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John,

I repeat…..Buybacks don’t return money to shareholders……its returns money to:

Stockbrokers

The market

Dividends return MONEY to shareholders.

GLA

Buybacks aren’t returning money to shareholders….

GLA

Anyone following this share? Surely a few quid to be made here?

GLA

It’s as good an explanation as any! Only better Ed by Ireland doing well in the Eurovision!

GLA

All these various price targets seem to be giving us a min 20% upside, where’s the catch? Reality is not backing these guys? The targets have been out for years? It seems they are throwing numbers out that the market won’t back?

GLA

Where next for this one? Seems to be a bit watery atm?

GLA

I had given up / forgot above this peach, is there anything actually happening or more false dawns? It’s not clear that there is any material change in the company’s prospects or am I missing something?

GLA

Ken,

Yeah, same story for me many’s the time. The age old Fear / Greed equation that is driving us all, it’s very hard to resist!

GLA

BKIR would be a great dividend machine if they would stop with the trendy but ultimately pointless buyback! Broken record I know…..

GLA

Ken, not poking the bear etc.

Did you buy back in? Or have we more pain in store?

GLA.

i see both the experts in blackrock and orbis both bought in just before the **** fell out of this old fkir, can’t say i am feeling too sorry for them!

gla

John,

My understanding is that the €0.60 dividend pay in June was the final dividend paid on the 2023 results. An interim dividend of €0.35 is to be paid in November on the 2024 results with a final 2024 dividend paid as usual in June 2025.

GLA

A sore few days alright, I don’t think anyone could have called this, however it’s a bit disturbing that the market can’t see such a big change in such a short period? What weren’t they seeing a few days ago? So much for the much vaunted research / high paid analysts etc!

GLA

Yes Pang, good advice.

Who would have guessed Intel would be the biggest loser in the tech sector and it’s upstart rival Nvidia would be the darling, (although I don’t know much about AI the Nvidia numbers seem a bit like the Tesla ones?).

I smell something wrong with the whole mania?

GLA

Could be worse……Intel anyone?

GLA

A Billion knocked off the market cap just like that…..

GLA

Not in Dublin - 6.67% in the red….

GLA

Bank of England 0.25% cut?

GLA

Down 6.7%…..did I miss something?

GLA

Gents - Ladies,

It is bewildering that a company that makes Cira €2B a year with an in house stockbroker can’t get their heads around pushing their own stock? How are we still at €10.5B market cap when we are making a conservative €2B a year? What are they waiting on?

GLA