Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend

Rio Tinto shareholders in record £6.6bn half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sends profits soaring By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 17:06 EDT, 28 July 2021 | Updated: 17:24 EDT, 28 July 2021 Rio Tinto will hand shareholders a record £6.6billion half-year dividend after China’s demand for iron ore sent profits … Read more

Tech firm Telit in row with shareholders over takeover talks

Telit Communications comes under fire from some shareholders after it rekindles talks with Dbay Advisers about £280m takeover By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 March 2021 Telit Communications has come under fire from some of its shareholders after it rekindled talks with Dbay … Read more

G4S shareholders accept £3.8bn offer from US giant Allied Universal

G4S shareholders accept £3.8bn takeover offer from US giant Allied Universal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 01:12 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 17 March 2021 The long-running and acrimonious takeover battle for G4S ended last night as shareholders accepted a £3.8billion offer from US giant Allied Universal and its … Read more

What rights do shareholders have over companies they own?

Mark Northway is chairman of ShareSoc, a group that champions and lobbies on behalf of individual investors.  Here, he outlines what rights shareholders have over companies they own and how crucial it is to use them. Corporate culture: Using your shareholder rights will mould the character, behaviour and thinking of a company board for the … Read more

GameStop’s three largest shareholders have gotten $3BILLION richer in two weeks

YouTuber ‘Roaring Kitty’ has been one of the key cheerleaders of the GameStock rally The Reddit subgroup fueling the unprecedented surge of GameStop shares in a campaign that is rattling Wall Street, has been kicked off gamer messaging app Discord due to hate speech violations.  Discord on Wednesday confirmed it has banned the r/WallStreetBets server … Read more

EasyJet may have to raise more money from shareholders

EasyJet faces having to raise more money from shareholders next year to repair its finances, industry experts say By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 EasyJet faces having to raise more money from shareholders next year to repair its finances, industry experts … Read more

ALEX SEBASTIAN: Shareholders should be wary of takeover bids at the moment

Shareholders should be wary of takeover bids at the moment, says ALEX SEBASTIAN: Deals done for British firms now could look like a steal in 2021 By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 13:45 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 13:45 GMT, 26 November 2020 When a company is subject to a takeover approach … Read more

G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders

G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders as deadline approaches on predator’s £3bn offer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 G4S has offered a final sweetener to shareholders ahead of the deadline to respond to Canadian predator Garda World’s £3billion offer. … Read more

Amigo forced to ask for FCA’s approval to pay shareholders and directors

Amigo forced to ask for City watchdog’s approval to pay out cash to shareholders and directors Amigo entered a Asset Voluntary Requirement (VReq) with the FCA The  FCA uses VReq when they suspect ‘serious misconduct’ and ‘and harm needs to be prevented immediately’ By Camilla Canocchi for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:39 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: … Read more

G4S urges shareholders to block hostile takeover

Security firm G4S urges shareholders to block hostile takeover by rival Garda World after its bid was published By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 18 October 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 18 October 2020 Security firm G4S has urged shareholders to block a hostile takeover by Canadian rival Garda World after … Read more