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Thank you, I have chased them up.

New shares were said to be issued 22nd May but are not appearing in my I I account. Have anyone else had their new shares yet?

LTH and do despair but one day will come good hopefully.

Just looked back in after a long absence. Chugging along at a poor share price. Been in for years took large profit but foolishly bought back with my profit when the share price had fallen to £4.75!! anything with a £ in front of it would be nice. Whatever happened to P Smith who advocated putting all your money into this share as a no brainer when it was rising on the back of a new factory(HAHA) Probably skint!!!!

Never do anything in a hurry, on Friday went to top up and pressed the wrong button and sold. Then had to buyback twice as much to get where I wanted. Extra fees but the buying price was only fractionally higher which was a relief. Buying this share at the moment must be a no brainer either divi soon or ex divi at a reduced price. Win either way. DYOR

Sold out completely, wanted to bank my gains, sometimes a bird in hand etc. Will follow and hope to buy back in after the divi at a far lower price but if not possible still happy.

Hoping to top up ex divi at a lot less than current price.

However I rarely get it right so might not have the opportunity!!

I cannot see why this share is not a market favourite and a lot higher, it has everything going for it, heaven forbid there is a wobble the market will take it down to sub £4.

I mistakenly came to this share chat thinking it has something to do with Lloyds . The nutters have taken over!!!!!

Seems to have reached its peak for the time being. If it continues to increase tomorrow could easily reach £6 and if so will be strongly tested to bail out with a profit of a three dividends banked early!! Now watch it fall!!!

I have doubled my holding in my SIPP for the income, average price now £2.36.

Would be nice for some capital increase, but can you have everything!!!!!

If the share continues to dive you need to take stock of your holdings. A large loss over a large holding is no better than a large loss over a short holding. You need nerves of steel to hope the recovery come where a larger holding will help. I am still down over 50% over the years, the high dividend doesn't make up for it!!! Don't continue to waste your money topping up until the share price has stabilised.

Dividend yields will get higher if you are buying on the way down. you also need to look at your capital loss. Buying early in the year you would need several divis to even break even at this price. If this fails much more it will become a penny share, or even worse........

I have been accumulating over the past 3 years and the divi is nowhere near covering the capital loss, last top up recently @ £1.26 so divi on those will take about a year to cover at current price. This is becoming a basket case and will be a penny share in the near future if it continues like this.

Other share prices with exposure to interest rates are flying, our engines haven't been started yet. Excuse the pun but cannot understand why this share is lagging. About 1.25 million shares being repurchased every week and excellent divi, what is not attractive?

Why the sudden drop, shorters at work again?

Topped up between Christmas and new year. Nice to see a little tick up, that doesn't normally happen when I buy shares. Hopefully the start of a increase to a more realistic price. I buy for the dividend but it would be nice for the original outlay to be maintained or even a profit!! My average still mid 140s.

Eckie, don't forget the 30 day rule on capital gains tax

Having a average of well over a £1, I wish I was buying at these prices. I had hoped a stronger dollar would have a good effect on the share price but not a lot of movement yet. Also hoping that the company keeps on going long enough to recoup my losses through the divis although I might not be around to see it!!

Getting back down to a level that is tempting to top up.

I cannot see any advantage in buying annuities even after the budget. You are not guaranteed to get your money back unless you take a smaller rate and they die with you(or after spouse) Surely better to maximise your income from drawdown until your pot is empty, then you only pay one lot of taxes also.

Starting to get near to the price that would be tempting to top up.