Secondary Recommendation

Morson - Valuable framework contracts

May 2006

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As we had forecast last month, shares in technical contract staffer Morson enjoyed a good start to trading, after floating on AIM at 160p on 30 March. Morson raised £36m before expenses in an oversubscribed placing and the shares hit a high of 179p before settling at the current 172p, which leaves its market value at £78m. Encouragingly, there was no selling by existing shareholders, with directors retaining 47%, while the new money will pay off various borrowings, leaving it un-geared aside from an invoice discounting facility. On the day of Morson’s float, we met with chief executive Ged Mason and finance director Paul Gilmour and if anything, this only enhanced our view that Morson is a share that should do v ...

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