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Plasmon - Launch of UDO2 in May

May 2007

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  • Epic Code:
  • PLM
  • Price:
  • 45p
Plasmon, (PLM; 45p) which develops optical drives and media for archiving, has always held out a promise of becoming an explosively growing business. But started in 1985 and listed on the stockmarket in 1996, the company has never quite delivered on those promises and a number of fundraisings have gradually been diluting the potential for investors. But what was starting to look like a “cigar butt” of an investment was given a sudden lease of life last month when activist investor Hanover acquired a significant stake and appointed two of its members to the board. The stake was acquired as part of a placing of 40 million new shares at an artificially low price of 20p. Of that, Hanover took the lion’s share of 24m ...

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