This is one of the more blatant stand-over tactics that a LIC could perpetrate.
Suppress the share price with a buy back. Implement an SPP and not a rights issue at a value destroying price. "Pay us more money or watch your investment value be destroyed"; "with the added sting that if you happen to have a significant holding you will lose value regardless of how much we force you to pay".
This is a LIC - it is not a commercial operation with debt to lower or a mine to build. The only beneficiaries of this tawdry tactic are the fund managers.
The share price action in the period before the announcement merits investigation.
These guys have a lot of questions to answer!
This is one of the more blatant stand-over tactics that a LIC...
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Mkt cap ! $62.71M | |||
| Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
| 42.0¢ | 43.0¢ | 42.0¢ | $50.71K | 119.2K |
Buyers (Bids)
| No. | Vol. | Price($) |
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| 1 | 1199 | 42.5¢ |
Sellers (Offers)
| Price($) | Vol. | No. |
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| 43.0¢ | 4725 | 1 |
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