Thanks Ian. All of that sounds fine to me.idpickering wrote:3rd Quarter Trading Statement
https://www.investegate.co.uk/unilever- ... 00078484C/
Dod
Thanks Ian. All of that sounds fine to me.idpickering wrote:3rd Quarter Trading Statement
https://www.investegate.co.uk/unilever- ... 00078484C/
Dod101 wrote:Thanks Ian. All of that sounds fine to me.idpickering wrote:3rd Quarter Trading Statement
https://www.investegate.co.uk/unilever- ... 00078484C/
Dod
One of my biggest direct share holdings, but unless I ignore my self-imposed size guidelines (not to mention low yield and the aversion to falling in love with a share) , I am unlikely to topup any time soon.Dod101 wrote:They are my second largest holding after Scottish Mortgage, and are holding up well at around £48. The time to buy is now? I think they will continue to do well especially if the unification goes through as it looks as if it will.
Dod
I will not be topping up but will certainly continue to hold, The relatively modest yield does not bother me in the slightest. Dependable income is a valuable attribute these days.Arborbridge wrote:One of my biggest direct share holdings, but unless I ignore my self-imposed size guidelines (not to mention low yield and the aversion to falling in love with a share) , I am unlikely to topup any time soon.Dod101 wrote:They are my second largest holding after Scottish Mortgage, and are holding up well at around £48. The time to buy is now? I think they will continue to do well especially if the unification goes through as it looks as if it will.
Dod
Arb.
Dod101 wrote:
I will not be topping up but will certainly continue to hold, The relatively modest yield does not bother me in the slightest. Dependable income is a valuable attribute these days.
Dod
According to the work done by European Dividend Growth investor, Unilever plc's annual dividend has risen from 0.2778p in 1929 to 142.76p in 2019, a CAGR over those ninety years of about 7.2 percent. There have been some freezes and the dividend was not paid during the war.Dod101 wrote:They are my second largest holding after Scottish Mortgage, and are holding up well at around £48. The time to buy is now? I think they will continue to do well especially if the unification goes through as it looks as if it will.
Full item here;Unilever announces that, following Board meetings held earlier today, the Boards intend to proceed with their Unification proposals and to request that the UK High Court approves the Cross-Border Merger at the hearing scheduled to take place on 2 November 2020, with a view to completion of Unification on 29 November 2020.
...only affects holders of NV shares and can be found in the RNS.Unilever announces that the UK High Court has today approved the Cross-Border Merger between Unilever PLC and Unilever NV, pursuant to Regulation 16 of The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007. Upon the Cross-Border Merger becoming effective, Unilever's existing dual-parent holding company structure will be unified and Unilever PLC will become the single parent company of the Unilever Group ("Unification")
Subject to the terms of the order of the UK High Court, the Cross-Border Merger and Unification are expected to become effective on 29 November 2020, upon which NV Shareholders and NV NYRS Holders (excluding Withdrawing Shareholders) will receive one New PLC Share or New PLC ADS in exchange for each NV Share or NV NYRS held. The expected timetable of principal events for the implementation of Unifications...
https://www.investegate.co.uk/unilever- ... 00068358G/Unilever is pleased to announce the completion of the unification of its Group legal structure under a single parent company, Unilever PLC.
From today, and for the first time in its history, Unilever now trades with one market capitalisation, one class of shares and one global pool of liquidity, whilst also maintaining the Group's listings on the Amsterdam, London and New York stock exchanges.
Nils Andersen, Chairman of Unilever, said: "This is an important day for Unilever and we would like to thank our shareholders for their strong support of our Unification proposals, which give us greater flexibility for strategic portfolio change, remove complexity and further improve governance."
There will be no change to the operations, locations, activities or staffing levels in either The Netherlands or the United Kingdom as a result of Unification. The headquarters of Unilever's Foods & Refreshment Division will continue to be based in Rotterdam and the Home Care and Beauty & Personal Care Divisions will continue to be headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Here's a link, BouleverseeBouleversee wrote:I have located the cutting about Unilever conducting a trial of a four day week in New Zealand:
"We're taking the long view, says Unilever before four-day-week trial" You should be able to get if you Google it.
They really seem to be reaching out to employees to offer the greatest flexibility: "We want to work through it with each individual and say: "What is going to work best for you to enable you to be at your best?"
Can you see it increasing productivity here?
That link is for the Guardian article. Links don't seem to work for TT if you are not a subscriber.TheMotorcycleBoy wrote:Here's a link, BouleverseeBouleversee wrote:I have located the cutting about Unilever conducting a trial of a four day week in New Zealand:
"We're taking the long view, says Unilever before four-day-week trial" You should be able to get if you Google it.
They really seem to be reaching out to employees to offer the greatest flexibility: "We want to work through it with each individual and say: "What is going to work best for you to enable you to be at your best?"
Can you see it increasing productivity here?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... rking-week
TBH, in the height of Covid several firms have canvassed their employees to record views of preferred work patterns - employees perspective.
From my POV adding flexibility and removing time/energy/(and money) wasted in my commute certainly increase my productivity.
Matt
Ah Bouleversee. Where have you been these last few months? !!! This has been well publicised and in fact is mentioned higher on this very thread. After about 90 years or so living with the dual company structure, PLC (the UK company) finally bought the NV company (the Dutch company) so it is now entirely owned from London and Unilever PLC. Boris will be pleased. I look forward to reading the unified accounts for 2020 next year. Should make them easier to understand. I think it went through this time because London is the better place than Rotterdam for a large multi national to be based and we now have a Swedish Chairman and a British CEO (rather than the Dutch both when they tried to unify making Rotterdam the HQ)Bouleversee wrote:Incidentally, as may already have been notified on here, the article also said that the company said it had unified its group legal structure under a single parent company, Unilever plc, and that the group would trade with one market capitalisation, one class of shares and one global pool of liquidity, while maintaining its listings on the Amsterdam, London and New York stock exchanges.
Working from home and a four day week are surely not related are they? Most people that I speak to, such as my daughter and son in law who are both working from home agree with my feeling that working from home can work for a short period but in the longer run, people have got to get back into offices to meet again face to face. That is where ideas are generated and people spark off each other, as in Silicon Valley if you read any stuff about it. Furthermore, sitting in front of a screen all day and holding meetings via zoom is surely a great strain for many people.Bouleversee wrote:
If working from home increases productivity, why is it that I can now never get through to anybody without waiting an hour, if at all, and people don't ring back if I leave a message. My productivity is certainly not increased as there are problems with everything.