gbh2 - haven't gone yet mate - myself am not so confident - however c'est la vie!! Think maybe the negotiations re third party agreements will be very complicated to move around thus - and this will not be helped by Xmas breaks as well - the 'minions' in the banks/pharma will be working but the decision makers - not so sure!!
If the agreements have been created in such a manner that change of ownership really is very difficult - then this will only mean one other thing - change of mgt which hopefully will lead to sp increase - albeit over extended time frame.
Positives are HBM stake - hopefully not now to be sold off - if dd does show that change of ownership is difficult - feel this is unlikely - because think this was bought more for mgt change than for company to be acquired short term.
Negatives are the fact that we haven't heard anything for so long and recent sp weakness - altough low volumes!!
IGS probably not contactable over Xmas period is another point!!
Also mate - got rid of two squirrels - but the last is a lot more intelligent (if you can say this about squirrels!!?) - as soon as I open the loft hatch he is out - doing a runner - little b**tard!!
Anyway - really got to go now! Have a good one and let's hope 2006 is a better yaer for skp holders.
As an aside hoping that any 'news' re product development and negotiations has been held back due to ongoing dd processes and not because mgt have been too concentrated on 'other' issues.
As soon as ownership of company sorted out - let's see some pretty quick product updates - which may well be relevant to us or 'new' owners?