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[jetti]

schnell raus ,ziel 3,20

[boersenonkel2987]

eh jetti steigst dann aber ein oder
dann kann die aktie nicht so schlecht sein
viel glück für dich aber nur ein paar minuten

[greyhound_cc]

Dürfte mit dem aktl. Artikel der FT von heute zu tun haben...



Mein KZ: um die 2,00 EUR

Der Kurs wurde die Tage nur hochgezogen um grosse Mengen reinzudrücken!

Die wird bald fallengelassen!

Nur zum Zocken geeignet!

[candyman2]

wie war das letzte woche?
ab 12.30 uhr wird zurückgekauft, gell.

[boersenonkel2987]

heute dominieren die bären bin gestern zu 3,71 raus heute zu 3,50 wieder rein war vielleicht ein bisschen früh
aber egal ich warte auf die erlösende Nachricht aber wann die kommt weiss halt niemand

[kyron7htx]

3.2x kommt

[primas]

Der Tag wird mit 30% minus enden.

Ich habs in der Nase

[kyron7htx]

3.1x kommt

[greyhound_cc]

..3,50 zu früh???

Du wirst um die 3,00 progressiv verbilligen müssen und hoffen das sie nochmal auf 3,20 steigt!

UND ..zum Thema Neuigkeiten....wenn das was in der FT steht stimmt....wir mit Sicherheit nochmal und so einiges zu Tage treten und korrigiert werden.

[jetti]

trendbruch !!!!!! es geht jetzt leider zum alten tief

[Dorsten]

..es werden nur " wenige Aktien " gehandelt / ca. 400000 Stück.
Gehen nur die ziettrigen Hände raus ?

[Mark D.]

#7:
du kannst das koksen auch nicht lassen.

[sabacca]

AMSTERDAM, March 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal grand jury has issued subpoenas for internal documents at global supermarkets group Ahold, which is under investigation for accounting irregularities, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.

Citing an Ahold internal memo, the FT said the subpoenas related to "documents covering virtually all parts of (Ahold`s) business" and were part of a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice.

An Ahold spokeswoman in The Netherlands declined immediate comment on the FT report.

Ahold, the world`s third-biggest supermarkets and food-service group, shocked markets last Monday by revealing accounting irregularities at its key U.S. Foodservice division. The company`s chief executive and chief financial officer resigned when the scandal was revealed.

Ahold -- the owner of U.S. grocery chains Giant, Bi-Lo and Stop & Shop, is conducting its own forensic probe into its accounting but both the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Justice Department are also investigating.

Dutch market regulators are also investigating whether Ahold made sensitive information publicly available fast enough.


INTERNAL DOCUMENTS

"A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas for a wide range of internal Ahold documents going back to January 1, 1999 -- two years before the company said it had evidence of accounting irregularities," the FT reported.

"The documents include those relating to promotional allowances at U.S. Foodservice... They also relate to Ahold`s financial statements, audits, financial projections and budgeting, board meetings, personnel issues and the resignation of its top two executives...," the FT said.

Ahold has said it overstated earnings by more than $500 million since 2001 because of so-called vendor allowances. Ahold is the latest supermarket company to come under scrutiny for taking money from suppliers to promote their products.

The group`s revelations hammered its stocks and bonds. Ahold`s shares have lost about 65 percent of their value since the start of last week and were last trading 4.7 percent lower at 3.43 euros -- their lowest in about 15 years.

Ahold`s 5.875 percent euro bond due March 2012 was bid at 72 percent of face value -- 24 points lower than before the irregularities were announced, indicating that bondholders have less faith in the company`s ability to survive intact.


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[SPEKULANTKAUFT]

DA KREIST DER PLEITEGEIER!!!!

[jetti]

gleich ist die 2.. da

[greyhound_cc]

wie ich schon sagte...KZ...kurz 2 EUR!

MILLIONENKLAGEN lt. FT stehen an!!!!

[Mannerl]

hat jemand die Aktie bei 30 - 40 Euro gekauft?
Ist da jemand da der sich outet?


MFG

[greyhound_cc]

n´jet!

Ick nich!

[greyhound_cc]

Updates share, adds comment from ICA Ahold)

By Otti Thomas and Peter Starck

AMSTERDAM/STOCKHOLM, March 10 (Reuters) - Shares in Ahold , the world`s second-largest retailer, took a fresh battering on Monday on unconfirmed reports it knew of accounting irregularities at its U.S. Foodservice unit as early as 2001. Ahold stock, which has lost over 70 percent of its value since the scandal broke on February 24, fell 10.4 percent in Amsterdam by 1305 GMT to trade at 2.68 euros. At its heyday in July 2001, the company was worth 14 times as much.

