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UK small-cap RNS · 24 Dec 2025

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  1. 13:22
    Annual Report Results
    Annual Report and Accounts 2025 and Notice of Annual General Meeting
    −1.3% on the day
  2. 13:16
    Director/PDMR Shareholding Director dealing
  3. 13:10
    EBT Share Purchase
    Further to its announcement of 1 August 2025, Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872), was notified that on 24th December 2025, JTC Employer …
    +2.5% on the day
  4. 12:58
    Issue of Shares and Options and Directors Dealings Director dealing
    Issue of Shares under STIP, Grant of Options and Directors' Dealings
    first since Oct 2023 +5.7% on the day
  5. 12:28
    Sale of Consumer Vehicle Finance Business
    Sells the run-off Vehicle Finance loan book at a premium to book value, adding about 195bps to pro forma CET1 and freeing capital for higher-returning Core businesses and possible buybacks.
    £458.6m · 185% of mcapoutlook positivenext step +1.9% on the day
    Moved: new: Consumer Vehicle Finance sale – Sale agreed; completion expected Q1 2026 · Motor finance commission redress: Provision raised to £21m on FCA proposals → STB keeps redress liability after sale
  6. 12:00
    Half-year Results Results
    Half-year loss of £644,766 against a prior-year profit that came only from the Glenover sale. Exploration is progressing, with the Jubilee Molefe deal after period end, but no definitive Luansobe deal yet.
    Disposal of a part (break-up) −2.6% on the day
    Moved: Molefe drilling programme: Drilling started; 2 of about 10 holes done → Early drilling encouraging; sulphide beneath oxides · new: Luansobe third-party discussions – Talks ongoing; no definitive arrangement · new: Ferber Phase 2 drilling – Phase 1 complete; data integration next
  7. 11:23
    Half-year Results Results
    Interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2025
    +0.0% on the day
  8. 11:08
    Cancellation of Treasury Shares
    As required by UK Listing Rule 12.6.4 and DTR 5 the Company discloses the following information:
    +0.2% on the day
  9. 10:43
    Share Buyback
    EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the AIM-listed global diagnostics business, announces that it has purchased a total of 71,000 of its ordinary shares of 1p each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at a weighted average price of 25.3 …
    +0.8% on the day
  10. 09:39
    Admission of shares
    Amigo announced on 18 December 2025 that existing shareholders had subscribed for 62,700,000 new ordinary shares of 0.25p ("WRAP Retail Offer Shares") at an issue price of 0.3p per share.
    +5.9% on the day
  11. 09:20
    Completion of 2025 Share Buyback Programme
    The £20m buyback started in March 2025 is finished, with 9.4m shares cancelled at an average 213.3p, about 3.9% of the share capital, so each remaining share has a larger claim on profits.
    £20.0m · 4% of mcapfirst since Oct 2023 +0.4% on the day
    Moved: new: Share buyback programme – 2025 £20m buyback completed
  12. 09:19
    Transfer of shares to Trust
    Philip Dudderidge, non-executive Chairman and director, has transferred, by way of gift, 10,633,384 ordinary shares of £0.001 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for no consideration to a sub-fund of The Dudderidge Family Discretionary …
    −0.4% on the day
  13. 09:00
    DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS FROM THE RESERVE FOR INVESTED UNRESTRICTED EQUITY
    The Board of Directors has today resolved a capital redemption of EUR 0.005 per share.
    +0.0% on the day
  14. 07:00
    Defence Holdings Agrees Appointment of Chief Executive Officer Board change
    Fills the CEO vacancy ahead of the January update, which was the main gap in the build-out. The CEO is unnamed and only starts in early Q2, so the benefit is deferred.
