BG Group Share Discussion Threads

[84stewart] 09/1/2016 08:07

Without a doubt say yes Brahms

[montyhedge] 08/1/2016 18:53

Announced FT online, just now, Standard Life voting against.

[montyhedge] 08/1/2016 18:52

Standard Life was in favour back in May, now voting against.Hopefully the other big boys will vote NO.Hedgies would lose billions.

[spob] 08/1/2016 18:49

If Shell go ex-div for approx 30p on Feb 11

then the discount = ~ 4.3%

[zyzzyva] 08/1/2016 18:26

oil price not bottomed yet going to $10

[montyhedge] 08/1/2016 18:22

Being a Shell shareholder we should would away, come back in 12 months and offer £5 cash take it or leave it.Standard Life voting against bid, announced just now.

[montyhedge] 08/1/2016 18:16

Tide turning against the deal.Standard Life voting against bid.https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/major-shell-shareholder-standard-life-173145844.html

[trikytree] 08/1/2016 18:04

Is it better to take the standard offer of cash + Shell B shares or take all Shell B shares? I'm thinking the latter. Any thoughts? Cheers

[mavis5] 08/1/2016 17:57

Spread down to 5.9% by my calcs. Looking like the deal will happen. Any views?

[nw99] 08/1/2016 05:37

FT Royal Dutch Shell's £36 billion bid for rival BG Group is poised to win the support of most of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant's shareholders, paving the way for its completion despite a collapse in crude that has stoked fears the company is paying too much.

[84stewart] 07/1/2016 15:17

they only have to buy more BG. and save383p per share &.4544 in shares

[enturner] 07/1/2016 14:40

HenleyOn the contrary. The board might have timed this perfectly. The lower the RDSB share price, the cheaper the deal. Total cost has already been revised downwards. E

[stevenrevell] 07/1/2016 12:48

Think u right harley

[henley2] 07/1/2016 09:02

With the oil price falling as fast as this, surely the institutions are not going to vote this takeover through.
Reminds me of RBS takeover of ABN AMRO just as the financial crisis was taking hold.

[nw99] 07/1/2016 08:56

Buyng time

[enturner] 06/1/2016 16:39

84,I'm unable to add clickable links for some reason from my iPad app. If you just copy and paste the link into your browser it should work. Ehttp://www.bg-group.com/assets/files/cms/Shareholder_Guide_including_FAQs.pdf

[84stewart] 06/1/2016 16:05

Enturner
Do u have another link for the Infoseek

[enturner] 06/1/2016 15:32

martinbaker, According to the shareholder guide http://www.bg-group.com/assets/files/cms/Shareholder_Guide_including_FAQs.pdf It looks more likely that the figure used will be the opening price on 15th February. I'm more likely to go the other way and elect all in RDSB shares as this is a long term plan. Doing so would save on stamp duty and broker fees rather than just ploughing the cash back in myself at a later time.It also looks like if the 15th Feb is used then all new RDSB shares will be entitled to the Shell Q4 div as well.There are others more knowledgeable than me here so I too would like clarification.

[enturner] 06/1/2016 14:53

Timetable here:http://www.bg-group.com/assets/files/cms/Timetable.pdf

[whoppy] 06/1/2016 09:20

I was thinking of converting the 3.83 cash into ShellB shares. Shell will be paying a dividend of $1.88 in 2016, approx £1.25. Thought having the extra ShellB shares was worth it. Only risk is don't know what the ShellB share price will be or what it will do in future, but seeing as we're getting ShellB shares anyway, might as well convert the cash.