Which companies will benefit most from Vodafone’s cash bonanza?

Vodafone shareholders are about to get a windfall. Ed Bowsher looks at how this will affect the markets, and how you could take advantage.

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It's payday from Vodafone's Verizon deal.

Vodafone shareholders are about to receive a major cash injection.

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Royal Dutch Shell£150bn4.58%
HSBC£122bn5.06%
Vodafone£111bn4.55%
BHP Billiton£105bn3.57%
BP£92bn4.38%
GSK£81bn4.63%
Unilever£69bn3.73%
Rio Tinto£66bn3.2%
British American Tobacco£59bn4.37%
Royal Bank of Scotland£58bn-
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SSE (LSE: SSE)£13.8bn5.99%
Resolution (LSE: RSL)£5.3bn5.99%
Centrica (LSE: CNA)£16.3bn5.3%
HSBC (LSE:HSBA)£123bn5.06%
Morrison (LSE: MRW)£5.6bn5.02%
BAE Systems (LSE: BA.)£13.1bn5.02%
Imperial Tobacco (LSE: IMT)£22.9bn4.93%
National Grid (LSE: NG)£31.1bn4.89%
Sainsbury (LSE: SBRY)£6.7bn4.82%
British American Tobacco (LSE: BATS)£14.6bn4.7%
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Ed Bowsher

Ed has been a private investor since the mid-90s and has worked as a financial journalist since 2000. He's been employed by several investment websites including Citywire, breakingviews and The Motley Fool, where he was UK editor.

 

Ed mainly invests in technology shares, pharmaceuticals and smaller companies. He's also a big fan of investment trusts.

 

Away from work, Ed is a keen theatre goer and loves all things Canadian.

 

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