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@Bablake...... 23p for a Cuban?.... Maybe in Cuba... Not in Harrods and the like.... they told me the smoke will be white.... I'll puff it out very slowly to make sure it doesn't change colour

After posting above, i contacted a friend of a friend of the friend who gave me the Cuban cigar last xmas... she is one of those, you know, and could not help herself telling me it was $23.... Same as the cardinals smoke in Rome.... Well, if if tonight the smoke is white we'll have a new pope tomorrow

I finally found the Cuban cigar I got as last xmas present.... I wonder if it might start the fire alarms when I light it up at 23:30 hours... These fire alarms have got more and more sensitive....

roleybirkin,
a huge thanks.... your two posts have been really useful.... goodd luck

Did Bids have a different name at some stage?.... I must have had shares with some company which later called itself BIDS as i can't find records of buying them unless I have lost them

How come the share was 12 in february and now is 5?.... How could it fall so much?.... I had these Bids shares for a while in an account with SVS brokers which went bust and my account got blocked by the Finance Authority .... Now they released them recently... so I might as well renew my interest in Bids

when precisely are the results, please?

this guy looks solid and expert at selling the companies he worked for.... Hopefullyj he'll get us a good sale price before xmas

I haven't looked at my holding here for years... personal reasons only... having now a fresh new look -- Amazed and pleased that some posters names are still around... it seems to me Crusty talks a lot of good sense...

Right, so what is the sensible thing to do? Any idea of how much per share we get is we win the cases?.... But once delisted what happens to our shares, where do they go and how do we get our hands on them?

Does Hammer need the money? If you need the money you don't have much bargaining powers, just get what you can...

....so what should we be looking forward to? What events are on the horizon to keep me holding and perhaps adding?

who could have made those 2 trades?... expecting what - we win the court case?

FIDELITY does not allow scrips to their customers, so Let's hope it's cash dividend only

Thanks Oilmanmike.... Yes, I am going to do that.... thanks for your very helpful suggestions...

TODAY'S HARGREAVES AND LANSDOWN MESSAGE (RELEVANT EXYRACT BELOW)

"Why are Hammerson offering an enhanced stock dividend?

“The Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative assists the Company in meeting its REIT PID and SIIC distribution obligations whilst retaining cash for future operating and capital expenses. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the retail sector, the Board considers that the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative is the most prudent way for the Company to seek to meet its REIT PID and SIIC distribution obligations.” (Source: Announcement to London Stock Exchange, 12 March 2021)

Do I need to take any action?

No. Hargreaves Lansdown will automatically make this application on your behalf

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I am expecting a similar message from IWEB.

FIDELITY still refuse to do a similar action even though they said as a nominee they operate no different than the above brokers. FIDELITY customers, like me, are paying a very costly punishment, for being FIDELITY customers

it can mean only one thing

Brianwills, Oilman, Stonehenge.... thanks.... greatly grateful for your replies... Yes, I am going to the OMBUDSMAN, yes I am leaving FIDELITY...
I URGE ALL investors/traders to Demand Insist fight and complain to make scrip offers a basic broker service. Unless scrip is recognised as a basic service we will keep losing money rightfully ours.

FIDELITY have confirmed they are not allowing the scrip, see their message below. None of their reasons for not allowing it seems to be any different from other brokers allowing it (HL, IWEB, BARCLAYS, INTERACTIVE, AJBELL, ETC). I am now going to the Ombudsman about it... It's bye bye with FIDELITY from me, after decades as their customers I will be transferring my account from FIDELITY to INTERACTIVE investors.

MESSAGE FROM FIDELITY

Dear XXXXXXXXX

Thank you for your time on the telephone on 29 March regarding the script offer on HAMMERSON ORD. I'm sorry to hear that you're unhappy with the outcome of your complaint.

As discussed, as we're a pooled nominee we're unable to offer script shares and can only offer a cash dividend. We do offer the ability to reinvest the cash dividend using the reinvestment option online. I've passed on your feedback to the relevant department about the fact that we don't offer script shares. We appreciate customer feedback to help us with the development of our products and services.

I appreciate that this information has come as a disappointment, but I hope that you find it useful in clarifying the situation.

If you have any queries regarding this secure message, please call me on Freephone 0800 222 110 - extension no. 724 1207. Please have your customer reference number to hand whenever you contact us by telephone, this is a ten-digit number starting with a one.

Details of how we've dealt with your complaint can be found on the below website.

https://www.fidelity.co.uk/complaints
(You can copy this link and paste it into your web browser's address bar).

You have the right to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge - but you must do so within six months from the date of this secure message. The Ombudsman will determine eligibility of any complaint referred to them on behalf of a business, charity or trust. If you do not refer your complaint in time, the Ombudsman will not have our permission to consider your complaint and so will only be able to do so in very limited circumstances. For example, if the Ombudsman believes that the delay was as a result of exceptional circumstances. Please see the below web page for more information.

http://www.financial-omb...ns/consumer-leaflet.htm

Yours sincerely

XXXXXXXXXX
Associate - Customer Relations

Morgan, THE ISSUE is not the scrip,, the ISSUE is the WIDE DIFFERENCE between cash and scrip DIVIDEND.... Scrips should be welcome as long as they are at the same rate as the cash dividend, you simply choose the one or the other as convenient for you but the amount is exactly the same .... Every time there is a wide difference there will alwabe complaint and resentment from investors who are cut off... To cover their back Brokers will always say they will not do it again... Rubbish.... That's why the FCA or whatever its name is must make scrip compulsory for brokers as a basic service to customers... That's what we investors have got to demand. Because to all of us we can have invested a lot in a share (or even a little) and then the occasion comes there is a fantastic scrip offer and your broker tells you they are not going to allow it. It's totally unfair and unacceptable