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FIH independent directors still view Dolphin takeover approach as “unwelcome”

Tuesday, April 4th 2017 - 10:10 UTC
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FIH Group PLC said on Monday it still views a potential takeover approach from Dolphin Fund Ltd as “unwelcome” and recommends an existing bid from Staunton Holdings Ltd. Read full article

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  • Roger Lorton

    Nice to know that it is not always about the money

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 06:20 am - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Doveoverdover

    Yes, no doubt about it. Money is probably the last thing on Sr Elsztain's mind though I bet that it's well up their in the minds of the Rowland family and the others who may benefit from the 2001 Purpose Trust. Now might be a good time for FIG to recruit a few more financial “regulators” to support the Financial Secretary, what with the City losing its European lustre, Gibraltar looking like it's going back to Spain and the Channel Islands back to France. After all, isn't that why we keep our Overseas Territories?

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 06:50 am - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Papamoa

    @dove boy
    You really have No idea about what you are writing !! just stringing along a set of random comments is just showing everyone how Little you know about the UK and the World in general!!!.

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 08:46 am - Link - Report abuse +2
  • darragh

    DoD

    Please explain how:-

    a) Gibraltar can be 'going back to Spain' when Spain ceded their sovereignty 'in perpetuity'

    b) How the Channel Islands (which are not an overseas territory) can 'go back to France' when they have never, ever, ever been a part of France.

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Oh I do love it when you get one on the hook.....

    a) Because the UK can cede it back just as easily if pressured in the same way that Spain was when it was on the wrong end of the military and economic argument.

    b) The French Republic is the successor to the Kingdom of France and the Duke of Normandy owed loyalty to the French crown before 1066 and a bit beyond actually. The Channel Islands are UK overseas territory even if described as Dependent Territories.

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Papamoa

    @dove
    Should let you know there is No French crown anymore ! something to do with the French revolution.

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 11:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    There's a veritable shoal of them surfacing today

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Think

    ;-)))))))))

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 01:57 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Papamoa

    Its Great to get a RISE out of Dove boy ! Happy days !!

    Apr 05th, 2017 - 06:20 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Roger Lorton

    Aren't the French crowns in the Louvre?

    The Channel islands are specifically a Crown dependency. A special status. Not part of the UK. Not members of the Commonwealth & not members of the EU. Ruled by Queen Liz - or the Duke of Normandy as she is known locally in those islands.

    Funny old world, aint it? :-)

    Apr 06th, 2017 - 01:08 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Hepatia

    England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.

    Apr 06th, 2017 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Think

    TWIMC...

    Rowland family bid refused by the shareholders...
    Todays comment from Ovets47..., an old FIC/FIH shareholder...:

    ”I 《THINK》 this says we need a new BoD.
    This lot “recommended” that we give our company away to themselves (i.e. the Rat family).
    Who could possibly have any further confidence in this bunch of mobsters?”

    Chuckle ..., chuckle...

    Apr 06th, 2017 - 04:57 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Doveoverdover

    That leaves Sr Elsztain free to make his bid or walk away, as in “put up or shut up”. If I were him I'd forget it and just concentrate instead on my controlling investment in RDC. since the colonists don't seem at all concerned about that for some reason.

    Apr 07th, 2017 - 07:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    DOD

    “Gibraltar looking like it's going back to Spain and the Channel Islands back to France”

    With vision like yours, you should have gone to specsavers.

    Apr 07th, 2017 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    With sparkling and original wit like that you should be on the Stage and as it leaves in half an hour you'll need to get packing.

    Apr 07th, 2017 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Cmdr. McDod....
    I dunno...
    FIH group plc.is an interesting” company for a speculative mind like Sr. Elsztain....
    In the past years FIH has managed to make quite a lot of revenue for themselves via their two Mississippi bubbles...:
    - Their Falkland Gold and Minerals Limited aka FGML... (Ahhh...!! Those gold rush days...!...;-)
    - Their Falkland Oil and Gas Limited aka FOGL................ (Ahhh...!! Those gold rush days...!...;-)

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Well anyway, his continuing interest is doing a damn fine job of distracting the colonists and the FCO even if, as a result of his self promotion, some of the rest of us are now aware of his other speculative approach to control of a key service provider in the islands.

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Cmdr.McDod...

    We have to defend “OUR” company... As Ovets47 so well wrote last friday...:
    ”FIH Must Have A New Board
    This was a cynically planned raid by the Rat family, with Greasy Edmund nothing more than their proxy, to enable them to get their greasy little hands on the real assets of Falkland Island Holdings (as it was) for a pittance.
    The whole thing stinks.
    After this, we must have a new BoD as soon as possible, as this mob cannot be trusted with our company.”
    http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:LSE:FIH&display=discussion

    That Argie Jew certainly ruined this latest Rowland scheme...
    ;-)))

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 01:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    He certainly has and now the League of Empire Loyalists will just as certainly have to ruin both of his.

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 02:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Both...?
    Soooo.., you haven't yet discovered the others...?
    ;-)

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Two's enough to be going on with but I take your point. I must try harder.

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Cmdr. McDod...
    You better do..., lad...
    They ain't no Argitalian drunken generals..., ya know...
    You are now facing nothin' less than God's Chosen People...

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Something less, surely? It's the UK MOD's chosen people...

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 08:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    What can a bunch of pansy MOD's do against a virile ROCKER like Elsztain... stretching out his monies, causing the Argentinean Sea to go back and dividing tthe waters so that the Argentinites can reach our promessed Is-land...?

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 08:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Which is all very well but the RAF has air superiority and a jolly efficient C3I system (for the time being anyway...)

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 08:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    RAF air superiority... huhhhhhhh....?
    That's where them little red glitches trojaned by them Israeli computer nerds come into action... ;-)
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RB5PAhQY4HY

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 09:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Rafael Air Force: I see that this time you've understood my banter, old chap....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rKYL0tW-Ek

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 09:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    Just luck...;-)

    Apr 09th, 2017 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Kanye

    This is a regular troll-fest!!

    Must be a very important subject to Think/voice, for him to dedicate an entire pantomime.

    Apr 11th, 2017 - 02:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Doveoverdover

    Hey, don't forget me....

    Apr 11th, 2017 - 08:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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