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I've been following this for a while now, as a Rdsb holder, but I'm really confused and would appreciate some input from learned bg holders. What if any is the benefit of a new buyer buying bg shares at this moment in time as opposed to shell shares. Obvious they would be holders on the changeover day but if shares are held in a nominnee account (as most are ) what split do they get between cash and shares , is there a default or just a straight proportional exchange. Baring in mind the share dealing company holds the shares on the nominees behalf. Do new holders get a say in what they would get. Apologies for grammar, on an iPhone.

Not sure when the price drop was, but if it did drop 1.74 to 48.72it was indeed 3.5%

im not sure investors money is safer in bank, with next to no interest, against inflation, albeit not very high, your savings are losing value every month. im in the beatlejuice camp, i think that the current price is not expensive

ex div drop overdone ???, not sure id agree, i think it would not be unexpected that after the recent 50p rise and the dividend, that traders, and some investors (who bought at a low price in the short term) would sell, pocketing the price rise and the divi.and be on the look out for other rich picking, alas Im not one one them, with an average of 480p im about breakeven, but have a target of 525p, hope Greece, euro crisis doesnt rear its head agin though. Just returned from there, and all my Greek friends, without exception say that the Greeks will default and go through the same drama, fake hoop jumping theyve had the last 2 or 3 years.so watch this space.

there is junk written on every site, not just this. Shell adr up nearly 1.5%, so should bode well for the morning, one would think, but thats just it, WE dont know anything, most opinions here, including my own , and on other boards are just educated ( and some are non educated ) guesses, but hey it fills in 10 minutes in the evening. It is nice to see sentiment changing , however long it lasts , it is better than the steady day in day out drop since the BG takeover announcement.

when do you think it will drop ?

I understand they may have hedged fuel prices at a price HIGHER than they are now but not sure if or when prices rise this will have little effect of sp.

Nice to see the downturn levelling off, with ex div date nearing but my main reservation is the fall in price whilst fuel has been at such a low rate. Consensus of many is that fuel will rise shortly and that this may affect sgc in the short term.

2 huge buys yesterday, something's afoot. These are massive for a relatively small company. This group plays it's cards very close to its chest and although it's own brand ranges are well established according to their web site, and their jersey royal acquisition completed there must surely be more than those,, ?

it appears that the markets are erring on the negative side of unsure, at the Friends merger. i however trust Mr Wilson, in the longer term, who knows we might regain the once parity we had with the Pru not that many years ago. i would even speculate a buy, but it may have a bit more to retrace before sentiment changes, so i opinion a hold. i do however, after looking at the figures, feel that Friends have got the better end of the deal, especially with their assured divi, but maybe that proves that our board felt the premium was worth paying.

Share price in auction, any ideas ?

Hi this is the email I got in answer to my question when do shareholders have to hold the share to get the special divi. Thank you for getting in touch. The record date for shareholders to hold shares has not yet been confirmed and more information about the scheme will be provided in April 2015 to shareholders with the AGM mailing. Please contact your nominee if you need any more information about your shares. Kind regards Hope this clarifies Sarah Feltham Shareholder Service Representative

Pretty certain those holding in September WONT. Be eligible. I posted about the value of the share after the ex div date for the payment , and a very respected poster refered me to the section in the statement which says that rather than the value going down by the dividend value the consolidation means holders would have a reduction in the number of shares they hold but without a reduction in that shares value. So as I haven't seen a reduction in the number of shares I hold, it's not happened yet. In fact ice only ever seen the proposal to return capital to shareholders

You are correct in that the press release stated that if agreed on it would be paid first quarter 2015 so you could presume it would be with normal divi and hence eligibility the same as that, but I can't see anywhere the date a holder must be owning a share to be eligible for this special divi.

I've scoured the sl news release and I can't see this important detail either. I've emailed the investor help local ne and they are pretty quick to respond, but often just refer the questioner back to the relevant news release. Ill post the news if and when I get the answer.

Continued ...apart from th drop in annuities which was of course expected. The uncertainty of the proposed new pension draw down rules, caused a drop when announced , with the swift bounce back, so I'm unsure of the cause of the early drop this morning . I of course could be missing something that the market has spotted.

To me, that looked like a very favourable, admittedly not over enthusiastic report. Everything seemed to be up, new customers, retention of customers, funds, etc etc the markets we're obviously expecting a bit more, hence the drop. This does show of course that stand life are highly regarded if even these figures were an underestimation of past year. I rate this as a cautious buy as this is 10% lower than around the Scottish vote date and nothing has changed that I can see, except these "good" se of results, directors optimism.

i would hope in the run up to the busiest time of the year and barring another profits warning, this should be nearer the pre fire £30 area than bouncing between the £20-£23 range, especially if it can sort out its supply problems. Im pretty sure the amazon rumour was just that, but lets not forget that asos has a very large client base, believe me, i have two young fashion conscious daughters, and ill grant that profit it more important than sales, loyal customers ( in a brand hungry public is exactly what a trader like Amazon is looking for, wether they sell clothes on not) At this price, even with any prospective buyer paying a premium is a very attractive acquisition.

I take you read my a statement that the system have dealings which " are wrong" is acceptability ? It is not, saying something is a fact is not acceptabilty .

Did the lure of the mysterious amazons £50 keep you here.