UK 14:26 Wednesday, 7 October 2026
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AIM-listed jam-tomorrow (if ever) investment company Tern plc (TERN) announced its calendar 2022 results this morning and they are a dog’s breakfast. The NAV per share fell sharply from 9.2p to 6.4p despite placings of £1.5 million at 10p in December, £1.6 million at 7.5p in October and £200,000 at 9.9p in August. But for these, the drop in NAV per share would have been even more extreme. Worse still, I suggest that the company is itself running on fumes and with the shares now trading at just 3.75p (well below the historic stated NAV per share), shareholders are soon to be heavily diluted in a discounted bailout placing.
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