Crikey db76, I've wanted to comment for months about your sled...

Crikey db76, I've wanted to comment for months about your sled dog pic' but I'll bite instead on the other mongrel 'dog' you continually whinge about.

I only have two points to make and
No.1 is: why would you seek a way out of Santos, especially via a lowball takeover, when the sp is on such a strong bull run over this past 6 months?
From 27-6-17 when it closed at 296c it has risen doggedly to close at 539c on 27-12-17.
That is a dogmatic 182% rise,
plus other 2c rise today.
I can hardly wait until it closes at 588c when you'll find you've doubled your investment on your 'dog' of a stock.

No.2 is: you see the SA gov't interfering in a TO by trying to influence the Foreign Investment Review Board, [I and others here have pointed out the SA gov't has no other control over STO now], yet you don't give any deference to the recent decision on a Chinese Gov't controlled co. being given approval by the FIRB to attempt a TO of fellow Watsia onshore gas/condensate 50% stakeholder AWE Limited.

STO $5.410 $0.020 (+0.37%)

SANTOS LTD FPO
Thu 28 Dec 2017 4:54 PM (Sydney time)

	Trade History
1	Date	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume
2	27/12/2017	5.310	5.410	5.310	5.390	3,075,638
3	22/12/2017	5.280	5.370	5.280	5.310	8,679,875
4	21/12/2017	5.130	5.280	5.110	5.270	10,682,234
5	20/12/2017	5.070	5.120	5.070	5.100	3,567,284
6	19/12/2017	5.040	5.090	5.030	5.070	5,582,025
7	18/12/2017	5.020	5.070	4.970	5.060	4,107,794
8	15/12/2017	5.080	5.100	5.010	5.020	6,206,430
9	14/12/2017	5.080	5.100	5.035	5.060	3,404,819
10	13/12/2017	5.040	5.085	5.030	5.040	3,781,973
11	12/12/2017	5.100	5.110	5.055	5.100	3,024,667
12	11/12/2017	5.010	5.060	5.010	5.050	3,821,829
13	08/12/2017	5.000	5.020	4.940	5.000	3,567,224
14	07/12/2017	4.930	5.025	4.890	4.960	3,607,844
15	06/12/2017	4.970	4.980	4.900	4.910	7,246,898
16	05/12/2017	5.100	5.140	5.005	5.030	6,125,690
17	04/12/2017	5.160	5.190	5.115	5.130	4,325,949
18	01/12/2017	5.110	5.165	5.100	5.140	3,820,282
19	30/11/2017	5.100	5.130	5.060	5.080	7,042,792
20	29/11/2017	5.100	5.185	5.100	5.150	4,537,926
21	28/11/2017	5.020	5.160	5.020	5.140	10,486,025
22	27/11/2017	5.080	5.120	4.970	5.030	5,685,419
23	24/11/2017	5.120	5.180	5.070	5.070	7,687,808
24	23/11/2017	5.170	5.215	5.120	5.130	6,607,854
25	22/11/2017	5.100	5.170	5.100	5.130	12,530,255
26	21/11/2017	5.040	5.070	5.030	5.070	6,949,186
27	20/11/2017	5.080	5.140	5.025	5.040	19,812,518
28	17/11/2017	4.980	5.140	4.960	5.010	19,898,335
29	16/11/2017	4.900	4.970	4.820	4.950	35,975,346
30	15/11/2017	4.390	4.390	4.310	4.380	9,840,922
31	14/11/2017	4.500	4.500	4.450	4.480	6,873,396
32	13/11/2017	4.470	4.610	4.450	4.580	7,654,046
33	10/11/2017	4.560	4.580	4.455	4.490	11,405,905
34	09/11/2017	4.750	4.750	4.570	4.650	13,864,350
35	08/11/2017	4.700	4.780	4.680	4.780	8,492,862
36	07/11/2017	4.670	4.780	4.670	4.760	11,503,629
37	06/11/2017	4.610	4.690	4.585	4.590	9,789,977
38	03/11/2017	4.570	4.610	4.560	4.560	4,408,143
39	02/11/2017	4.600	4.620	4.555	4.560	4,922,770
40	01/11/2017	4.540	4.590	4.520	4.580	5,517,959
41	31/10/2017	4.510	4.570	4.490	4.500	6,588,099
42	30/10/2017	4.390	4.510	4.385	4.510	8,443,592
43	27/10/2017	4.370	4.400	4.310	4.350	9,061,281
44	26/10/2017	4.350	4.375	4.320	4.360	6,474,593
45	25/10/2017	4.300	4.350	4.280	4.350	5,435,597
46	24/10/2017	4.280	4.290	4.220	4.280	7,719,382
47	23/10/2017	4.290	4.320	4.255	4.300	5,473,697
48	20/10/2017	4.230	4.270	4.150	4.260	7,276,013
49	19/10/2017	4.250	4.300	4.235	4.280	7,643,315
50	18/10/2017	4.220	4.240	4.200	4.230	4,332,783
51	17/10/2017	4.200	4.260	4.190	4.230	6,848,911
52	16/10/2017	4.190	4.210	4.180	4.190	4,932,586
53	13/10/2017	4.130	4.180	4.120	4.170	8,121,626
54	12/10/2017	4.090	4.170	4.080	4.150	7,878,661
55	11/10/2017	4.060	4.100	4.045	4.070	9,598,115
