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It is only a bit comforting that I am not the only one here who thinks the Pension Fund will be hoovering them in if they sink further. Isn't our Director Gabaake a retired Botswana Gov't Officer?

You may recall my last comments on this board, that the Govt Pension Board were interested in buying more TLOU cheap. This may be them playing it long! And then again it may not. What is puzzling is that the Retender is limited to the existing tenderers. I can see no logic in that unless it is to give more time for the opposition to make a better presentation. I agree with Tidd that we must wait and see. Tlou still has a great deposit and that can be exploited in other ways. At 6p or so it could still be a terrific buy for the one year view. Glad I didn't put the house and my shirt on it!

Bought in here recently for defensive quality and it has fallen some since but rose against the market today. Monitoring to consider having another bite.

of comfort. All Uk utils are down, some as bad as NG. The buyback means less shares to pay the divi, so we may get an increase (if we are brave/foolish enough to hang on that long). Also if NG thinks it can't make money on Hinkley-Seabank (see the RNS re Ofgem) which reputable large outfit will? The last thing this govt wants now is to give work to the cheapest tender again for it to go bust in the middle. I am going to try to keep my nerve a bit longer and hope the sector bounces but its tough to take a 33%+ loss on this!

to go even more overweight here with a guaranteed 40p special divi in due course and the SP drooping in the 190s.

says the big hitters still fancy AZN

I must be very stupid, but surely the lower these go, the more money we are all losing. That doesn't make the co a BETTER buy.

Lunchtime buyer of 350k shares. Still hopeful

Board is - through no fault of any of us - getting boring. Still think delay in award is deliberate. As stale bulls sell, the Govt Pension Fund picks up more! The shame is I am losing so much on this lousy market that there is nothing to top up with. Just have to be patient and hope the 'correction' doesn't turn into a rout.

You'll be sorry!

Not a wallop today when most others are hammered but reaction to the good news yesterday extremely muted. Would buy a load more, but like most others I am sharply down on my other holdings and have my fair quota of these. Fair price now IMO is just north of 50p.

Just another thought, not that it would do much for the SP because REITs are bargain basement right now but it would have tax benefits. I bet the BoD have already reflected on this.

Director still buying to tighten the market. May be wrong but I reckon the listing date is very soon and BoD want very tight market so any interest created by the new listing will (might?) spike the price. Might even get back to what I paid!

Go on, laugh at me - guess where I made safe with the other 'arf? Averaged down in N Grid!!! Further down!! What's my name?

Agreed, which is why us longtermers grind our teeth and stick with it. The more $$ they earn, the more likely either a Quote on NASDAQ or a bid from the States IMO. There is also the possibility of new, improved product driving earnings. Just pray markets in general don't crash because this type of stock will evaporate (with most of AIM)

Twofold: AIM and Sh**ty market! Sadly this could be beginning of bear market for everything. Pray next Monday the screens don't go completely red as one or two are predicting.

Decent article by Sarah Neville (P11) emphasizing Chinese growth. Times finishes downbeat with Canaccord criticism of the co's accounting and sustainability of large divi. My view on this is that it is based on the conviction (?) that a few new blockbusters will add the necessary value to the balance sheet and make the divi very sustainable - it is just that until these occur, they cannot be taken for granted. I still believe that 2018 will be a massive year for AZN, especially if Mystic final results are positive. This alone would add huge value and kudos. Obviously, you should not expect all test results to be positive, but I trust M Soriot to deliver. My target to sell is 75.00!!

overdue now. Market soaking uo comparatively large volume of excess selling with no material dip in SP. Every week with no announcement makes me more confident about these. I am not a ramper but this feels like something exciting is not far off - - but I have been wrong before! All the institutional interest adds to my conviction.

I also think it cannot be long to MAPA RNS. Just hope its not also the excuse for a diluting Placement - has to be a real possibility. If it is, I shall be furious if AIM holders are excluded.

How about a TV series around the long wait for this announcement. Don't want it to sound racist but could be called 'The Botties - a story of Government folk'