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Down 4% 266.00 do me fine, good luck

The next milestone is the Eurogroup meeting on May 11, which will come just one day before Greece faces a payment of 780 million euros to the IMF. If they default , i think the markets are in for a big tumble , as you know markets don't like uncertainty , nothing against Labour but i not to sure about this lot, That's why i stated IT'S BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW THAN THE ONE YOU DON'T.

steeltrader, ref, labour getting into power, Its better the devil you know than the one you don't, GVC up 4p at moment , and what troubles me is GREASE , could create a big drop in markets if they can,t pay their interest payment, even though GVC are a good long term buy , i suggest waiting and see what happens, or buy in on a drop around 4.44 their is about a 5 p spred good luck .

dated 26th MARCH 2015 GVC said Monday it had tripled pre-tax profit in 2014 to €41.3 million and clean cash profit, which strips out any non-operational items, soared by 28% to a record €49.2 million. It said the new year had started well, too. However, the company also handed back over two-thirds of profit to shareholders via dividends and currently ranks among the best dividend payers on the market. They offer a prospective yield of 8.8% and the shares still trade on a modest forward price/earnings (P/E) multiple of 8. No wonder chief executive Kenny Alexander spent almost £100,000 on 21,740 shares at 459.9p each on the day of the results. He now owns over 422,000 worth almost £2 million. CFO Richard Cooper's wife followed suit with a 10,000-share purchase at a fraction less, costing almost £50,000. Cooper and his wife now hold 336,667 in total. A day later, chairman Lee Feldman paid 459p a share for 12,500 shares, taking his stake to over 135,000

yield 8.61% no stamp duty low price at moment was £4.80+ in February last director bought in 24/3/15 at £4.599 revenue 31/12/14 £224.8m profit £40.56m looks pretty good to me

Thanks for asking L&B iTS a long story, last sept. decided on a change of tactics, buy into a good company with prospects of a recovery yes STAN was the man, only problem was did not have the experience to see i was on a slippery slope ,down went the price 12.00 to 11.98 bought some more, 9.82 bought some more,9.35 bought some more,9.38 bought some more, sold all 6557 of them for 10.40 and bought back in the next day at 10.24, 9.93 bought some more its been a trying time trying to break even, and i promised myself if ever the b/e was reached i would call it a day for the only reason i had to much money invested in one stock, holding 6768 shares, so after the latest jump on 18th of this month i thought i caught it at the top and sold out at 10.28 don't laugh i had no idea the share price would go as high as it did, so there you have it . shaken at times being as much as 20g down. with my dividend i mite be up about £1000 , so what have i learnt, 1. don't stick all your eggs in one basket.2. lots of research before buying,3. think hard before pressing the sell/buy button . my new plan is , hold my money in cash and weight for the next big drop. could be a correction/sell off or even a crash which has been suggested as could happen at any time , being things are getting over priced, so i am making a list of what to buy, and updating it weekly, i still think STAN is a good long term buy, but the price mite retreat to below 10.00 in the next few months. this is only my, no always right opinion. good luck all.

yes the price at this moment is £ 1,028.00 and could well drop back to around £10.00 this is only my guess. so the option is sell high now and buy back in at a lower price, last time i done this i gained 61 shares in the process and bearing in mind the forthcoming election , if labour get in ? i reckon the market mite fall back ? so its take your pick time STICK ,SELL&BUY BACK IN , SELL AND HOLD OFF UNTIL THE G.ELECTION, GOOD LUCK TO ALL , ps this is only suggestions ,

Standard Chartered is seen as a major turnaround story, its forecast performance shows that its outlook is actually rather positive. Certainly, its share price could be somewhat volatile as a new management team makes the changes necessary to push its bottom line to even higher heights but, with it having a top notch yield at the present time, strong growth potential and a very appealing valuation, Standard Chartered seems to be a ‘screaming buy’ right now. As such, and while Lloyds is also a very appealing stock, if you had to choose one or the other then Standard Chartered appears to be the favoured choice for the long term. re the fool b6, at this price i only wish i had some extra cash , FACTS very low risk of rights issue, Holding Dividend ,selling off the loss making bits , investing in the right bits, looking after the shareholders in downturn times. going in the right direction, reminds me of that song, The only way is up Baby for you and me now or even us.g luck

