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Grant of a nil-cost option under the Marston's PLC Long Term Incentive Plan.

Don't you think vod would have worked that out and if it was just extra costs then surely they wouldn't have done the deal. !!

The markets are on the move down so have I /we left it too late to get out at 84p+ ????

I note your points, but I would like to point out the last director buy was NOT a buy they were free shares and the last Director buy was back in Jan /Feb 78,000 shares and peanuts.

So the directors have NOT been interested in buying more stock.

It could always be possible that the banks / accountants told the BOD's they had to sell something to raise cash to make the business more viable .

Ever thought of that.?

So we are still at approx MC £250m and debt £1bn. 4 times MC

doesn't look good from any position.

Good morning all, From my view I see MARS as an operation that like many others over the years has borrowed to expand faster than the business can cover, and then to off-set the debt they looked at brewing and joint ventures with more debt to off-set the falling pub business.

Now it looks like it's all catching up with them so it's time to off load what they can to pay down the debt. The trouble is now it's just the pubs supporting all the debt which it may not still be able to cove the interest on the debt loans.

Like many other companies it could be that the only way out of this is raise more money via a rights issue, but at what price.

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This has got to be good for increased rev and profits at some stage.

With pubs alone and still almost £1bn debt and high interest payments can Mars ever make enough profits to break even.

Or are they a sitting duck, but who in their right minds would take on all that debt.

To £1.85, wow is that possible???????

Winstanley, I know less than you and have no idea where this is going but I don't blindly hope it keeps going up regardless.

OK I am happy for that because I like you am making even more money but there's nothing worse than waking up one day to find ITV and many others have all just taken a step down and thinking ,sod I should have sold and we have all done that many times. So just asking the questions .

I guess we are all looking to find out who knows what because at some point things will change as the markets always change direction at some point.

It's all very well keep thinking all the share prices are going to keep going up however much we want them to .

But when the markets in the US reporters / pundits are saying things will change surely we should be paying some attention to them.

Now I know no more than anyone else and probably a lot less but sometimes you have to pay attention.

Is it better to sit on cash or just keep buying and hoping things stay the same. I have always thought cash is king but is it.?

So we are still down on the pre divi price of what about 77p, and bloomberg are saying world markets must/will correct themselves soon. So will VOD continue to go back to 77p ish or drop back when the market goes down. Is now the time to be sitting on cash or what.?

The markets are high now and even Bloomberg are now saying the markets must /will correct themselves soon.

Shares cannot continue to keep going up, so where is the level and who will be going down.

I think we all want to see ITV up to £1.25+ but following a good rise from what about 70p to 84p ish are we now going to see it drop back.

Is it now time to be sitting on cash ready for the drop , or buying at 85p to see it drop back.???

MARS won't get the cash until Sep-Dec 24, and they or someone could have bought out MARS for £200m.

Yes a long way to go, what was it at results £1.16bn debt so this £200m doesn't make much of a reduction on that.

So can they make progress on pubs alone.?

Very interesting move, we all know Mars is short of cash and has huge debts, so is this move a very good spin to make it sound a good deal , or is the move just to fill the great hole and they need the cash to stave off big trouble.

Will the SP react positive or negative.???

Good morning tom, looks like you have reverted to your old pattern.

When the SP was on the up last time you spent what about a year being negative and doing everything you could to talk down the SP. Then when it was low you jumped on board and spent what about 6 months talking it up until you made a profit and bailed .

Now your still out it's back to the same old negative action to get that SP down again until you once again get in on a low SP. But have you missed the boat this time.?????

Pogo , I don't think you understand posters like me do this.

I haven't worked for about 20 years and this is a little bit of fun and interest, ok so I sold a few and maybe down about £100 on what I would have been if I hadn't of sold those few but who really cares.

ITV will drop back at some stage to maybe 77p-80p and I will buy more and feel better for it, and if it doesn't I will make on the majority of my shares as it goes up.

It's NOT all about just putting money on a stock and sitting back waiting for months for a bigger profit, where's the fun in that. you must live a very boring life.

Hi Winstanlel , I think the next results could be better but before then I think the SP could drop back and looking at the sells on here many other posters / sellers also think that and that's why they are selling now hoping to buy back in later.

But who knows.

Hi Winstanly, yes I know I can but I think I will hold tight for a while as I still think it will drop back to 79p ish before it then moves up.

It's sod's law that I buy at 84p and then it drops, we all know we can't will all the time as it takes away all the fun.