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Maggie
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Not sure what to do here? I have some left over SIM shares. Should I sell them. Why are people still trading in them?
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Yikes you still have them from way back ... if i recall ? Thought you got out at 2.50. Hope that red car of yours is still doing fine
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shailen
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Any idea why Gavin Watson has bought 11% stake in simmers?
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Maggie
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Hi Hennie, Sold the little red car for R1.4m Living most of the year in the UK now. Back just now for some sun. So should I get rid of the Sim at 2c or hold on to them?
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rsalie
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With Vulisango increasing their stake, I wonder if they will reverse list into the cash shell. They have stakes in Kwik-fit and Continental amongst others.
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Watson(s) have a long history with SIM
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Vulisango opportunity in Simmers shell ALLAN SECCOMBE | Published: Thurs, 29 Sep 2011 07:18 Wants Simmers to be able to raise capital in a listed entity, wants to keep shareholding as broad as possible to maintain liquidity in the stock VULISANGO Holdings, the privately held empowerment group headed by Valence Watson, has bought Rand Merchant Bank A's holding in JSE-listed cash shell Simmer & Jack and has plans to make it an active company again. Vulisango bought about 142-million shares for 1,75c per share to raise its stake in Simmers to 32,25% from about 22%, Mr Watson said yesterday. The shares traded at 3c yesterday, rising from 2c. There are no immediate plans to buy more shares from any other big shareholders because it would push VulisangoA's stake above 35%, triggering an offer to all shareholders, something Vulisango does not want to do, he said. "Vulisango is not a listed company but Simmers could be something in our *****nal and other shareholdersA' to raise capital in a listed entity and look for opportunities," said Mr Watson, who is Vulisango CEO and a Simmers director. "We have an opportunity as Vulisango Holdings in this listing." The intention was to keep the shareholding as broad as possible to maintain liquidity in the stock, Mr Watson said. His brother Gavin has bought an 11% stake in Simmers, giving the Watson family a large position in the company. Valence Watson owns 27% of Vulisango and black investors own the balance, making it an empowerment company. "Gavin has nothing to do with Vulisango. What he does know is that with Vulisango, with me at the helm and the type of people at Vulisango, when we put our minds to something we do it. I suppose he wants to go along for the ride," Mr Watson said. "We didnA't buy the stake from RMB because we didnA't have anything better to do." After a transaction with Village Main Reef to acquire all its gold mines, Simmers was left with about R20m cash and R25m in an escrow account pending finalisation of the sale of its mothballed gold mines near Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga, to Stonewall Mining. Marius Saaiman, the caretaker CEO of Simmers who has joined Village as its chief financial officer once a replacement financial director is found for Simmers, said Simmers had until February to do a deal or delist from the JSE. "We are looking at opportunities but there is nothing specific or concrete that weA've found that I can say the company will look to do," Mr Saaiman said. "We are under some pressure to find an investment to remain listed and we have to finalise our position by end-February." Among the options are another company reversing its assets into Simmers or for Simmers to buy an asset. Mr Saaiman said he was not actively hunting such an opportunity
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ultima99
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with the clock ticking towards end Feb 2012 deadline, to either delist or continue, where is Simmers going? million dollar question! there is this super Porche that i have my eye on, so R50 plus per share will not go amiss... any thoughts? (about the share, that is)
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ultima99
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with the clock ticking towards end Feb 2012 deadline, to either delist or continue, where is Simmers going? million dollar question! there is this super Porche that i have my eye on, so R50 plus per share will not go amiss... any thoughts? (about the share, that is)
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ultima99
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with the clock ticking towards end Feb 2012 deadline, to either delist or continue, where is Simmers going? million dollar question! there is this super Porche that i have my eye on, so R50 plus per share will not go amiss... any thoughts? (about the share, that is)
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ultima99
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sorry for the spam, kept getting error messages and didn't realise first post was listed...
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