"Investors find that rumours are enough to massively sell the share," a trader at Eureffect said.

The Financial Times on Monday quoted allegations from an anonymous "former top executive" that Foodservice Chief Financial Officer Ernie Smith had left the company just three months into the job because he was uncomfortable with the division`s accounting. Smith declined comment, the paper said.

Anonymous e-mails containing similar accusations have been sent to other financial media, including Reuters. Ahold was not able to comment immediately on the report.

Ahold is being investigated by U.S. and Dutch authorities after it revealed it had overstated profits at its key U.S. Foodservices unit by more than $500 million since 2001. The company is also conducting a far-reaching internal probe.


ICA AHOLD BRIGHT SPOT

It was not all bad news on Monday for the supermarkets group, which dominates the Dutch grocery market, operates the Stop & Shop and Giant chains on the U.S. eastern seaboard, and is the second-largest foodservice operator in the U.S.

Sweden`s ICA Ahold AB, which is 50 percent-owned by the beleaguered group, also reported record sales and profits and said it was unaffected by the accounting scandal.

"ICA Ahold`s operations, profit and financial position are not affected by the events in Royal Ahold," ICA said in a statement. "The partnership and joint projects with Royal Ahold continue."

ICA Ahold is one of the assets that retail industry analysts believe Ahold may sell as it struggles to reduce its debt burden of more than 12 billion euros ($13.3 billion).

Britain`s Tesco and French Carrefour have been mentioned among possible buyers, but ICA Ahold Chairman Claes-Goran Sylven said he didn`t think his group was a key candidate for disposal.

"We don`t think that ICA Ahold is at the top of Ahold`s for-sale list, if there is one. We are the Ahold unit that generates the best return," Sylven told Reuters on the sidelines of a news conference.

ICA Chief Executive Kenneth Bengtsson declined to give any specific comments on speculation about ICA`s future in the light of Ahold`s current difficulties.

"We feel safe and secure, although Royal Ahold may be financially weak for some time to come," Bengtsson said.

Ahold`s chief executive and chief financial officer resigned when the irregularities came to light last month.

[greyhound_cc]

Die Analysten des Investmenthauses Merrill Lynch stufen die Aktie des niederländischen Einzelhändlers Ahold unverändert mit „Neutral“ ein.
So habe das Unternehmen nun bestätigt, dass es den Zugang zu dem in der letzten Woche genannten Kredit bekommen werde. Insgesamt seien 1,885 Mrd. Euro betroffen. Diese Summe sei vergleichbar mit den 1,5 Mrd. Euro von letzter Woche, die als Schulden in 2003 und 2004 genannt worden seien. Die Analysten gehen weiterhin davon aus, dass sich die Ahold mit diesem Kredit selbst kaufen könne. So werde das Unternehmen überleben und auch den Wert von 3 Euro wieder übersteigen.

Der Gewinn je Aktie werde für 2002 bei 1,17 Euro und für 2003 bei 1,08 Euro gesehen. Auf dem aktuellen Kursniveau von 3,25 werde der Titel mit einem 2003er KGV von 3,02 bewertet. Auf Basis des Sum-of-the-party-Verfahrens biete sich je nach Situation ein Wert von 3 Euro oder 10 Euro.

[Mannerl]

na das ist doch eine gute Nachricht oder?

[Alfgolf]

JJJAAAAAAAA das hört sich gut an .........


trotzdem fällt der Kurs ???????

[Benny1980]

Und warum fällt der Kurs??

Weil diese Nachricht schon am Freitag kam und die Kurse da schon gestiegen sind.

Wer stellt denn eine so alte nachricht heute noch hier rein???????

[greyhound_cc]

...nun jetzt heisst es kaufen..oder???

Neuer CFO bestellt...

Der wird das bereinigen..und AHOLD zurück zu alter Stärke führen, AHOLD´s Tochter MELDET REKORDUMSÄTZE und gehört lt. FT heute nicht zu den Verkaufskanditaten!

[rudi&marion]

Ahold USA Seeks to Reassure Suppliers
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The loading docks at the U.S. Foodservice warehouse in Severn, Md. (File Photo/ Michael Dibari Jr. For The Washington Post)

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• Royal Ahold
• U.S. Foodservice

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• Corporate Scandals: An interactive primer on the scandals that have rocked the business world, including their impact on investors, profiles of key players and photo galleries of milestone events.


By Dina ElBoghdady and Brooke A. Masters
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, March 11, 2003; Page E01


Ahold USA Inc., the parent company of Giant Food Inc. and five other U.S. supermarket chains, has mounted a campaign to reassure suppliers and customers in the wake of a major accounting scandal at parent company Royal Ahold NV.

