RE: Rights Issue13 Mar 2026 20:19
That's a fair question Santhi, and for different people, there may no be much in it. What I expect to happen is that your nil paid rights will appear alongside your shares in your accounts shortly. These are what you are entitled to, based on your holding to the ratio of 9 nil paid shares for every 13 ordinary shares you held on the record date.
The difference between nil paid and ordinary shares is that nil paids need the balancing payment (43p odd) to be forked out by you before they become fully fledged ordinary shares. In the meantime, they still have a value but not much at all based on the current SP as you can buy an ordinary shares for 45.5p, so the idea of buying a nil paid that you still need to pay a further 43p on before it becomes a full share is worth what - 1p ISH for the hassle? You would also have no stamp duty on the purchase but you don't on these anyway, do you, as they are Depositary Interests.
If some positive news comes then the picture shifts but if the SP drops further then yes, many won't take it up and the backer will, which is likely what they want, as has been said by others.
With your nil paids a 'sell' option should appear alongside them in your account, although limited value currently we would think.
Also, you may well be able to buy the nil paids, by entering the ticker FARONU0126 (it depends on your broker, and also on whether you have met certain criteria investment experience wise) Nil paids are leveraged, so considered riskier. Subject to that, rather than buying in the open market to the amount you planned - say 50,000 shares at 45.5p a share, you might be able to buy the nil paids for 2.5p a share. Yes, they still need 43p more a share to become nil paids but it would protect you from the downside a bit because of there is a nightmare announcement (we've already had that, you would think) that crashes the price way below the subscription price, you just wouldn't pay the additional 43p and let the rights lapse. During the next couple of weeks then, doing this protects the downside but likely in the too hard box for most and it may not make much difference.