BUZZ-SSP: end of lockup could present entry point

** End of lock-up period for SQL'S remaining 20 pct stake in SSP could present rare entry point for well-liked stock

** Swedish private equity co able to exit its residual holding in the retail chain on Apr. 23, sold 17 pct stake in co on Jan. 23 though Goldman and Morgan Stanley (Xetra: 885836 - news) . Link: http://bit.ly/1DDLRfi

** Previous placing made up c. 150x average daily volume on an otherwise thinly-traded FTSE 250 stock

** Popular (NasdaqGS: BPOP - news) holding with blue-chip asset managers: Old Mutual, Artemis, Blackrock (NYSE: BLK - news) , Schroders (LSE: SDR.L - news) and JPM all top ten shareholders

** 14 pct pop in shares since last placing (in contrast to Q1 disappointments in Sports Direct, Imagination Tech and Poundland ) likely to attract more buyers, according to a trader at a leading investment bank

** Consensus long on the sell-side: ten "buy", 3 "hold, 0 "sell"

** Co could launch div payments on May 21 (average analyst predicts FY2015 div of 1.4 pct according to Thomson Reuters data), already owned by Old Mutual (Other OTC: ODMTY - news) income fund

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : alasdair.pal.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)