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Have a Forum account? Search Post reply Subscribe to thread. I hold some RDS B shares in an ISA which used to be managed by BNP Paribas. This has been taken over by a company called Equiniti. All fine, transferred ok. However a divident has just been announced and I've been told instead of the cash from my dividend buying me more B shares, it is buying A shares. Can anyone tell me the difference and whether I should do anything about this?

There are currently no thanks for this post. I would take this up with Equiniti as if using a DRIP system the shares purchased should be the same designation as the shares that produced the dividend i. RDSA shares are euro designated and held on the Dutch exchange - any subsequent dividends produced by these shares may be subject to Dutch Witholding Tax which you don't want to happen.

Old dog but always delighted to learn new tricks! AIUI i don't have RDS shares, but i know somebody who does , they have an unusual SCRIP dividend scheme not a DRIP in which you can only get A shares, not B shares. Last edited by grey gym sock; at Users saying Thanks 4. Thanks grey gym sock - I was not aware of this special arrangement.

My RDSB are held in a normal Nominee account and therefore my dividends buy more B shares under the DRIP system operated by my broker.

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I too had a BNP Paribas ISA that contained Royal Dutch B shares. When it transferred to Equiniti, the due diligence I did on them was not too favourable in fact, they seem to get a slating everywhere you look , but I transferred it over anyway in the short term. Soon after, I started getting hassle from them to complete a direct debit mandate and provide them with all sorts of security information.

They said they needed this to collect the management fee from, despite the fact there was always cash in the ISA anyway and thats how the fee had previously been collected. Due to the "hard sell" on the direct debit demands, and the poor reputation Equiniti has, I elected to cash in the ISA and sold the shares then closed the ISA account - Just before they slid a lot in May which was a lucky bonus!

Since then, Equiniti have continued the assault on my letter box with demands for a completed direct debit mandate. I called them today to tell them to stop sending junk mail. He did eventually concede to getting complaints to call me back this afternoon. They never did, so it was the Ombudsman who I spoke to instead and they are sending a letter to Equiniti.

All this confirms my suspicions about Equiniti that I should have acted on earlier. I should have just cashed in from BNP Paribas and not signed over the transfer My suggestion to you then Evegunn would be to think carefully if Equiniti can be trusted with your Royal Dutch shares.

I know what my answer would be Users saying Thanks 1. Were you offered any alternative? I would have expected a transfer to Equiniti to be just the default. I think you may find that Equiniti's annual administration charge is payable 6-monthly in advance, which could explain your situation. Currently has a PE ratio of 6. For society to function well, people generally need to feel that they have a fair chance of success through their ability and efforts. The more entrenched hereditary elites we have, the less likely people are to feel that way.

Check the last results given but as usual, different sites give varying PE. Thanks for the reply. The PE you quote of I looked on the Financial Times website but it doesn't give their PE.

I would ignore it. Digitial Look says 7. Forecast figures for will vary but they are all still in the same ballpark. Personal Responsibility - Sad but True Sometimes I am like a dog with a bone.

Guess that leaves me back where I started? Why is RDSB so cheap. The oil price is volatile and new sources such as oil sands are expensive to extract. Gas prices have plummeted thanks to US shale discoveries, hitting its struggling US upstream business.

Brokers have lost their enthusiasm. Users saying Thanks 2. Woodford says these major oil companies have a problem of declining reserves. So yes they have oil and make profits and these dividends are covered but the cost to reacquire what they use is rising is faster then the price at which they can sell.

I would go off the last quarters earnings to work out a PE for myself vs sharebase. I expect BP is cheaper anyhow but has that court case Is Xcite cheaper then either, Im bad at doing this maths of reserves priced into share price.

Its much quicker to look at the share graph for trends Putting on my mystic meg outfit I see Shell graph has broken its rough uptrend of many years. Downside target to note is and upside could mark likely 'normal' boundaries until it establishes any new regular progress. Last edited by sabretoothtigger; at 9: The chart shows one of those symmetrical trinangles which indicates indecision in the market could go up or down or maybe a continuation of the overall trend after some consolidation.

As with a lot of charting it will only be confirmed after the event - hey ho. Article in the FT saying if all Governments stick to their agreements on carbon emissions don't laugh then most of these fossil fuels reserves will have to be left in the ground.

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