Sterling Energy is well named. The UK-based oil and gas company is so energetic it is hyperactive. Graeme Thomson, the finance director, says: "You've got to expect the unexpected with us. Historically, we've not sat on our haunches."
No kidding. Having listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2002 with a market capitalisation of just £7m (€10m), the company embarked on a £40m takeover in one of the few hostile transactions on Aim.
