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Socially Useful Frenkel Topping (FEN): Another Opportunistic Takeover and Delisting
Post Date: November 6, 2025
Another week, another blatant example of the chronic undervaluation of UK small-cap companies, leading to a lowball takeover, that forces long-term individual shareholders out at a lowball valuation.
The AIM market, it seems, is becoming a hunting ground for opportunistic private equity firms to snatch up good businesses on the cheap.
I’ve written about this pattern before with Gusbourne, Dewhurst, and the particularly egregious case of Anexo. The latest name to add to this sorry list is Frenkel Topping (AIM: FEN).
I think this one is particularly cynical. Many ShareSoc members will ...
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Socially Useful Frenkel Topping (FEN): Another Opportunistic Takeover and Delisting
Post Date: November 6, 2025
Another week, another blatant example of the chronic undervaluation of UK small-cap companies, leading to a lowball takeover, that forces long-term individual shareholders out at a lowball valuation.
The AIM market, it seems, is becoming a hunting ground for opportunistic private equity firms to snatch up good businesses on the cheap.
I’ve written about this pattern before with Gusbourne, Dewhurst, and the particularly egregious case of Anexo. The latest name to add to this sorry list is Frenkel Topping (AIM: FEN).
I think this one is particularly cynical. Many ShareSoc members will ...
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