well I don’t blame any company who considers delisting. why wouldn’t you? Sure there is no life left in the ISE. Returns are minimal. on the other hand the FTSE and DAX index are more liquid and have many more investors than the ISE. A drop from 10000 plus points during the boom to 2500 in the recession and now little over 3000. like come on is this all we have grown in 4 years.?

I think ye should do an explainer on the ise and ftse.

simon its funny you mention the word recession. u know DowJOnes ,S&P and dax were also affected by recession. nikkei was affected by an earthquake .yet they managed to grew. Dow Jones went to low as 7900 points, how is it back up to 13000 points in the same period of time. there is a huge difference between 5000 point increase as compare to only few hundred. its not the fear that Ireland will leave euro zone. its the fact that investing in Ireland will get you no where. no liquidity in the stock market. no consumer confidence among the public. etc etc. the word recession is used to hide our own wrongdoings of the past.

This Company has had a colourless performance under its present Chief Executive and he’s now trying to lay the blame on someone or something other than himself. Their successive investments outside Ireland have not yielded the results required and the domestic Pharmaceutical Wholesale business is shrinking at an alarming rate. Market share no longer tells us anything unless we analyse values and unit pricing. Methinks the Company need a new Direction.

I’m doubting their claim that they are delisting because there are more international investors on the FTSE. If a company can produce good returns then investors will find them no matter where they are.

My guess is that they’re delisting because they believe Ireland will get kicked out of the euro. Given that some of Wall Streets biggest hedge funds have billion dollar bets on that event occurring they have probably made the right decision.