XLM has had a strong recent run but there seems to be a delay in the last dividend payment being paid out.
The company are blaming the bank but I'm just wondering if any other fellow Stocko subscribers would read any red flag in this issue or not ?
Regards
I'm surprised that they haven't issued an update. Poor investor relations given the large number affected.
That could be the worst case scenario. I'm still not sure that it would prove a huge issue, beyond considerable embarrassment and a slight loss of credibility. It is fairly easy to unwind these transactions and/or recover under the negligent party's indemnity insurance.
Problem maybe that they have nothing more to give, which is troubling. However I cannot really see it all being a major issue but silence reduces my confidence by the day
If it's just an admin error, surely this is a top up opportunity to buy some at a discount ?
I sold late on yesterday so someone picked up my shares at a discount. I was prepared to give them some time to resolve things, but not much.
The whole foreign listed AIM thing meant I didn't have much extra tolerance for risk. Hopefully it will be resolved soon.
The CEO has just bought nearly £100,000 in shares; average price of 157 pence. I think that's your confirmation that nothing nefarious is going on.
I spoke to one of the people on the bottom of the RNS just now. They hope to have an update in the next 24hrs. Capita registrars working hard to resolve the payment issue. Guess the bank handling it? Barclays
I just spoke to XLM pr. He said problem is with registrars bank and that his view was "bank acted very unprofessionally" in not notifying XLM of issue in a timely manner.
Also see RNS today
XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading provider of digital performance marketing services, has been notified that on 18 October 2017, Ory Weihs, Chief Executive Officer, purchased a total of 63,508 Ordinary Shares at an average price of 157 pence per share. Following these purchases, Mr Weihs now has a total beneficial interest in 3,940,120 Ordinary Shares, representing 1.93% of the issued share capital of the Company.
seems like XLM has been the victim of recent (last few years) banking madness. Bank's change their terms even for large corporate clients daily and make conducting business just a little bit harder. Although here I have to say this seems to be a unique case of hurting a company and its share holders.
Ah so its Barclays. Well that explains a lot. I will just await the divi.
Unfortunate that it has happened to £XLS given the acceptability problem it has to climb as an Israeli company on AIM. However I think it says something about its improved reputation that this problemet has not hit the price more.
Long £XLS
Also worried. But a heavy sell off today was reversed by the close,which I see as a reassuring sign. Especially with the ceo splashing out on more shares
Sold out today.
As far as I'm concerned the silence from the company is deafening (2 days for a bank transaction is eons) - not worth the risk. Tomorrow could bring a major change - just look at the volume compared to normal.
Hope I'm wrong - I liked this share.
I've never had a position and my scepticism re overseas companies listed on AIM means I've missed some excellent results - and some shockers.
I'm amazed that the company wasn't aware of this before the dividend miss or, at the very latest by late on 13th. Surely they could have issued the RNS late on Friday, maybe after trading hours?
For nothing to come out on Monday morning and onlyl after the close on Monday would worry me a lot and for it now to be 2 days later with no update suggests that something MAY not be right.
Re the CEO purchase, I would take comfort from there being 2 trades as described showing on the LSE site.
Hopefully it's just a glitch - but with bad communication.
Re XLM, I emailed AJ Bell on Thursday and received their reply below so all in process:
Dear Mr Higgins
Thank you for your enquiry.
I can confirm that the dividend was paid to us via Currency cheque.
Please be advised that it typically takes 10 working days to clear + 1 additional day to FX.
We apologise for any inconvenience this delay may cause.
If you have any further queries, please feel free to contact us.
Yours sincerely
Max Gibson
Dealing Services Team
Good grief. Are we back to the dark ages ? This must be a new process by XLMedia (LON:XLM) because I always used to receive my divis from them, credited sometime during the course of the dividend day. I use TDW
Someone from the investor relations dept at XLM phoned me today in response to a request. She said the dividend had been debited from XLM and paid to Capita registrars where the problem resided with the bank the registrars use. The company is urgently trying to resolve the situation and hope to put out a statement in the 'next 48 hours' although no guarantee as they dont want to put out a holding statement for the sake of it. She assured me the problem had nothing to do with the underlying business or XLM itself.
I am long XLM, and it is okay for me if the dividend is delayed, I was not planning on spending it soon. However, it is a bit of a joke that it can take that long to reach owners after it has been paid by the company, and I am starting to feel a bit bad for XLM. It reminds me of what someone said about banks, if you owe them money they need it yesterday, if they owe you money you will get it within one to any random number of working days.
The same problem occurs with Somero Enterprises Inc (LON:SOM) and Capital Drilling (LON:CAPD) both apparently pay by cheque & because it’s drawn on an overseas bank there’s a c. 10 day delay while they wait to check the transfer is not reversed, Stone Age nonsense but I believe there have been expensive cock ups in the past which led to these strictures
RNS out.
It's been paid.
Crisis over.
Good top up opportunity for the savvy.
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Confirmation of Payment of Dividend
Further to the Company's announcement on 16 October 2017 (RNS number: 7442T), the Company confirms that the processing issue at the bank with respect to the Company's interim dividend payment has been resolved and that the cash dividend of US Dollar ("USD") 4.0226 cents per share is expected to be posted to Shareholders today.
Notwithstanding that the bank's processing issue was beyond the Company's control, the Board regrets the inconvenience caused to Shareholders.