Market Notice 2 December 2013 N14/13 Introduction of T+2 standard settlement period 1 Introduction 1. Further to the press release issued by Euroclear UK & Ireland earlier today, which announced the shortening of the standard settlement cycle for the Irish and UK capital markets from T+3 (trade date plus three business days) to T+2 (trade date plus two business days) from 6 October 2014, this Notice provides information regarding the impact on the Exchange’s markets/trading services. Background 2. The standard settlement period is being shortened in accordance with the Central Securities Depository Regulation (“CSDR”) which aims to harmonise EU securities settlement cycles. The Exchange is implementing this change in conjunction with other UK trading venues to facilitate a smooth transition. Other European markets will also be announcing their plans on implementing the T+2 settlement cycle. Rules of the London Stock Exchange (“the Rules”) 3. No rule amendments are required for the implementation of T+2 settlement, however, the Millennium Exchange Business Parameters document (which can be accessed from www.lseg.com/tradingservices ) will be updated to reflect the change to standard settlement (as defined in the Rules (Rule 5010)). Standard settlement from 6 October 2014 will be as follows for trading on the Exchange’s markets/trading services. Where standard settlement is currently T+3 it will become T+2 for: - SETS - SETSqx (with or without market makers) - SEAQ (including fixed interest) - Trade Reporting Only (including fixed interest) - International Order Book - Order book for Retail Bonds (ORB) (Corporates) Standard settlement will remain T+1 for: - Gilts (including Gilts trading on ORB) - Rights Issue executions both on and off order book for securities that would otherwise settle on T+2 above Market Notice 2 December 2013 2 Standard settlement will remain T+3 for: - International Board (reflecting standard settlement for the securities’ home market) 4. Rule 5011 continues to allow member firms to agree an alternative settlement due date of no more than 20 business days after trade date for on Exchange trades. Settlement of trades in European Quoting Service and European Trade Reporting service securities should be agreed by counterparties under this Rule. Rule 5011 will be reviewed in light of the final CSDR text. Ex Dividend Regime 5. As a result of the move to T+2 settlement market participants are also reminded that Ex Dividend dates will move to Thursdays with Record dates remaining as Fridays. These changes will not apply to the Ex Dividend arrangements in place for Gilts. An updated Dividend Procedure Timetable for 2014 will be issued shortly. Transitional arrangements where standard settlement is moving from T+3 to T+2 6. Standard Settlement dates for trades subject to the transition to T+2 during the period Thursday 2 October and

Standard Chartered has a price to book (P/B) ratio of just 0.8 and this means that even if its share price were to rise by 25%, it would still only be trading at net asset value. As such, it appears to offer an exceptionally wide margin of safety, which indicates that even if there is a significant volume of bad news to come, Standard Chartered could still prove to be an excellent buy at the present time.

2014 FINAL DIVIDEND TIMETABLE KEY DATES Announcement Date Wednesday 4 March 2015 Ex-Dividend Date (HK Register Only) Wednesday 11 March 2015 Ex-Dividend Date Thursday 12 March 2015 Dealing days for calculating the SCRIP price Thursday 12 March to Wednesday 18 March 2015 Record Date Friday 13 March 2015 US$/£ exchange rate used on this date to calculate US$ share dividend price Wednesday 18 March 2015 Despatch of the Dividend documentation Friday 27 March 2015 The latest date by which Computershare can receive a request for a form to amend an existing standing instruction to receive part or all of your dividend in cash, in a different currency or in new shares Monday 13 April 2015 Final date for receipt by the Registrar of forms of election Thursday 23 April 2015 US$/£, US$/HK$ and US$/INR exchange rates published for calculating the sterling, Hong Kong dollar and Indian rupees cash dividend Wednesday 29 April 2015 AGM Wednesday 6 May 2015 Dividend cheques and share certificates posted first class Wednesday 13 May 2015 Payment date of cash dividend and first day of dealing in new shares Thursday 14 May 2015

Thanks for the post re : dividends price tanked due to market sell off ,lets see what happens tomorrow ,

WAS DOWN 100 ODD POINTS AT 12.50 ?

hi Blue Dealer i have checked with A.L BELL They think its today, but ask me to check with STANDARD CHARTER TEL STAN. They told me you got to be on the register by fri which is record date so going on that taking into account 3 days to settle/ T3 i make it Today is last day TUESDAY 10th , but suggest you check with your Broker first before buying, just incase.

RE the 51.81pence dividend payment is for the year and is broken down as payment in MAY 2015 is approx 33.92 pence per share . payment in OCTOBER 2015 is approx 17.89 pence per share . totalling 51.81 pence for year

Thanks bakerabble for pointing out my mistake yes its Tuesday 10th MARCH which i estimate is the last day you can buy STAN shares and get the .5181 pence dividend as stated in box above ,click Fundamentals sorry for the mistake my monicle fell out,

The EX DIVIDEND DATE, IS THURSDAY 12th MARCH 2015 and the RECORD DATE, as far as i can make out is Friday 13th MARCH , You have to own the shares on the RECORD DATE to get the 51.81p DIVIDEND Information i have found states, you are only eligible to receive a stock dividend if you own the stock on the record date.This does not mean you can receive the dividend if your order to buy the stock is filled on the record date.You only actually own the stock after your transaction has settled, which normally happens on the third day after the order is filed ,known as T+3 in other words,if your transaction is filed on Monday, your stock settles on Thursday.That is the day your money is exchanged for the stock you purchased' so if above information is correct , Friday being the record day , if you want the dividend you need to purchase the stock no later than TUESDAY 10th may , CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG. pay date is 14th MAY 2015

‘Good News’ “The market’s fear has been a dilutive capital raise and management tried to signal here they don’t need to do that,” said Gary Greenwood, a Liverpool, England-based analyst at Shore Capital Group Ltd. with a buy rating on the stock. “The good news is they’ve held the dividend and the capital ratio is a bit better than the market anticipated.” In the most aggressive cost cuts during his tenure, Sands pledged on Jan. 8 to eliminate 4,000 jobs and shut equities trading. The bank said on Wednesday it’s “more than on track” to achieve cost cuts of $400 million for this year, with overall savings seen at about $1.8 billion through 2017. Still, the bank cut its profit target, with Jaspal Bindra, head of the bank’s operations in Asia who is also leaving the firm this year, telling reporters that Standard Chartered is now targeting a return on equity, a measure of profitability, of more than 10 percent in the “medium term.” In 2012, the bank was targeting a “mid-teens” return.

