afc Stan Kroenke increases his stake to 28.9%

[TF S4DK]

Either he plans to buy it now.Or they got very worried/a tip off about Usmanov preparing to buy Bracewell-Smith shares.

[will h]

Just bought another 200 shares. Now at 29.9%. Only 0.09 before having to make a takeover bid.Interestingly a 100 of those shares were bought from PHW. So whatever he is upto, he must have the boards blessing.

[SaladFingers]

Bored of this now. May aswell just takeover next week

[TF S4DK]

The comments of Hill-Wood and then a sale by him contradict themselves, which in a way is nothing unusual. But it makes me thinks he gonna just sit at the threshold and jam now cos they found out Usmanov had planned a takeover and he wants to be in the strongest position possible.

[Heero Yuy]

Brought another 25 shares, 17 away now from takeover -SSN

[TF S4DK]

Russia's Usmanov seeks to raise Arsenal stakeMOSCOW - RUSSIAN billionaire Alisher Usmanov said Monday that he intended to raise his holding in Arsenal by acquiring an additional three per cent of the English football club's capital.Usmanov said he and his partners at Red and White Holdings currently held a 26.9 per cent stake in Arsenal but that they wanted to raise that share to 29.9 per cent to ensure they controlled what he termed a 'blocking stake'.Both Usmanov and the US tycoon Stan Korenke - who beside 29.98 per cent of Arsenal also owns the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the NHL's Colorado Avalanche - have been gradually building up their holdings in the north London giant.A mandatory takeover bid of Arsenal would be triggered if either owner controlled more than 30 per cent of the shares.Usmanov fanned the flames of the takeover speculation by saying that he could not rule out one day owning a larger share. But he said that his main goal now focused on a 'blocking stake'.'Today, we have 27 per cent,' the Interfax news agency quoted Usmanov as saying. 'Our objective is to bring that up to a blocking stake of 29.9 per cent.' -- AFP