Glaxo SmithKline is one of the UK’s largest firms.
It is huge.
http://www.shareshop.hsbc.co.uk/shareshop/security.cgi?csi=10042
A £67bn company. With leading medicines to fight HIV/AIDS, to everyday products such as Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Panadol, Beechams, Corsodyl, Day & Night Nurse, Nicorette, Macleans.
Earlier in the month, the famous and highly regarded fund manager Neil Woodford called for GSK to be broken up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35259184
Interesting to know the cash that GSK actually holds:-
http://www.gsk.com/media/841910/q3-2015-results-announcement.pdf
£5,908 Million. Yes, £5.9 Billion, a nice buffer for any potential opportunities.