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Imagine the role of DSM.
The company as a whole continues to show high regard for Fruitflow, and still consider it a novel health benefit. When they have been asked if they are confident at AGM's, they have always given direct and positive answers according to attendees. So, their sales force is tasked with maintaining Fruitflow as a proposal to brands large and small. Of the brands who express an interest, DSM start to collaborate with at a technical level, each brand wanting to do due diligence rather than accept DSM's marketing claims, as they should. One would imagine that brands are doing the same for many other products under consideration. Once that is satisfied, it is back to marketing to ask the top level execs for a decision to launch. and there lies the imponderable IMHO. If brand A is asked for a decision, and been told "Not at this time, because of x,y or z" how much time must elapse before the conversation can be broached again?
In my business, I get sales people who become too persistent, at which point they become yet another victim of the Law of Unintended Consequences. the achieve the opposite of what the desire because they have become annoying. So DSM have to tread a careful course, maintaining contact and goodwill with the brand, feeding through snippets of news such as the further health claims that have been patented for example. Only after a reasonable period could they seek to have Fruitflow reconsidered by the brand.
Those who bought in long before it was known that Fruitflow could even be commercialised, writing their own script for how things progressed, then measuring the company against that arbitrary target, were wrong.
The agreement with DSM hasn't got too much longer to run. Perhaps there may be some stimulus to act triggered by that fact, perhaps the terms of the agreement will be changed.
Confidentiality clauses ensure that the market will be told after rather than before the event.
All a matter of judgement. For myself, I have never pretended to know the timescale, which leaves me less upset than those who made up their own and measure the company against it.
There is no marketing role for anyone at Provexis other than support for Fruitflow +Omega3, and that is strangled by finance constraints, perhaps even more so now.
I stress, anyone can decide to walk towards, or away from a share at the click of a keyboard. Those who decide to stay whilst doing their utmost to destroy sentiment are an annoyance to those who hold far more shares, having made the judgement to wait things out. I'm not particularly talking about myself in saying that, there are quite a lot of much larger holders than me, though they comment little or not at all. Sentiment does matter, constant sniping based on biased assumptions are only vindictive, serving no other purpose other than to make the writer feel important.
The Chinese say that a fish rots from the head down. Your post is full of self-importance.I'm not important. Just a concerned shareholder wondering why a great product is not being hailed from the rooftops. I'll let you know if I get a response from the Company because I know you love to read my posts....... judging by the speed you respond to them!!
Sentiment does matter, constant sniping based on biased assumptions are only vindictive, serving no other purpose other than to make the writer feel important.
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What a load of time wasting waffle Alfista , these BBs are for people to share views, because my view doesn't suit you you have to go low and paint me self important , I am in reality a very disappointed investor who was verbally encouraged by IF to buy in to the OO at 2p years ago , you are now filtered as you are a time waster who has rose tinted specs.
I think alfista is Dragon , same old grind with a millstone mentality , you do not have to over think this zoom out and see what else is happening and FF looks how the market is finding it , not attractive. Buy as many shares as you like as no one wants them.
If you think that, you are away with the fairies.
My posting history goes back the January 09, when I was congratulating myself for buying bank shares for pennies. there's a sporting chance that history may repeat itself there, but with lower chance of the quick bounce that happened back then.
Bella. the speculations posted by you, Asshur, Dragon et al, were optimistic in the extreme, but not necessarily misleading. the point was that they were launched when the market cap was already quite high for the stage of progress. Someone may indeed have picked up, and ran with, Fruitflow in a very large way, it was a valid speculation. Of course it was a marketing failure that none did, only DSM know the reason. We all saw the strongest possible signal from the company that the sp had got way ahead of itself, so waiting before adding more, or indeed selling up, was a valid course of action. The mistaken ones, IMHO, were the ones who bought, possibly just the once, and probably off the back of that hype, despite the relatively high market cap, expecting further rapid rises. I just don't think they assessed the risk level correctly.
There have been very low lows. although commercialisation had moved on several steps, but the stubborn ones wanted to punish the company by claiming it was unbuyable. They were wrong.
I never have, and never will, tell others what they should do. What I detest is carping after the event. Shares are freely traded, anyone can come or go as they please, but are always a personal choice.
I don’t really care about the past, it’s the future that matters. Thx to gixer we all have some inkling of what IF is keeping from us. I’m looking forward to the next few months.
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Why do you think he's keeping things from us?
Why ? As we have never seen a plan or budget the reason for the news blackout is anyone’s guess
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Something will have to be said if more funds are needed as predicted in the last report.
Delusional.
Funding has been achieved through the market on several occasions. Looking at the price they paid, they sit comfortably.
Alternatively, you need to get yourself in a position to have influence. So get yourself up to a notifiable holding, get together with other significant holders that share your view, and take action.
The Law of Unintended Consequences would instantly kick in, because the really significant holders would be out of the door like a shot.
Foot, aim, fire!
They are just trapped like everyone else!
The filtering going well is it?
Barmy logic. Fundings in .30/.40 range, trapped in?
If you have problems reading logic, get some tuition.
Or become a Labour spokeman
I haven't got anyone on filter. That would be no fun. I like to read all contributions however outlandish!
No, you're right, it was the other one that was on yesterday talking himself in to knots.
Stand corrected on that one.
I look forward to the notification of interest RNS as you build your power base to carry out your threats. Otherwise they are just idle keyboard warrior stuff. Futile. I thought Percy was the coup de tat leader. must've retired
By me posting this, I'm contradicting myself but I will let you have the final word. Try and relax and enjoy the evening sun. At least the usually empty BB has been a bit more lively than usual over the last few days!