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Not related to Dividend I think. Honk Kong represented a third of Insurance Profit before tax - more so after tax. Although they trade on the mainland through the joint venture any hint of restrictions on mainland China visitor business in HK will be a hit.

Brendon B..........Me too.

That would be 8% of the company in a single purchase....anyone know what price it went through as?

Yes - its says so at the top of this page.

For a man heading up a company that has lost it's shareholders everything this is a touch of real business genius....'The Board is examining further methods of cutting costs in the future including salaries and consultant's fees'.

Well take your time mate, have a good long think about it, no urgency is there..

Whatever its a vote against anything that seeks to legitimise the Ingenuity 'dealing', a vote against any and all directors seeking election and needless to say against any remuneration policy or incentive scheme.....that could be put better in plain English but let's leave it at that.

We know .

Thank goodness we have these shrewd commentators on here - tedious I know, contributes nothing and OK utterly pointless, but then however would we know that the price was going up or down or what an RNS said ....unless of course we looked ourselves. Fantastic job lads, keep it up or maybe not.

I might have had a punt on his but as it looks to be an all share takeover - Greek Firm - only a partial cash alternative seems too much hassle. Anyone know which market lists Bally's Intralot?

Your shares are now denominated in US dollars - not pence.

sushi - 22 inane posts already today - really? great you're keeping anyone who's missed the oil price rising - or ujo going up - great job. mind you, for those who remember ujo at 40p and then the ****tail of greed and incompetence that has followed - a little caution may be adviseable?

Learning G - 'the lawyers and board are taking big bonuses and salaries with very little for LTH's'

That's putting it mildly - Bogart et al show no restraint and any suggestion that they over pay themselves is brushed off - look at the vote at the 2025 AGM - yet more 'compensation' with a third voting against - but still gone ahead. Its the culture of 'er can award ourselves this money because we're so vital - so suck it up'. Link to earnings, link to shareholder returns - well yes, should we actually get a return one day they'll collar a chunk of that.

Let me be clear - I blame only myself for ever having bought into this heap of rubbish. Not once, twice but three times I have had to see cash ebb away with vague noises of something good happening when in reality the management is interested only in ...well, the management. Turnover up, doors up, products launched...but money actually made? Nope. So never say never....but in the case of this dog...never again!

Right then - efficiencies and cost to improve cash flow at the corporate level.....I have a couple of ideas that might help there...likely so do others on here!

'Gruyere, no its not just a reiteration, they have, reviewed the results, maintained their targets and made 7 points in relation to the growth story'.

Surprised and Stoopid - gentlemen, thank you I stand corrected.

And many thanks Stoop for taking the time to post the main points - as you say, looking good.

I think you mean out last November - if they've done anything today its a re-iteration only.....which would still be good

The business is I believe sound and is (now at least) well run - the efficiencies in the pubs is plain to see. Debt is reducing and the competition is suffering every bit as much as Marstons. If the promised shareholder returns are delivered then the 60p will look cheap all in mho.

Hopeless and uninformed punts like Beacon. Capital chucked away. Share price destroyed. Market cap of a terraced house somewhere in London.

So what is the only thing not to have changed - Director Salaries.

Not ashamed nor courageous enough to let go. The fact we have them and this situation is due to shareholders doing nothing - don't make the same mistake again.

Its is painful - I wish (for the 2nd time) that I'd never heard of THG. But when a company makes NO money and today not even a mention of profit just the usual garbage about turnover. You can turnover 20 mill or 20 Billion - doesn't matter if you are giving the stuff away. If we are let down at the years end then I suppose we get what we deserve.

Showing as a top faller on HL - the silence on profit and multiple let downs past doesn't help.