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July 2022

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The shares stand more than £3 below last year’s 1028p placing, which raised £55m and allowed it to make two acquisitions that have 20%+ operating margins versus the previous group average of 7.7%. These were Beacon US, manufacturer / supplier of custom embedded computing boards predominantly for the medical sector and Antenova, a UK-based designer and manufacturer of antennas and radio frequency modules for industrial connectivity applications. It’s the kind of high margin design and electronics manufacturing stuff that chief executive Nick Jefferies increasingly has sought - and February has also seen him complete his exit from the low margin business of electronic distribution with the sale of Acal BFi .The two deals were inclu ...

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