Expert Witness Investments

Europol Interntional PLC

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:37:06 +0000

I haven’t clue what any of this means

First read this >> http://boards.fool.co.uk/Message.asp?mid=10398257&sort=postdate

Then this is on the official Website.

Europol International plc

Statement issued at Annual General Meeting

It has come to the attention of the Board of Europol that one of the shareholders of Europol wishes to sell some or all of its shareholding and has to this end put out a document as an Offer for Sale of shares in Europol to prospective purchasers.

None of the directors of Europol has seen this document nor approved or verified any part of it. Europol International plc is not currently issuing new shares. It would however appear from the website of the issuing stockbroker, St. Paul ’s Equities Ltd., that these shares are being marketed as a pre IPO offer.

The Board of Europol wishes to make it clear that at the present time it has no intention of seeking a quotation for the Company’s shares on PLUS or any other Stock Exchange.

Issued by the Board of Directors of Europol International plc

23 October, 2008

NUFCOR URANIUM (NU.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:23:01 +0000

Holding and lending uranium oxide concentrates and uranium hexafluoride, with the primary investment objective of achieving capital appreciation in the value of its uranium holdings

BARCLAYS (BARC.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:20:41 +0000

Web Site: www.barclays.com

DETAILS

Index Membership:	N/A
Sector:	Finance
Industry:	Bank
Full Time Employees:	74,800

BUSINESS SUMMARY

Barclays PLC, the banking eagleThe eagle is its lucky emblem. The English banking group, Barclays, often casts its beady and observant eye over the services offered to customers. And such an attitude pays off. Proof of this is the fact that it ranks third amongst the great British banking institutions, just behind HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland.It is also strongly represented at international level, established in about sixty countries, through 2,100 branches. Its activities are centered around credit cards, property loans, factoring and leasing.The group’s main activities concentrate on five sectors:Personal Finance Services focuses on life assurance, savings, retirement pensions and property loans for private individuals.Business Banking & Services handles services for English or other banking institutions.Online Banking & Services offers a range of banking services available over the Internet.Investment Banking handles the bank’s investment and trading activities in capital markets across the world.Finally, Barclays Global Investors provides asset management for institutional investors.

EAGA (EAGA.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:15:30 +0000

eaga PLC provides energy efficient solutions. The Company offers services, products and solutions that address the social, environmental and energy efficiency objectives of Government and the private sector throughout the United Kingdom, as well as in North America, India and the Republic of Ireland.

UK COAL (UKC.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:13:07 +0000

UK Coal plc is a mining company. The Company’s activities include opencast and underground coal mining, contract coal washing, coal tip washing, land reclamation and plant operations.

TESCO PLC (TSCO.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:10:06 +0000

Web Site: www.tesco.com

DETAILS

Index Membership:	N/A
Sector:	Distribution
Industry:	Mass market distribution
Full Time Employees:	270,800

BUSINESS SUMMARY

Tesco – the leading supermarket in Britain With small grocery stores under the Tesco Metro brand name, big supermarkets outside cities (Tesco Extra) and 24-hour stores, the British Group, Tesco, is the king of supermarkets in Britain. Apart from being the national leader in the food sector, it is proud of selling everything to satisfy all its customers’ needs – books, CD/DVD/mini-discs, hi-fi and household appliances, household equipment, flowers, wine, apparel the list goes on and on! With an eye to the future, Tesco has adapted to the rapid technological changes. It makes an astonishing profit from its on-line sales site – Tesco.com. Tesco Express also owns gas [petrol] stations and provides financial services: a joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland enables it to offer life insurance and general insurance (home, car, pet, travel), credit cards and advantageous loan and savings schemes. With almost 900 stores in all, today Tesco is a global player. It is well established in Ireland, Central Europe (Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic) and Asia (Thailand and South Korea). A hold which has, once more, increased on the British territory, thanks to the takeover of its competitor T & S Stores in January 2003.

