Interim Management Statement
November 15 2010 - 4:45AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMBEK
RNS Number : 1722W
Berkeley Technology Limited
15 November 2010
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | November 15 2010 |
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Interim Management Statement
As of September 30, 2010
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
The Company continues to record net losses even though progress has been made in
reducing operating expenses. Operating losses for the first nine months of 2010
are 28 percent lower than the operating losses recorded for the same period in
2009. In September 2010, the Company received an additional distribution from
the WorldCom securities litigation settlement in the amount of $103k. The
recovery was offset by a reduction in the carrying value of private equity
investments during difficult market conditions. The Company's accounting review
of investment values identified possible "other-than-temporary" impairments and
thus write-downs of $719k were taken during the third quarter 2010. The balance
sheet of the Company is obviously affected by these investment write-downs as
well as the continuing operating losses mentioned above.
The continued operation of the company, with its complex corporate structure,
has been consuming valuable corporate cash. Our current corporate structure is
expensive, very complex and inappropriate for a company of our size. We believe
that a move to eliminate that structure is now appropriate. As a consequence,
the Company is seeking shareholder approval at an EGM to be held on November 23,
2010 to wind up the Company and distribute its assets to shareholders in
accordance with their ownership in the Company. The Company's Board of Directors
unanimously determined that the winding up of the Company is in the best
interests of the shareholders.
On July 30, 2010, shareholders approved a resolution to hold up to
25% of its ordinary shares as treasury shares and a resolution to repurchase up
to 9,600,000 shares on the LSE at a price not more than 10% above, nor 10% below
the average middle market quotation for the five business days before a purchase
is made. No such repurchases have been made.
Robert A. Cornman
Berkeley International Capital Corporation
rcornman@berkeleyvc.com
415.249.0510
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