Share Buy Backs15 Feb 2023 18:47
As of tonight CNA have 117,068,229 shares in treasury (they have bought back 117,215,348 in total) not sure what has happened to the difference of 147,119. With most buy -backs the shares are cancelled. My question is what happens to the dividend on these shares. Not sure what the ex div date is, but on the basis they are buying circa 2m shares each day the number will be higher and the sum involved (at say 2.5p) currently is very close to £3m - any ideas? My second question is what are they planning to do with all these shares?, I also expect another buy-back to be announced tomorrow. Hopefully the market reacts better tomorrow than it did to the Barclays and Glencore results.