Post by aju on Dec 6, 2019 14:28:23 GMT
Dec 5, 2019 12:00:17 GMT aju said:
Not some though, BT is a case in point their divi is/was/is/was good but it's not really improving the share price - not that I'm that bothered as its a good income year on year - unless Mr McD get his way perhaps ... The last 2 divi years have been steadily the same (almost).From what I can remember of back in the day the shares were sitting at £15 or so but sadly by the time I got through to a broker to sell them they had dropped to £11 which was not such a good move. When they sold O2 to the telefonica we clearly lost some shares - we were paid for them at not a bad rate - I seem to remember we got a vote on whether the sale should go ahead but not sure what the boys in red would do - I'm guessing though that the shares will dip on day 1 but then the wrangling would take place and the shares would bolster depending of what deals took place. Personally I would rather see them stay in my hands but its never as simple as that.
As I was an employee at the time and had a number of discounted and free share opportunities but even at todays rate they are not as valuable as some of the shares were at the time they were given. I do remember a CEO at one time was never really interested in the markets as much as they seem to have become over the last 10/15 years but from watching the board purchases and options etc there are quite a few rich people amongst them by most peoples standards.