By Steve Slater LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Standard Chartered said it had no plans to tap shareholders for cash despite reporting a 25 percent slide in annual pretax profit on the back of soaring bad loans. The Asia-focused bank said on Wednesday it was eschewing "knee-jerk actions" and vowed to cut costs and shrink its loan book in an effort to quell concerns about its capital strength, throwing down the gauntlet to incoming chief Bill Winters. The bank is braced for a strategic revamp when the former investment banker takes over as chief executive in June, with many expecting him to launch a multi-billion pound rights issue to reboot capital after a prolonged slump in profits. "It's the million-dollar question: has Bill Winters signed up for these targets?" said Mike Trippitt, analyst at brokerage Numis Securities. "You can't sit there waiting for the cavalry to arrive and you've got to get on and run the business ... but he (Winters) is going to go through business unit by business unit and decide which ones to keep, what to grow and what to sell." The bank's shares were up more than 5 percent in morning trade to their highest since October. The stock has risen 11 percent since Winters' appointment last week, part of an investor-led purge of top brass including veteran CEO Peter Sands, three non-executive directors and the bank's head of Asia, Jaspal Bindra. Chairman John Peace will also step down amid disquiet at management's failure to deal quickly with the bank's problems. A decade-long run of record profits came to a screeching halt in 2013 as Asia's credit binge turned sour. Underlying pretax profit came in at $5.2 billion for 2014 after loan impairments jumped by a third, mainly due to problems in China, India and among commodities firms. NO SIGN OF DETERIORATION Loan impairments at the bank's corporate and institutional clients more than doubled to $991 million. StanChart said it was premature to call the peak on bad debts but said it had seen no sign of deterioration this year. The bank said it had cut its bonus pool 9 percent to 667 million pounds. It said none of the directors who were at the bank all year will get a bonus for last year, although that did not include Finance Director Andy Halford, who joined in July. Outgoing Chief Executive Peter Sands described 2014 as a perfect storm of falling commodity prices, persistent low interest rates and negative sentiment towards emerging markets. He said the bank was now targeting a return on equity, a key measure of profitability, above 10 percent, lower than the mid-teens percentage the bank had previously sought. Sands, who more than doubled the size of the bank since taking over the helm in 2006, said in his last annual results the bank would aim to save $1.8 billion from 2015 to 2017, making small disposals and cutting between $25 billion and $30 billion in risk-weighted assets from its balance sheet. The

Reported results · Operating income1 of $18,234 million is down 2 per cent from 2013 · Profit before tax2 of $5,193 million is down 25 per cent from 2013 · Customer advances down 3 per cent to $289 billion, customer deposits up 6 per cent to $414 billion Performance metrics4 · Dividend per share at 86.00 cents per share, the same level as 2013 · Normalised earnings per share declined 28 per cent to 145.9 cents from 204.0 cents in 2013 · Normalised return on ordinary shareholders’ equity of 7.8 per cent (2013: 11.2 per cent) Capital and liquidity metrics · Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) of 10.7 per cent on an end point basis under CRD IV rules5 , 10.5 per cent on a transitional basis · Advances-to-deposits ratio of 69.7 per cent (2013: 75.7 per cent) · Liquid asset ratio of 32.2 per cent (2013: 29.8 per cent) Key messages · 2014 performance impacted by the challenging market environment, de-risking and disposal actions · Loan impairment increased 32 per cent primarily in Corporate and Institutional and Commercial Clients · Reallocated $8.5 billion risk weighted assets from low returning relationships and announced 15 business disposals · Strong balance sheet with healthy liquidity, leverage, and capital ratios Programme of actions · Significant leadership changes · CET1 target of 11-12 per cent in 2015 and thereafter · Return on Equity target greater than 10 per cent in the medium term · $1.8 billion of cost savings over the next 3 years · $25 - $30 billion in Risk Weighted Assets savings over the next 2 years · Sustain momentum on raising the bar on conduct Commenting on these results, the Chairman of Standard Chartered PLC, Sir John Peace, said: “2014 was a challenging year and our performance was disappointing, but it was also a year when we took decisive action to refocus our strategy and to reposition the Group for the future and to restore shareholder value.” Commenting on these results, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered PLC, Peter Sands, said: “We are reshaping the Bank to respond to the way our world has changed and to ensure we fulfil our aspiration to bank the people and companies driving trade, investment and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. I leave Standard Chartered proud of what we have achieved and confident about what the future holds for this extraordinary institution”