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Last chance saloon tomorrow. Moniman, I hope you are right and there is a takeover at say 200p and suddenly a competitive bid emerges and the company is sold off around 250p. Is it fantasy? tomorrow will reveal the true status. All the noises have been positive from Brokers, Nomads and others but the shares have only headed south.

I suppose they get paid to print all sorts of rubbish. The Auditors are even worse. Did anybody see KPMG & Deloittes at the Parliamentary select committee|?> Rachel Reeves asked the KPMG Audit partner, so did Qatar owe Carillion $200 million or did Carillion owe Qatar $200 million. He wasnt sure (probably gets paid �1 million personally for his Audit services). The previous Finance Director a Mr Adams who spoke very slowly wasnt very sure what happened but sold off his entire shareholding on retiring and thought contribution into Pension funds was a waste of time. The new finance Director Zafar Khan (lasted 8 months) was sacked for bringing to the Boards attention the dire state of the Company These guys are a complete con but there is no punishment except they pocket millions while the shareholders and ordinary employees lose out. That is capitalism!!

so they are changing direction to connected vehicles and stabilising wireless ((IE in view of lower income from Apple)

Better pop out now and get that Mars bar and come back without a shirt and trousers

From 375p in March 2016 to 113p is quite a drop. in the value of this company. what a disappointment. Surely, it isnt worth only a third of what it was 2 years back or is it? 10% return on capital employed is not bad but seems to be heading into a storm. Mike Bell has been appointed head of Technology and specialises in Automotive (Driverless cars) so seems like a change in Directions on earnings for the company. I suppose that will be in Chairmans statement with final results

Stifel on 08/02/2018 indicated sale is overdone although Revenue 2018/19 IE post Q4 Results will be lower due to Apple's lower demand. They have lowered price from 160 to 138. Last week if brave ones with liquidity want to buy. There does not seem to be any stake building or major share buys so one does not expect a take over.

Mind you, even if they lose on shares, they all have sizeable Remuneration and bonuses. There is no governance. Did anybody see the charade by Carillion Directors at the select committee? They all started off by expressing sorrow at what had happened so Frank Field, that willy charactor asked them so with all the pay packets you have got, will anybody write a cheque (for the pensioners) who have lost so much. Absolute silence. The Chairman Philip Green apparently preside at another company which went belly up as well These chaps have no morals There goes my dream of a Maserati.

While Directors have not bought for a year, the CFO Kevin Dangerfield has 63000 shares at around 138p and the CEO has a sizeable amount. I hope the name isnt a giveaway

What in heavens name is going on at Laird with share price only 20p above the Rights. What nasty surprises are in the Q4 statement? Other share prices are rising and yet this one is pinned back so close to the announcement and no stake building. At this price somebody should have been building a stake if an offer was to be made. I cant see one coming through except possibly bad news on 01/03/2018

Moniman, they only need to report a major calamity or profit warning but forward forecast post Q4 can be delivered with results on 01/03. Nobody is stake building and Directors have not bought for a year so these are not good omens. For shares to be only 20p over the Rights issue should have prompted some reaction from Management. Keeping quiet does not help anybody least Investors, Directors and also ccustomers.

I am now 5% down now. Any fall from here and I am stuffed. werent we expecting a takeover at 165. Also nobody is building up a stake at this level. Directors are not buying and they are close to wtf is going on? No comments from them on recent price falls 15 days to final results. Are they going to shock the market like Carillion? and fall further?

With Carillion, Capita and so many other meltdowns, nobody is answerable or taken to task. in the meantime, CEO's and other company bosses just milk these companies. Persimmon paid out �100m to Chief Executive and �85m to CFO mostly from Help to buy rise in property prices (thats your and my tax money) The Government is so preoccupied by Brexit that we continue sailing rudderless

Really. That is worrying. Also no trading statement was scheduled like last year. At 3rd Quarter everything was Rosy so unless something drastic has gone wrong , we await results on 01/03/2018 It is pathetic, there is no statement from the Company but Directors havent been buying. Will they pull a rabit and put boosters on the price or will it deflate

https://www.lairdtech.com/news/laird-present-innovative-massive-mimo-5g-antenna-technology-mobile-world-congress-2018 Hopefully, these may boost the share price

Moniman, Dont dispair. we are all down on most shares. Hopefully, 01/03 will be good news

Touchtheclouds, you will do well I think as at that price there is very little downside now I suppose best sit tight for the upward ride

The Stock market is drifting down following a massive drop in US last week. On Laird it is best to just sit tight till 01/03/2018 when final results come through. Electrocomponents have announced good progress with turnover and profits up so that should boost Laird??

Directors have not bought since April 2017. Is that a sign that the Company has terrible news in the offing?

Moniman, my sentiments are the same. I hope it isnt as bad as Carillion or Capita. Cant understand management keeping so quiet while the shares have fallen so much

wonder if you will make money. In the past this company has promised a lot but delivered very little. After 20 years wait, I sold of a third of my holding at 11p. This one has the potential and rose to �1 about 15 years back. Professor Kingsman and his wife cashed in but sice then it has only gone down