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Knoydarts, Křetínský is shrewd and I would suggest that he has a different angle on IDS although I have no idea what it is. This is a man who is so passionate about AC Sparta Prague that he now co-owns it, however he still purchased 25% of West Ham United which he paid £150m for. Why? Because he knew that there was a foreign TV rights deal on the table and gambled. This gamble paid off as West Ham United received a payment of around £500m for the deal so his quarter the club effectively cost him £25m.....kerching.
Last year he said that he was happy with his holding and probably wouldn't be bidding for IDS but now something has changed....but what? Is it to split the businesses? Does he think that Seidenberg really can turn RM around? Is it the lure of the UK property portfolio? Also why didn't he bid when the share price dropped below 130p a few years ago, he could possibly have obtained a bargain price?
Multi billionaires eh..... what are they like?.....lol
PP, many employees do purchase through payroll and they need to keep them for something like five years otherwise they have to pay tax on them; I believe that this doesn't apply to staff retiring or leaving on IHR though?
Talk2Much, thank you for the breakdown. 22,000 job losses in deliveries sounds extreme especially as the press have been reporting 1,000 job losses however even if we take the middle ground of 10,000 full time job losses, this would be a saving of around £300m to the business year on year once pension contributions and other sundries are taken into account.
Macro nonsense,? Macro economics?......lol.....
AbjectPerformer, the biggest single expense for the UK operation is staff wages and salaries. We were always taught to "attack the biggest loss" first so it would naturally follow that getting the staff budget under control would be the first port of call? Given the sums involved, I wouldn't call it macro at all.
Ispy, "Anybody in their right mind, who believes Daniel will make a substantially higher offer, will throw everything available, financially, at this."
I "threw" as much as I am prepared to do at this stock last June however I'm not prepared to gamble/invest any more as I'm happy with my holding however it seems strange that there's not a massive amount of interest at the moment?
Judging by the amount of "green" in my screen today and some of the comments, I will assume that AngerSharkz is still being a knob head?
Nicktims, both yourself and Ispy raise a valid point here and the SP may well rise and drop back on the back of news over the next couple of weeks however it is strange that many commentators have proclaimed GLS to be worth 350p as a stand alone business yet the SP is still sub 300p.
I would be happy with 330p a share as that would give me around a quid a share profit after taxes.
RT003, I only have one poster on filter here and judging by the amount of green messages on my screen it can only mean that AngerSharkz has returned. It was so much better when the angry one disappeared for a couple of months so one can only assume that he was unable to access the internet?
Evening JB, regarding the union, yesterday's message stated....
"The truth is Royal Mail needs a new ownership and governance model that builds a postal service for the workers and customers and not one built solely focused o shareholder payouts and driving down the service and the terms and conditions of the workers."
I guess that this could be read in more than one context however I took it to mean that they were saying "anything is better than the structure that we currently have?"
I notice that they have issued another statement today which clarifies their objection to a takeover bid but in all reality I'm not sure that any of the major political parties will see this as a priority, election year or not.
So, the largest shareholders have turned down the initial offer from VESA. Presumably these are institutions holding in excess of 51% and they have made a decision so when they arrive at a figure that is acceptable this will be put to the 49%?
If that's the case then these institutions will have already made up their mind that they are happy with that figure and the deal will be rubber stamped or does it still have to go through the formality of balloting every shareholder?
Dessy, if a 100% takeover bid was made and accepted by the 51% of shareholders would VESA still float this on the stock market? Would GLS be separated and held as a private company and RMG listed on it's own. Would VESA sell off the RMG property portfolio and lease everything back?
Interesting times ahead and nothing we, as minor shareholders, can do to influence it.
Also interesting that the new RMG CEO was announced recently and this bid has come in before she can take up the post?
Riflemans, the UK Government sold all of their shares in RMG/IDS so no longer have a say in who owns the business. Kwarteng also gave permission for VESA to increase their holding percentage. The top five shareholders hold over 51% of IDS so it is they who will set the sell price so I would imagine that meetings are taking place between these investment companies to ensure that they all get the best deal possible.
Perhaps VESA are planning to hold 51% by buying out the four other large shareholders?
RT003, "I see no reason to change my opening price of 305p at 8am"
As Harry Potter would say, 305p will give me a Quidditch profit on my investment.......nice..... although I despise having to give some of it to Jeremy Hunt as I gave him a small fortune last year......lol
The good news is that the union seems to be totally onboard with a takeover bid.
The breaking news of an impending takeover bid for Royal Mail Group (IDS) by Daniel Kretinsky is another significant moment.
The truth is handing over the ownership of one of the UK's most prestigious institutions to a foreign equity investor cannot be right. But neither is the current model or direction of the company.
The truth is Royal Mail needs a new ownership and governance model that builds a postal service for the workers and customers and not one built solely focused o shareholder payouts and driving down the service and the terms and conditions of the workers.
The CWU will be campaigning publicly and politically to deliver this change of direction.
Dave Ward General Secretary
Henky, I'm playing devil's advocate here but if you are a long term investor then surely the buy in price doesn't really matter as you cannot be down unless you sell at a loss? I would agree however that there are probably better dogs to back at the moment......
There is however good news ahead for the UK operation. I have it on very good authority that the new CEO is keen to reintroduce world class mail which will no doubt save a whole heap of cash and increase productivity?
Redceo, to be perfectly honest, I'm not entirely sure why Seidenberg appointed a CEO for RM? Pfaff is taking care of business in Europe and North America, seemingly without issue so it shouldn't be beyond Seidenberg to take care of the UK operation? He obviously knows what he wants so putting another body in the way can only complicate matters further plus it will be an extra Pfaff when he has to sack her in a couple of years time?