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Vislink

January 2016

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

The shares have seen a painful slide following investor disgust over an unusual incentivisation ratchet giving its directors 15.3% of any increase in its market capitalisation over £85m in three year’s time without any link to increase in profit. Although a group of private investors have taken up the mantle, no modus vivendi from Vislink. In any case, market cap. is £35m so it’s well underwater.This isn’t the first time chairman John Hawkins has fallen foul of overzealous paypackets– go back to 2002 and he had a controversial issue at Anite. There he eventually fell on his sword. Anite was 23p then and new ceo Chris Humphrey turned it around a year later. Now that Anite has had a bid, cue Humphr ...

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Vislink - Sells lossmaking hardware side (December 2016)

Vislink (August 2016)

Vislink (April 2016)

Vislink - Old Vislink still struggling but software takes off (October 2015)

Vislink - H2 margins get to 15.8% (May 2015)

Vislink (October 2014)

Vislink - Pebble Beach acquisition widens market by £200m (April 2014)

Vislink (January 2014)

Vislink (October 2013)

Vislink - Two directors buy shares (July 2013)

Vislink - Targets £8m profit by 2014 (May 2013)

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