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Marlowe - Another from the Michael Ashcroft stable

June 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • MRL
  • Price:
  • 178.5p
Marlowe (MRL; 178.5p) is yet another product of the shell revitalisation skills of Michael Ashcroft and all but one of its directors come from a stable of Ashcroft companies – chief executive is Alex Dacre, who headed up Impellam’s business development activities and was also at Restore. The finance director and interim chairman, Derek O’Neill, also comes from Impellam. Charles Skinner is a non executive and is also chief executive of Restore.The trio acquired a stake in a defunct cash shell aptly called Shellshock in April 2015, which had been listed since 2007. At the time Marlowe’s sole asset was cash of £3.1m but there was a subsequent placing in September at which point a further £5.2m was r ...

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