56	10/10/2017	4.010	4.075	4.000	4.040	4,443,363
57	09/10/2017	4.060	4.090	4.020	4.050	3,819,677
58	06/10/2017	4.030	4.090	4.020	4.090	8,574,405
59	05/10/2017	3.950	4.020	3.945	4.000	5,666,840
60	04/10/2017	3.970	3.990	3.940	3.970	9,581,715
61	03/10/2017	4.000	4.030	3.980	4.010	8,000,349
62	02/10/2017	4.010	4.085	4.010	4.050	3,723,200
63	29/09/2017	4.030	4.070	4.000	4.020	13,352,572
64	28/09/2017	4.170	4.180	4.060	4.080	6,333,707
65	27/09/2017	4.190	4.190	4.115	4.140	6,506,510
66	26/09/2017	4.100	4.200	4.090	4.170	13,944,456
67	25/09/2017	4.000	4.040	3.995	4.030	7,696,119
68	22/09/2017	4.000	4.010	3.940	3.990	6,156,581
69	21/09/2017	4.000	4.040	3.970	3.990	9,147,211
70	20/09/2017	3.950	3.960	3.910	3.920	6,431,013
71	19/09/2017	3.980	3.995	3.950	3.960	4,599,277
72	18/09/2017	3.910	3.995	3.910	3.970	8,459,341
73	15/09/2017	3.940	3.960	3.885	3.910	7,247,262
74	14/09/2017	3.910	3.960	3.910	3.940	5,036,101
75	13/09/2017	3.960	3.990	3.900	3.900	8,538,002
76	12/09/2017	3.960	3.960	3.870	3.920	9,765,342
77	11/09/2017	3.850	3.970	3.830	3.950	11,149,314
78	08/09/2017	3.930	3.930	3.820	3.850	7,585,825
79	07/09/2017	3.930	3.940	3.885	3.900	9,818,257
80	06/09/2017	3.800	3.905	3.800	3.900	11,248,898
81	05/09/2017	3.750	3.830	3.730	3.810	9,223,156
82	04/09/2017	3.750	3.810	3.725	3.750	10,637,147
83	01/09/2017	3.780	3.820	3.750	3.760	11,870,410
84	31/08/2017	3.740	3.760	3.680	3.760	11,902,468
85	30/08/2017	3.760	3.820	3.720	3.770	11,957,666
86	29/08/2017	3.690	3.770	3.680	3.760	12,159,280
87	28/08/2017	3.700	3.780	3.670	3.740	12,644,126
88	25/08/2017	3.470	3.700	3.470	3.660	24,404,883
89	24/08/2017	3.520	3.530	3.400	3.470	10,666,617
90	23/08/2017	3.450	3.480	3.415	3.460	8,467,434
91	22/08/2017	3.310	3.420	3.310	3.400	7,271,170
92	21/08/2017	3.340	3.350	3.310	3.330	5,415,003
93	18/08/2017	3.270	3.305	3.255	3.290	5,086,459
94	17/08/2017	3.320	3.330	3.260	3.300	6,411,512
95	16/08/2017	3.290	3.330	3.255	3.330	7,135,978
96	15/08/2017	3.290	3.310	3.260	3.280	5,388,970
97	14/08/2017	3.340	3.380	3.320	3.350	4,458,374
98	11/08/2017	3.340	3.350	3.300	3.330	8,214,936
99	10/08/2017	3.400	3.420	3.370	3.390	3,794,942
100	09/08/2017	3.400	3.420	3.350	3.390	6,747,779
101	08/08/2017	3.470	3.470	3.370	3.430	5,221,805
102	07/08/2017	3.350	3.470	3.335	3.470	9,699,385
103	04/08/2017	3.380	3.390	3.320	3.330	15,726,304
104	03/08/2017	3.380	3.425	3.380	3.410	6,226,104
105	02/08/2017	3.380	3.400	3.345	3.390	5,591,980
106	01/08/2017	3.400	3.430	3.380	3.420	7,140,946
107	31/07/2017	3.400	3.430	3.360	3.390	6,649,445
108	28/07/2017	3.360	3.380	3.310	3.370	13,798,633
109	27/07/2017	3.420	3.460	3.320	3.360	12,019,193
110	26/07/2017	3.330	3.395	3.305	3.390	13,378,172
111	25/07/2017	3.230	3.230	3.200	3.220	6,348,078
112	24/07/2017	3.200	3.230	3.165	3.190	10,882,677
113	21/07/2017	3.280	3.290	3.225	3.260	9,833,021
114	20/07/2017	3.110	3.285	3.105	3.270	23,143,356
115	19/07/2017	3.020	3.030	2.980	3.020	6,656,774
116	18/07/2017	3.060	3.070	3.020	3.040	6,583,517
117	17/07/2017	3.000	3.075	2.990	3.070	6,013,368
118	14/07/2017	2.930	2.995	2.920	2.990	8,715,696
119	13/07/2017	2.920	2.930	2.900	2.910	4,565,140
120	12/07/2017	2.930	2.940	2.890	2.910	5,938,820
121	11/07/2017	2.910	2.940	2.890	2.900	6,281,588
122	10/07/2017	2.930	2.935	2.870	2.910	10,721,359
123	07/07/2017	3.010	3.020	2.950	2.950	9,771,925
124	06/07/2017	3.020	3.065	3.010	3.030	7,549,870
125	05/07/2017	3.040	3.085	3.020	3.070	6,671,293
126	04/07/2017	3.080	3.090	3.040	3.040	6,434,265
127	03/07/2017	3.060	3.090	3.010	3.020	5,797,606
128	30/06/2017	3.050	3.100	3.020	3.030	18,730,420
129	29/06/2017	3.050	3.130	3.045	3.110	9,513,624
130	28/06/2017	2.970	3.030	2.965	3.020	8,537,358
131	27/06/2017	3.000	3.020	2.930	2.960	11,342,378
132	26/06/2017	2.940	3.010	2.930	2.970	9,773,992
133	23/06/2017	2.970	2.975	2.910	2.920	10,153,261