WHS - Warehouse Group

[limegreen]

Price "Roll-up" Begins

Was in shopping for some seasonal goods the other day, and noticed a number of products with new Warehouse Stickers over old Warehouse stickers. The product that I bought had had a 32% increase, presumably since last summer. Guess exchange rate is starting to bite, and the "Price Rollback" is starting to seem like a very poor marketing strategy. I await a catchy name and new icon in the catalogue to indicate items with recent price rises...

[minimoke]

quote:Originally posted by minimoke

Volume now just tipped over 5m, 3rd biggest day in three years – surely this can’t go by without some market news. Great to see an SP lifting from the $3 lows.

400,000 just gone through at $5.15, the highest price in years. Must be some good news in there somewhere

[minimoke]

Results out today:

- Sales from continuing operations up 2.2% to $1,720.5m
- EBITDA from continuing operations up 5.8% to $183.5m
- Operating profit from continuing operations up 9.2% to $152.0m
- Second half 2006 operating profit from continuing operations of
$57.3m, up 12.3%
- Operating cashflows from continuing operations up 15.3% to $166.9m
- Strong operating cashflows of $153.1m
- Earnings per share, adjusted for Australian divestment, up 8.2 cents
to 31.7 cents per share
- The Warehouse Australia was divested on 27th November 2005 resulting
in a pre-tax charge on exit of $88.8m
- Continued improvement in key balance sheet and leverage ratios
- Net debt down $154.0m or 57.2% to $115.4m (F05: $269.4m)

[trackers]

Trading halt? Wtf?

[barnsley bill]

Tindall considering bid for The Warehouse
14 September 2006

BREAKING NEWS - 5.05pm
Retail giant The Warehouse is considering a proposal from founder and major shareholder, Stephen Tindall, in relation to a possible privatisation of the company.


The Warehouse shares are in a trading halt as the information was received late in the trading day.

The company said it expected to release a statement before the market opens tomorrow morning, and lift the trading halt.

[minimoke]

The founder of The Warehouse Group ("The Warehouse"), Stephen Tindall, today announced his intention to submit a proposal to privatise the company by offering his fellow shareholders NZ$5.75 cash per share, valuing The Warehouse at approximately NZ$1.8 billion. etc.....

....The Stephen Tindall Consortium intends reviewing potential transaction structures and the detail of any proposal including the ability to enhance the value of any offer by distributing The Warehouse's imputation credits. The Warehouse currently has in excess of NZ$100 million of imputation credits.....

....Mr Tindall also intends to examine the ability to offer The Warehouse shareholders a priority allocation in any subsequent capital note issue used to ultimately fund the offer." !!

Happy days

[minimoke]

quote:Originally posted by minimoke

up 10% in a week and 800,000 through today at $5.00. Something on the boil again?

Perhaps todays news was well flagged for a month or insiders were grabbing what they could.

[Pennywise]

quote:Originally posted by belgarion Posted - 28/06/2005 : 10:36:11 AM

quote:Originally posted by K9

FINISH $3.68!!!

UP 20% IN LESS THAN 3 WEEKS

Begarion must be the biggest loser!!!

stockcalls that is

lovin it[^]

Yip, Im an idiot buying FTX instead of WHS ... Laughing at you K9. woof!! woof!!

OMG[:0]
barhaarfaararahahaaaa

[trackers]

She's gonna be off like a rocket tomorrow morning, id put my free asb money on it!

[Pennywise]

Originally posted by belgarion Posted - 28/06/2005 : 10:36:11 AM

Yip, Im an idiot buying FTX instead of WHS ... Laughing at you K9. woof!! woof!!



you gotta laugh
Im pissing myself.