** End of lock-up period for SQL'S remaining 20 pct stake inSSP could present rare entry point for well-liked stock
** Swedish private equity co able to exit its residualholding in the retail chain on Apr. 23, sold 17 pct stake in coon Jan. 23 though Goldman and Morgan Stanley. Link: http://bit.ly/1DDLRfi
** Previous placing made up c. 150x average daily volume onan otherwise thinly-traded FTSE 250 stock
** Popular holding with blue-chip asset managers: OldMutual, Artemis, Blackrock, Schroders and JPM all top tenshareholders
** 14 pct pop in shares since last placing (in contrast toQ1 disappointments in Sports Direct, Imagination Tech and Poundland ) likely to attract more buyers,according to a trader at a leading investment bank
** Consensus long on the sell-side: ten "buy", 3 "hold, 0"sell"
** Co could launch div payments on May 21 (average analystpredicts FY2015 div of 1.4 pct according to Thomson Reutersdata), already owned by Old Mutual income fund
(RM: alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
