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It was a disappointing afternoon after such a bright start .

You still with us, GG?

I thought all your various sell barriers had long been broken on the upside ?

Gorgeous_George

I'm still hanging in there!

TBH, I haven't found a need for the money just yet and with the carrot of a few bonus shares (105 + 26), it's just too tempting to keep them.



GG

mleonard79

Hi Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone else has had a letter asking whether they want their dividend in cash or in shares? My friend got this letter but I haven't

Regards

Michelle

Dithering_Dad

mleonard79 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I was just wondering if anyone else has had a letter asking whether they want their dividend in cash or in shares? My friend got this letter but I haven't

Regards

Michelle

I got mine this week. Haven't had a chance to read it yet as I am working away, but the missus told me it had arrived. She has shares too and hasn't received her letter yet though.

MarkyMarkD

I don't know, because I haven't seen the letter, but isn't this just talking about future dividends rather than the current interim one?

glennw

MarkyMarkD wrote: »

I don't know, because I haven't seen the letter, but isn't this just talking about future dividends rather than the current interim one?

It's both, as long as you get the form back in time.

mleonard79

Thanks everyone - It might just be that they're staggering sending them out and haven't got around to me yet then I'll keep an eye out for it.

Regards

Michelle

DocProc

Obviously, as is usual in a PLC, the Finance Director has options to either purchase, receive, take up, be awarded or 'whatever' so as to benefit himself with the Company's shares. He might therefore, not have any need to acquire such shares in the 'open market'. He could do so if he so wished but if he has other uses for his spare cash and it was tied up then even if he did want to, it might be inconvenient to buy them in the open market.

He is however, a 'specified insider' and so anyone closely associated with him, such as a close relative, will also have had their name made known to the Company and when they acquire shares on the open market, such a transaction will be reported by the Company to the shareholders and other interested parties, usually with an official RNS News Announcement.

The Finance Director, David Thomas Nish, Group Finance Director
hasn't bought but nevertheless a 'closely related person' to him, namely Caroline M Nish, has purchased shares recently:

The following was reported in this way on the 29th March:

Purchase of Shares

On the 28th March 2007, in London, Caroline M Nish acquired 16,000 Ordinary Shares in Standard Life (0.00076%) at a price per share of £3.0568



This is quite excellent news and represents a purchase costing Caroline Nish £48,908.80 plus her transaction costs.

runmartin

I got some shares in Standard Life when they floated last year. If I sell them will I have to pay tax on them? They are worth about £1000.

Thanks
Martin

Dithering_Dad

You only pay tax on any gains the shares have made. As you have an annual exception allowance of £9200, unless you have sold or intend selling other shares this year that will take you over this threshold, then you won't have to pay any tax.