RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Kavern 23The reason is because of who makes the decision.
BNE is controlled by one person. That person may not want dividends - because he will get taxed on them. If he doesn't need the cash, then he may not want to pay the tax.
If that dividend money went to share buy backs, he doesn't pay tax (unless he sells - if he is not planing on selling, that won't be front of mind).
BNE will probably pay a small dividend, like it did in the past. That will be bone for the other shareholders. It won't be enough to affect the share price.