Primary Recommendation

Glisten - Increasing brand ownership

October 2007

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By any standards, Glistenâ€™s management have done everythinginvestors could have expected from them. The company effectively onlystarted out in 2002 when the current management, led by chief executivePaul Simmonds and finance director Robert Davies, took control of theoriginal chocolate-coated confectionery business with the intention ofusing it as a platform to build a niche food group. Their dream was to grow sales from Â£14.2m to Â£100m within five yearsthrough a combination of organic and acquisitive growth. The resultshave so far been impressive and although sales going into the sixthyear are forecast to be Â£73m, falling shy of the original Â£100m, thelevel of profitability it is achieving is far higher. Glisten's earlycorp ...

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Market Comment - October 07

Dawson Holdings - Fast growing divisions

Glisten (July 2009)

Glisten (April 2009)

Glisten (February 2009)

Glisten (October 2008)

Glisten (April 2008)

Glisten - Moves squarely into organic food (April 2006)

Glisten - Moves into fast growth cereal bars sector (February 2005)

Glisten- Take profits (April 2003)

Glisten - Acquisitions will be trigger (November 2002)

Glisten - Reduces placing price (July 2002)

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