MORRISON SUPERMKTS (MRW.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:08:28 +0000

Web Site: www.morrisons.plc.uk

DETAILS

Index Membership:	N/A
Sector:	Distribution
Industry:	Mass market distribution
Full Time Employees:	46,778

BUSINESS SUMMARY

Morrison Supermarket quality and variety before anything else. With more than 119 supermarkets in the UK, and around 43, 000 employees, the Morrison Supermarket Group specializes in supermarket distribution, offering only quality products and increasing diversity. Food products, music and video, beauty and health you can get anything there. And most sites have gas stations. It has eight departments/products in all: Market Street sells a whole range of fresh products: Fish Monger sells fish, directly from fishing ports. Oven Fresh offers a range of fresh ready-made dishes and Fresh Pizzas a wide variety of take-out pizzas. Salads and Sandwiches is a sort of self-service, for an off-the-cuff lunch. Then there is Family Butcher for meats, savory and sweet tarts from The Pie Shop and cakes, breads and Danish pastries from Family Bake. A quality offer which should increase even more, for the British group just throw a friendly tender offer on its colleague Safeway, the owner of more than 500 supermarkets in Great-Britain.

Unilever plc (UL)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:06:54 +0000

Web Site: http://www.unilever.com

DETAILS

Index Membership:	N/A
Sector:	Consumer Goods
Industry:	Processed & Packaged Goods
Full Time Employees:	174,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY

Unilever PLC, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and supply of fast moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories in Western Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Central and Eastern Europe. The company offers soups, bouillons, sauces, snacks, mayonnaise, salad dressings, olive oil, margarines, spreads, and frozen foods, as well as cooking products, such as liquid margarines under Knorr, Hellmanns, Becel/Flora, Rama/Blue Band, Calve, WishBone, Amora, Ragu, and Bertolli brands. It also provides ice creams under the international Heart brand, including Cornetto, Magnum, Carte dOr and Solero, Walls, Kibon, Algida, Ola, Ben & Jerrys, Breyers, Klondike, and Popsicle brands; tea-based beverages under Lipton, Brooke Bond, and PG Tips brands; weight management products under Slim Fast brand; nutritionally enhanced products under Annapurna and AdeS brands; and personal care products, including deodorants, skin care, and hair care products under Dove, Lux, Rexona, Sunsilk, Axe/Lynx, Ponds, Suave, Clear, Lifebuoy, and Vaseline brands, as well as oral care products under Signal and Close Up brands. In addition, Unilever provides laundry products, such as tablets, powders, liquids, and soap bars under Omo, Surf, Comfort, Radiant, and Skip brands; and household care products, including surface cleaners and bleach under Cif, Domestos, and Sun/Sunlight brands. Additionally, the company offers solutions for professional chefs and caterers. It sells its products through sales force, independent brokers, agents, and distributors to chain, wholesale, co-operative, and independent grocery accounts; food service distributors and institutions; and a network of distribution centers, satellite warehouses, company-operated and public storage facilities, and depots. The company, formerly known as Lever Brothers Limited, was founded in 1885 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Unilever PLC is a subsidiary of The Unilever Group.

ASTRAZENECA (AZN.L)

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:59:07 +0000

Web Site: www.astrazeneca.com

DETAILS

Index Membership:	N/A
Sector:	Health
Industry:	Pharmaceuticals
Full Time Employees:	58,700

BUSINESS SUMMARY

AstraZeneca, eradicating certain diseasesIn 1999, the British company, Zeneca plc, and the Swedish company, Astra, merged to form AstraZeneca, one of the world leaders in the pharmaceutical industry. The British group finishes and sells various medicines to pharmacies and hospitals. It operates in seven major therapy fields: anesthesia, cardiology, gastroenterology, pneumology, oncology, neurology and infection.Manufactured by the group, products such as Zomig or Seroquel are used to treat problems associated with the nervous system (migraine, schizophrenia, epilepsy), while Atacand, for example, is used in the treatment of cardiovascular problems such as hypertension, and Nexium or Losec for gastrointestinal disorders such as ulcers…not to mention the fields of oncology (where Zoladex and Tumadex are used to treat bowel and prostrate cancers), anesthesia (where Diprivan and Xylocaine are used in surgery), and respiratory disorders (where asthma, for example, is treated with Pulmicort).AstraZeneca’s work does not, however, stop there. The group is also active in the non-pharmaceutical sector: its subsidiary Astra Tech finishes implants, dental implants for example, and various medical appliances.With more than 50,000 employees and its locations throughout the world (western and eastern Europe, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Asia) , AstraZeneca as a group makes a major contribution to the eradication of certain diseases, this on account of its excellent medicines, which are increasingly effective due to its sustained R&D (Research and Development) work.

The options for buying

alexcrossley — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:49:00 +0000

The options for us to look at are:

Nufcor

Barclays

EAGA

UK Coal

Tesco

WM Morrisons

Unilever

AstraZenica

Which bringsus up to a nice round 8.

If I forgot any, can you just update the list and send it out.

Cheers,

Mike