Pre 8 a.m. comments
Good morning! Looks like it's either a very quiet day for announcements, or investegate is broken again!?
I have a small long position in Goldplat (LON:GDP), unusual for me as it's both overseas and in the resources sector (both of which are usually things I avoid), but rules are made to be broken. It makes steady profits from recycling/recovery of Gold from equipment used in Gold extraction. There's an unusual announcement this morning concerning the acquisition of a 10% stake in the company by Fidelity, which explains the unusually large reported trades that I noticed recently.
The stake was sold by Artemis, who retain 10.4%, and interestingly (and unusually) have entered into a voluntary 12-month lock-in with their remaining shares. That's quite an innovative solution in preventing the market worrying about how they might dispose of their remaining shares, and means they won't be dribbled out into the market piecemeal thus depressing the share price. By stating that, and signing a 12 month lock-in, Artemis are helping to prevent an overhang occurring. I like the creative thinking there, although one hopes it's not an April Fool, give the date of the lock in agreement?!
Goldplat have also slipped in a brief statement at the end of this announcement, saying;
Russell Lamming, CEO, stated: "The Company is delighted to welcome Fidelity to its shareholder register. Fidelity's notable investment in the Company endorses the Board's belief that Goldplat offers shareholders significant upside potential through its robust cashflow generation and ability to self-fund the sustainable growth of gold recovery operations in Africa while rewarding shareholders with progressive dividend and share buy-back policies."
Again, a bit of an unusual way of doing things, but there we go.
The shares certainly seem good value, with net cash, a decent dividend yield, and one of the lowest PERs I've seen in a while from a company with net cash.
Check out the valuation section of the StockReport (on the left).
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Hi Paul
I noticed on your blog that KBC Advanced Technologies (LON:KBC) has moved from being a larger holding to a smaller one. Does this mean you have sold off some stock here? I am interested as I have a few KBC Advanced Technologies (LON:KBC) myself.
Thanks in advance.
B
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Haha, well spotted! Indeed, I started to get nervous about the big fall in the FTSE yesterday, and so decided to cut back on a few positions so that I'm not so highly geared. Something had to go, and of my larger positions, KBC was the one I felt least positive about. I might buy them back again next week, as I have a conversation with a Director scheduled for Tuesday. Kestrel have been buying heavily, and the price has struggled to stay flat, so it concerns me that when Kestrel stop buying, then they might fall in the short term? Hence I wanted to lighten up on them so that a (say) 10-20% drop in the short term (which is possible) would not cause me any significant pain.
Also there was quite a bearish tone on the advfn bulletin board from some previously bullish people, whose concerns about the tax charge I listened to & absorbed, after initially brushing off those concerns. Sometimes things gestate in your mind & you just think, hmmm maybe I should lighten that position a bit.
P.
Thanks P. I am really rather impressed by your thoughtfulness and alertness. I suppose those are really key attributes in this game. Thanks again.
Hi Paul
GDP. Although the sale of a large stake and lock in is reported as being by Artemis, I think it is actually shares held by the previous CEO, a Cypriot called Dimitri.