Solo one. Declarer finishes with 30 Card Points, defenders take 40: Solo one needed 36 and falls short. But the Declarer's Pagat won the very last trick outright: Pagat Ultimo, announced.
Who scores what?
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Answer
The fallen Solo goes on the Declarer’s ledger with a minus sign: contract 12 plus one five of distance (the Declarer’s 30 Card Points sit 5 under the line) makes minus 13. But the Pagat Ultimo belongs to whoever earned it, win or lose: the announced Ultimo books PLUS 10 into the same column. One hand, one column, two signs: minus 13 plus 10 is minus 3, a lost Solo softened to a scratch by one brave card. The defenders score nothing, and smile at the minus they caused.