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However, the danger of Mr Corbyn being allowed in through the back door because of the Brexit Party splitting the vote was highlighted in new calculations on the cost of his plans to renationalise the energy market and national grid.

According to research, the proposal which has only happened in bankrupt Venezuela, would cost £45 billion, adding £2,500 in debt for every household in Britain.

However, the danger of Mr Corbyn being allowed in through the back door because of the Brexit Party splitting the vote was highlighted in new calculations on the cost of his plans to renationalise the energy market and national grid.

According to research, the proposal which has only happened in bankrupt Venezuela, would cost £45 billion, adding £2,500 in debt for every household in Britain.

In 2015, Lloyds returned £2bn to shareholders through dividend payments. By 2018, this figure had doubled to about £4bn, made up of £2.3bn in dividends and £1.75bn of share buybacks.

What does this mean for shareholders? For the second year running, chief executive António Horta-Osório has opted to use some of the group’s surplus cash to reduce its share count.

For shareholders, the benefit should be that earnings per share rise more quickly, because profits are split among fewer shares. Last year’s £1bn buyback repurchased 1.6bn shares. I estimate that this year’s £1.75bn buyback could involve about 2.65bn shares.

Given that the bank has about 71.2bn shares at the time of writing, this year’s buyback alone should reduce the total share count by about 3.7%. However, I think the real reduction will probably be a little lower than this.

Lloyds hiked the dividend by 5 per cent to 3.21p per share and proposed a share buyback of up to £1.75bn, which represents a total return of up to £4bn to investors.

BREXIT BOMBSHELL: UK could leave EU in WEEKS - Vote next week could FINALLY secure exit
BRITAIN could leave the European Union this summer if MPs pass a planned indicative vote next week - a leak from Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn's talks have revealed.
By ROB VIRTUE
PUBLISHED: 10:26, Fri, May 17, 2019 | UPDATED: 21:21, Fri, May 17, 2019

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1128415/Brexit-news-theresa-may-jeremy-corbyn

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At the end of the day, if it came to it, I think it would be politically unrealistic for a Labour government not to pay UK shareholders the same price for their shares as they were paying overseas investors. This is why I’d still be happy to buy National Grid shares today.

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on NG shares. Societe Generale set a GBX 930 price objective on shares of National Grid and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 17th. Credit Suisse Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 850 ($11.11) price objective on shares of National Grid in a research report on Sunday, April 14th. Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of National Grid from GBX 875 ($11.43) to GBX 899 ($11.75) and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a GBX 1,000 ($13.07) target price on shares of National Grid and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a GBX 950 target price on shares of National Grid in a research note on Monday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 907.67

31.26P EX DIVIDEND ON THURSDAY MAY 30th
BUY UP TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 29TH MAY TO GET DIVIDEND

ex div THURSDAY 19P paid on 11/07/2019

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PAIN IS WHAT HAPPEN TO MY COLLEGE ON A SHOOTING TRIP , I SAID DAVE SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT WAS BAD ENOUGH BUT CUTTING IT OFF TO RELIEVE THE PAIN WAS WAS JUST STUPID .
REMINDS ME MUST READ POSTS BEFORE ENTERING THEM GOOD LUCK ALL

THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019 19P PAIN PER SHARE ON 11th JULY 2019
YOU CAN PURCHASE THE SHARES UP TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY 15th MAY (NEXT WEEK) AND GET THE DIVIDEND
ON THE EX-DIVIDEND DAY THURSDAY 16th BEFORE THE MARKET OPENS THE SHARE PRICE WILL BE MARKED DOWN BY THE DIVIDEND AMOUNT 19P ON THE PRICE THE SHARES ARE AT THAT TIME .

Lloyds got a further boost in February after posting a 24% rise in full-year after-tax profits to £4.4bn, with revenue up 2% to £17.8bn. Alongside improving margins, that was enough to encourage Roland Head to say that Lloyds is probably the safest buy in British banking right now.

This £47bn giant remains incredibly cheap, trading at just eight times forward earnings, with a forecast yield of 5.2%, covered 2.2 times by earnings. Lloyds still looks a long-term buy-and-hold to me, despite Brexit clouds.
so at this price of around 61p it must be a buy even though i paid £ .0004 p over my plan to buy at 61
income long term , we could see 80p before the end of the year

16/04/2019
Successful well test of the Zama discover
ony Durrant, Chief Executive, commented:
“We are very pleased by the productivity demonstrated by this well and we continue to collect further evidence that Zama has a world-class reservoir with excellent quality and well-connected sands. This has positive implications for the expected ultimate recovery from the field and will help us to optimise the field development. We look forward to the conclusion of the Block 7 appraisal programme with the Zama-3 well.”
Completion of sale of Pakistan business
28 Mar 2019
Premier is pleased to announce that it has completed the sale of Premier Oil Pakistan Holdings BV, which comprises Premier’s Pakistan business, to Al-Haj Energy Ltd. This follows the receipt of necessary approvals and finalisation of working capital adjustments.
In total Premier has received the full consideration of US$65.6 million for the sale including deposits and completion payments paid by the buyer and net cash flows collected by Premier since the economic date of the transacti

2019 Outlook

Production guidance of 75 kboepd, a 5% increase after disposals; 89 kboepd year to date
Cash margins expected to be 30% higher at comparable commodity pricing
Opex (excluding lease costs) and capex guidance of US$13/boe and US$340 million, respectively
Project sanction of Catcher Area additions (Catcher North and Laverda) anticipated 1H
Zama, Tolmount East appraisal programmes to complete Q3
Formal loan application for Sea Lion funding to be submitted in Q2
Material free cash flow, driving further debt reduction of US$250 million to US$350 million

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IS THURSDAY 27/06/12019 5.20P PAID ON 26/07/2019
YOU CAN BUY THE SHARES AND GET THE DIVIDEND UP TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON WEDNESDAY 26/06/2019
BEFORE THE MARKET OPENS ON THE EX DIVIDEND DAY ( THURSDAY 27/06/2019) THE SHARE PRICE WILL BE MARKED DOWN BY THE DIVIDEND AMOUNT 5.20P THERE MAY ALSO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE SHARE PRICE OVER NIGHT THAT MAY BE UP OR DOWN.

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Future oil price weakness would put more pressure on smaller oil companies, but as my colleague Roland Head estimates, Premier should be cash flow positive at about $45 per barrel.

I think that provides a sufficient safety margin for Premier Oil shares, and I’m becoming more confident that I’ve made a good 10-year investment.