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so what's everyone's wild guesses, hopes and serious suggestions of offer they expect ?

Just goes to show how good a job Chris Rigg has done, i doubt we'd be getting potentially interested parties at this point in time if we had the old regime in control

Agreed, and with the current CEO and board, i'm sure it will been, but i wasn't looking 18 months - 2 years down the line, my target was also based on my relatively small holding, and the price i bought in at, if i had a lot more at my buy in point i would top slice or hold for a much bigger gain. however, all bets are now off so to speak, and it's time to see what happens in the next few weeks, i was fortunate enough to have been in this situation with poundland in the past, and i did nicely out of that.

dam typo's..... i meant to say "and i wasn't expecting that UNTIL next year"

in the rgion of 94p was my target, and i wasn't expecting that next year, once we pass 83p i'm in healthy profit teritory however, and if i wanted to free up cash i'd not be too worried about taking the lower price. however, with that latest news, it looks like it's ll change !!

at this rate we're going to reach my target point somewhat earlier than i thought, question now i guess is am i setting the bar too low.

yeah, it'll be a good yield for those buying in now, but only cause the share price is in the toilet on the brighter side we nearly hit 135 today !!

"company's payout was raised from 4.0p to 4.3p" that's interesting, because as far as i know, it was always planned to be 4.3, just needed confirming in these results release..... as is the norm, the dividend plan for this year was laid out in an rns a while back

quick glance over and seems ok, but under the surface i think the market is less than impressed, think i might have missed the top of this little peak, we'll see. Certainly not a bad set of results, perhaps a little too much anticipation and expectation? Dividend confirmed at 4.3p with an Ex Date of the 17th Aug, and payment of 21st Sept

through the day, solid performance, at this rate we will be at my upper target before the end of the week, then i'll have to make a decision !!

Agreed, but, with the ex-divi date close behind it (17th i think) it's a tough call, because it may just hold with the ex-date jsut around the corner even if the results aren't enough to push it higher strongly

came close to the point i said i would seriously start looking at selling, but such a dangerous time to do it with the half yearly results due and confirmation of the dividend, 274 was a milestone figure me profit wise, and is the point i had marked as a ball park target, i have a second figure in mind, as an upper target area, it's not much higher than the first figure, but is a point where i would be potentially sill to not consider selling and buying back on a dip. of course, no dip, means i would need to re-consider, and potentially burn the dividend to buy back in on the dip, but, that's a dangerous ploy, as some i've seen lately havent fallen much on the ex-divi date, where others havent risen into it, but have dropped like a brick after.

agreed, but these things very rarely end in justice!

true i guess, just a waiting game, hopefully they have, i've had too many of my shares take a down turn in the last couple of weeks!

to the day, nice little recovery back into the 260's I had considered selling to buy back, and would have wanted 251(ish) but not sure if it will drop there given the impending news on dividend etc, it might i guess, but at what point to sell, to make it worth while given fees involved

lately here

it'll be interesting to see what they announce at the yearly results, due early august i think. From previous announcements, i expect the regular divi to be 4.30p going X around the middle of august.

and yes, i agree, £2 a share, should have been a possibility, but i'm not so sure right now, if it is, then i dont think its going to be this year, and in that sort of time frmw so mny other things can change

on the surface looks good, reading between the lines to me it sounds like they are just burying their head in the sand while the share price plummets, the re-branding and advertising is making zero impact on the market, it's not interested, it's almost like these measures and plans have been written off and expecting to fail and the share price is reflecting this lack of confidence. I too thought it was a good buy in at the point i did, i'm now over 20% in the hole and don't see where the recovery is coming from, waiting for the government to get the new legislation sorted, to then hope the plans they have work is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string, it's going to take a long time, already expecting first delays in publication

supposed to, and doing, are two different things, they are not supposed to be able to basically f-off with all the money and assets and stick 2 fingers up at us, but they have