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As a holder I have been impressed with SL. The divi has been good but currently only 3.6% but has been growing over the years. Maybe that premium might be whittled away a tad with Mr Market, Sell in May, Greeks and China bubble etc. With a bit of a market correction you might be able to buy some "cheaper" or less of a premium. Summer on thin trading days often can throw up surprises. Even if you pay a premium, as long as its maintained and with divi growth over the years you should be ok Lets hope were all ready when that window of opportunity opens up and that were not too fearful or greedy to jump. Good luck with whatever way you decide to go

Shares were up on hopes of a cut in the bank levy would be announced last night in the mansion house speech. It seems to have been not said. Does that mean the SP will fall back again today? Maybe its being saved for one of the new budgets. Cheap RBS shares anybody

Im not disagreeing with most of what you said but would add that it might not happen and the opportunity on the table might be taken away and you might be left with nothing. Yep a correction might be a great time to buy if it happens but the ideal window might be quite tight

Director buys can send mixed messages although in this case I suspect its opportunistic instead of trying to support the share price. Lots of ethical issues with any share really if you look hard enough. Some would say with shares altogether! You could say the same with governments and waste. If I'm going to pop my clogs by over doing it chocolate seems a far better way to go than fags. Maybe Fitbit shares are the ones we should all be buying instead. How far will Mr Market push this down

Im a holder at last. Waited quite a while for this to drop back after missing out a couple of times. Was this or RDSB so went for both, the latters divi kicks in a tad earlier. Queeny - I dont need to mull over selling as collecting the divis is effectively selling a small part of your PF automatically for you. Where to put it is more troublesome. Although I have considered selling TSCO cos no divi and LAD probably the same reason as your ciggies which I also dont hold even though the numbers have been good. You never know how long you've got but hopefully this will be my pension one day and I too will be like Bonz with a handsome PF giving me lots of income to buy new tyres of the bike/wheelchair. Now might have to go sailing myself to stop watching the SP which is still falling on both. Might cope with choppy waters better than choppy SP's

Mouseman - LSE has been having a few melt downs recently, I suspect you have just been hit. There was no missed opportunity. Queeny - I thought the bb's were for discussion and yes I do mull over my thinking. Hopefully it gives an insight into why I have bought or sold and you can agree or disagree. As for procrastinating are you saying I should just buy it now? I am surprised that you have not discovered utilities before now

Well it looks like the two of us. The trickle of divis coming in is always nice and with this being quarterly you dont have that long to wait for the next one. Im hoping the divi will be fully covered soon so that we can start to see some growth in it. Im not too sure that is the priority for spare cash though.

Yes I have noticed a few problems with LSE recently including missing history, big jumps in SP details and posts that just disappear altogether. I thought I was being banned at one point but even simple comments with no possible connotations were also disappearing although they were posted as I could still see one deleted post on the tab that I used previously but not on the lappy. Maybe LSE is running short on space or thought we we all too boring to keep!

Having missed this on a couple of occasions I'm hoping my limit order will kick in soon. Almost tempted just to buy a few now anyway just to get my feet under the table.

Thought it was the 1st of June. I doubt all investors will reinvest and in theory, even if they did it should only take the SP back to the change in pre ex divi amount so up 12.3p Maybe if there were no shares to trade it might make a difference assuming everyone wanted to buy. With thoughts on cuts rather than on a massive spending spree in defense I cant see it happening

I previously reported that broker iii double paid my divi and joked that it was compensation as they always seem to pay late. Anyway they have corrected their error and collected my over payment from additional divis after a removed the original lot. Boo Hoo! I was going to reply to my original post but LSE appears to be having its own glitch and wont let me see any previous posts on chat tab.

.... even better if you topped up before the deal concluded and ended up with more shares than would have been left with after the reduction and some cash. Its not as brilliant as it seems though, it would have been more brilliant to top up before the deal was announced. Now waits for my kiss of death to clobber the SP.

..... issued. I like the reduction in costs and a move to level the dividend payments over the year even if it takes some time to make this happen. The divi has also increased slightly, as expected.

Not too sure what to make of this deal. It aligns with what is expected of this sector but no figures are given on how or what expectations there are on the bottom line, EPS or profit. It could be more of a case of not standing still and not doing the deal would ultimately cost more in the long term.

I know I dont comment here often but enjoy reading your positivity on HNT

The leader of the SNP was on TV saying the opposite and other SNP interviewed also said the same, more of an anti Westminster vote. Alex Salmond did support the view you put across though.

Having missed out here a couple of times it looks like its happened again. It looks like I was a penny or so away. I should have just bought some close to my limit. Oh well maybe next time

Well that's some U turn in the space of a quarter. Something drastic must have happened. Might have to download the webcast and watch it over the weekend to try and get my head round it all Divi held for three years so effectively a cut in real terms and the ROC cut by 75%. Add the IPO being cancelled its a big change in tack. We are being promised more jam tomorrow, well in the next few years and that jam jar is also expected to get bigger so might be ok for long term holders but your holding the risk that it might not pan out. The quarterly divi, still above the FTSE average should make that worth holding

Another AGM where the numeration vote was in the region of 30% against. I wonder if the board will take note. Relief rally on the election result well in hand. Is that because of the result and the betting on the result!

36% vote against pay!