EGM where Laird shareholders will vote for or against the takeover If over 50% vote against then either Advent offer more or walk away unless there is a counter higher offer from elsewhere. Advent are on a winner here as either way they will profit

For 17/04 meeting to consider the takeover, Shareholders can vote for or against the offer of �2. I have voted against At that meeting we will know if others are holding out for a better price!! and if that is more than 50%, then either Advent withdraw or offer more unless they already have 50% + in the bag The proceeds of the takeover wont come through until the 3rd quarter

http://www.laird-plc.com/#laird031 Nothing about why he is recommending sale at �2. wtf