Since the Dutch parent company announced it had overstated earnings by at least $500 million in the past two years, a small number of suppliers that do business with Ahold`s U.S. grocery chains have asked for changes in their payment plans, said Barry Scher, Ahold USA`s vice president of public affairs.

Ahold USA has sent a letter to its vendors that may be worried about fallout from the scandal and has told store managers to answer any concerns of shoppers.

"The letter was sent to our vendors because we wanted to be proactive, to keep them in the loop," Scher said. "Out of thousands of vendors, only a handful have called us back to address the terms of their payment" even though the grocery store chains have not been implicated in Ahold`s problems.

The bulk of the problems had to do with "irregularities" at another U.S. subsidiary, U.S. Foodservice Inc., a wholesale food distributor based in Columbia. Last month, Royal Ahold cited irregularities in the way that subsidiary accounted for bonuses it got from its suppliers.

U.S. Foodservice distributes food from those suppliers to restaurants, schools and other institutions. It does not do business with grocery stores. But at least a few vendors are worried that the problems can spill over into the supermarket side of the business.

In a letter to suppliers dated Feb. 28, William J. Grize, president and chief executive of Chantilly-based Ahold USA, tried to calm those fears about the retailers, including Giant Food of Landover; Giant Food Stores of Carlisle, Pa.; Stop & Shop Supermarket Cos.; Bi-Lo; Bruno`s Supermarkets Inc.; Tops Markets; and Internet grocer Peapod Inc.

"Royal Ahold as a whole, and Ahold USA Retail specifically, are strong cash generators," Grize wrote. "No irregularities were found at Ahold USA Retail, and no changes have taken place in the Ahold USA Retail management team."

In closing, Grize said that the retail side of the business was "surprised" and concerned by the accounting problems. "However we believe that they present only short-term challenges," he wrote.

Last week, Royal Ahold obtained a vital new bank loan but had to pledge as collateral its highly prized chains, including Giant Food, the Washington area`s dominant supermarket chain. But Gary Giblen, an analyst with CL King & Associates in New York, said Royal Ahold would be loath to let go of Giant. The parent company is more likely to stop expansion at other chains, sell off its weaker units, or raise food prices if it needs quick cash.

"To sell Giant would be tantamount to dismembering the whole company," Giblen said. "If you ever see Giant put up for sale, you know Ahold is being liquidated. It would take the ultimate level of distress for that to happen."

In the Washington-Baltimore region, Giant has captured 40 percent market share, with 162 stores generating $4.63 billion in annual sales through March 31, according to the trade publication Food World. Its largest competitor, Safeway, has captured 21 percent of the market.

Jeff Tryka, an analyst who follows the grocery business for Delafield Hambrecht in Seattle, said vendors are not likely to turn away from Giant Food and other Ahold stores because the chains are entrenched along the Eastern Seaboard.

In the first three quarters of 2002, Ahold USA had sales of $20 billion, less than the $39 billion for Kroger Co. and $48 billion in grocery sales for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., but huge nonetheless.

"Vendors might be a little more cautious and they won`t be as willing to let accounts go unpaid," Tryka said. "Maybe they`ll say you have to pay in 30 days . . . but they won`t stop selling to" the chains.

Stop & Shop is moving ahead with plans to open 20 to 25 new or replacement stores this year, said Faith Weiner, director of public and government affairs. The Quincy Mass.-based chain has asked store managers and customer service officials at its 335 stores to spend extra time on the retail floor listening to and reassuring customers, she said.

"We`ve talked to our vendors, we`ve talked to our real estate partners and we`ve talked to our [sales] associates. . . . We tell them that Stop & Shop stores are healthy and cash generators," Weiner said.

In the Netherlands, Michiel Meurs, ousted as Royal Ahold`s chief financial officer, resigned yesterday from an unrelated corporate post at a Dutch financial services company. Meurs, who resigned from Ahold last month when the accounting scandal became public, had been a member of the supervisory board of Van der Hoop Effektenbank NV since 1996.

© 2003 The Washington Post Company

[greyhound_cc]

Frankfurt (awp 25/vwd) - Ahold muss entweder zerschlagen werden oder Bereiche veräussern, um die Schulden zu senken, urteilt Merrill Lynch. Der Cashflow sei unzureichend, um die bis 2005 fälligen Verbindlichkeiten von fünf Mrd EUR abzulösen. Die einzelnen Sparten dürften unter einem Investitionsstau leiden. Die angemessene Sum-of-Parts-Bewertung liege bei zehn EUR je Aktie, eine pessimistische Schätzung komme allerdings nur auf zwei bis drei EUR je Aktie.