I have to say that this morning I was both impressed and delighted to see Solid State (LON:SOLI) giving its shareholders four new shares as a bonus for every share held currently.
So many listed company bosses complain about the liquidity in their shares but do little about helping the market to help them.
More companies should follow its example.
This Bonus Issue was proposed with the intention of improving the liquidity and accessibility of the company's shares, through increasing the company's issued share capital at a reduced price per share.
It will mean that 45.5m new shares will be put out to the group’s shareholders, lifting the total in issue to some 56.88m.
Dealings in the massively increased share equity will take place on Wednesday of next week, 2nd October.
In early July, this specialist value-added component supplier and design-in manufacturer of computing, power, and communications products, announced that its trading to the end of March 2024 had shown a record year, with revenues up 29.0% to £163.3m, adjusted pre-tax profits 44.4% better at £15.6m, with earnings of 76.0p (63.1p) per share.
The group, which has grown organically and by acquisition having made three strategic purchases in the last three years.
Operating through two main divisions: Systems and Components, the group specialises in complex engineering challenges often requiring design-in support and component sourcing for computing, power, communications, electronic, electro-mechanical and opto-electronic products.
It is a value-added electronics business supplying commercial, industrial and defence markets with durable components, assemblies, manufactured units and power units for use in specialist and harsh environments.
The £130m capitalised Redditch-based company employs some 400 staff across the UK and the US, serving specialist markets with high barriers to entry in the industrial, defence and security, transportation, medical and energy sectors.
The group’s shares, which are currently trading at around the 1,150p level, hopefully will react positively to the bonus issue helping to massively increase liquidity.
Hold very tightly.
(Profile 15.08.19 @ 404p set a Target Price of 546p*)
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