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It’s been a strange ten days watching the goings on at Castleton Technology (CTP). From October 21st to October 28th the company’s share price over doubled, from a close of 1.05p to an intraday high of 2.3p. This was at 9.30am on Tuesday, immediately before the release of this RNS, in which the directors claimed to know of “no reason for such movement”. They then slightly contradicted themselves by going on to explain they were in discussions with potential acquisition targets, the results of which might result in a transaction “in the near future”, which would be funded by an equity funding. And lo, two days later the same board announced its plan to buy Documotive for £4million, together with a supporting £5.5million placement. If you thought this news would have smacked Castleton’s share price, well, you’d be right, but only just…
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