RE: Options11 Mar 2021 07:35
Hi Dave
If you look back historically through the accounts you will see that the shareholders barely took anything throughout its trading history (including no salary). That’s reflected in the fact that there were sufficient distributable reserves to allow the dividend.
It’s unfair to use that as a stick to beat the company with as it was a one off as a reward for years of hard work and success. You may not see in the accounts how well rewarded staff also were, but I can assure you they were