Trading at 16 times earnings for a yield of about 4.5 per cent, they are an attractive defensive move.
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In that context, the decision to potentially sell the tea business looks like a defensive move.
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It was a defensive move in that moment.
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Ministers were surprised at the defensive move.
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Coming amid gossip that the utility could be a takeover target, it was viewed as a defensive move.
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