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Mary , based on your dlg av price comparisons

It would take a significant holding to warrant selling at close to 275 and buying at even the lowest av price of 460p. A scenario that is unlikely to happen in short order,

For smaller holdings selling as close to 275p and choosing one of unlimited other stocks would be better, or holding cash or spending it.

I’m not convinced holding at waiting for the deal to go through is necessarily the best idea , unless you think aviva is the best purchase of shares at the time

I also do not think a bid will come from a competitor as I find it hard to believe a uk player can out muscle aviva or that a foreign bidder can compete on price due to lack of synergy. If Ageas could have they would have increased at the time, way before aviva was ready to. They won’t now.

How do I time my 50% sale? All of mine is in isa anyway

How do we decide whether to sell our shares or just allow it to go through?

No it’s 275!!!!!! I’m made up with that!!!

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I have 13% of my portfolio in a combination of aviva lgen dlg , also have 6% in phnx , so wasn’t keen to go further in Aviva, altho wish I had when I was buying at 420p

Ok I’ll consider it.

What do you think of avivas current share price? A buy hold or sell?

Also here’s another article I didn’t see posted as archive here

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/energy/article/aviva-raises-offer-to-buy-direct-line-kwp3793r5

Can’t say I believe that revised article, but happy to be proved wrong, I guess. Altho I wanted 270p.

I do think this will be wrapped up by Xmas tho

Mary if this deal goes through should we sell or take the cash and shares? The av price is higher than it was and already own a lot of av.

I’m thinking sell eventually and buy BP while they’re down?

Anyone other than Mary also welcome to give their opinions on my thinking

Wish I had 72,000 here, £15k a year dividend would be lovely

Aviva will have dlg purchase wrapped up before Xmas. Basically 261p gets them to the table.

They were after 10% more on the 250p so 275p.

Aviva basically wants to get this done for anything under 275. 261p gives them room to make a further offer at the table of 270p and get it done for less than a 10% increase.

This will go through at either 270 or 275p.

Lily savage , bt already have the offices and are taking over leases from others office spaces such as admiral in strategy locations. Marketed as great modern offices in comparison to the original old buildings. However they are designed to target higher grade employees on old contracts, move and travel or leave. Many leave.

Over time some leases won’t be renewed and offices will be further consolidated , and people will again be given a choice to move or leave. So the offices and the move from WFH to hybrid will continually chip away at staff numbers . Saving money not costing.

As for morale. No one cares. Watered down protections and a weak cwu mean management can motivate for productivity despite morale.

Think of how customer service used to be paramount at luxury brands such as car makers, where that’s disappeared and been replaced with penny pinching and gouging on extras and repairs. Same with morale, no need to pander anymore as employees have limited alternatives for good paying jobs. Do the work or do one.

So you’re way off the mark yet again. Deramper.

I’ve got about 10 Times more money in Bt than here, 50% of the Bt buys were earlier this year 104-115p

Unless the share price rockets I’m not a seller. I want the dividends. So the change in sp today does not much

Savage has bored people on multiple boards. He’s already a laughing stock on a few after a short career in shares. EasyJet for example.

I say career , those are almost his words not mine. Such is his ego. Buys the bottom sells the top , 60% of the time it works every time.

Opened 70p 🤣

The ransom ware outfit are called black basta

Avocet you ate more fond of lily savage than I am. He’s following me round the bb investing in all my stock pics , he’s a very bad lingering fart like smell

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I don’t know if I prefer handyphilips or Davidmandy