    +16.3% on the day
    Moved: Senior leadership build-out: CEO shortlist interviewed; final selection stage → CEO agreed; name undisclosed, checks pending
  15. 07:00
    2025 Review of Year
    (Incorporated in the Isle of Man with company number 009753V)
    +0.8% on the day
  16. 07:00
    Adverse Costs Order in Class Action Investment
    Court-quantified adverse costs of A$32.4m on the lost QLD Electricity class action leave an uninsured A$19.9m, of which LCM must pay A$12.9m, straining a company already in run-off and talking to its lender.
    Sale process / strategic review outlook mixed3 profit warnings in 3 months – usually less than 1 −14.6% on the day
    Moved: Strategic review: Talks with credible counterparties; lender covenant relief → Review ongoing; lender talks continuing · new: QLD Electricity Claim adverse costs – Costs quantified; appeal filed; costs appeal considered
  17. 07:00
    Completion of Share Buyback Programme
    TMT Investments Plc (AIM: TMT), the venture capital company investing in high-growth technology companies, announces that the Company's share buyback programme which launched on 19 November 2025 (the "Buyback Programme") has now been completed.
    −1.1% on the day
  18. 07:00
    Fundraising and Limeco Operations Update Fundraise
    Firering Strategic Minerals plc / EPIC: FRG / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining
    −3.7% on the day
  19. 07:00
    Receipt of R&D tax credit
    Mirriad, a leading provider of virtual product placement ("VPP") announces that, further to the Company's announcement on 19 December 2025, it has received an R&D tax credit of approximately £346,000 from HMRC in respect of the financial year ended 31 …
    +16.7% on the day
  20. 07:00
    New Subscription Agreement Signed Fundraise
    The New Subscription Agreement was signed on 23 December 2025 by The Smarter Web Company PLC and Shard Merchant Capital Limited and replaces the subscription agreement announced on 04 September 2025 ("The Subscription Agreement").
  21. 07:00
    Grant of Deferred Share Awards
    In line with best practice corporate governance for AIM companies, Chariot aims to remunerate its Directors through an appropriate mix of cash and share awards, aligning their interests with those of shareholders.
    +0.1% on the day
  22. 07:00
    Acquisition
    Binding deal for six Southwest England petrol forecourts starts Roadside's forecourt consolidation, is stated to be immediately accretive to underlying earnings, and is debt-funded from a related-party facility.
    £17.8m · 18% of mcapoutlook positive +2.1% on the day
    Moved: new: Gardner Retail acquisition – SPA signed; £2.25m deposit paid · new: Tarncourt related-party debt funding – Facility headroom increased to £35.0m
  23. 07:00
    Issue of Shares on Exercise of Unlisted Options
    Berkeley Energia Limited (Berkeley or the Company) advises that it has issued 496,428 ordinary fully paid shares (Shares) on the exercise of 2,000,000 unlisted options pursuant to a cashless exercise facility.
    first since Oct 2023 +2.4% on the day
  24. 07:00
    Completion of acquisition
    Completion of acquisition of Domino Industria E Comercio LTDA
    +0.2% on the day
  25. 07:00
    Customer Contracts Update
    Crimson Tide plc (AIM:TIDE), the provider of the mpro5 process management app, announces that it has received formal notice from a significant customer, a major retailer (the "Customer"), that it intends to exercise a break clause in its existing contract …
    Turnaround plan with targets outlook negative −17.1% on the day
    Moved: Turnaround and churn reduction: Costs cut, back in profit, churn falling → Turnaround hit by loss of 12% of ARR
  26. 07:00
    Sale of Utsi Electronics
    Sells loss-making Utsi (£464k pre-tax loss) for £1.0m cash, to fund working capital. This removes a drag on a Group with net liabilities, though completion depends on NSI Act clearance.
    £1.0m · 143% of mcapfirst since Oct 2023 +43.7% on the day
    Moved: new: Utsi Electronics disposal – Binding conditional SPA signed · Turnaround to profitability: Operating profit achieved; pre-tax loss remains → Shedding loss-making Utsi to focus · Reliance on Chairman's financial support: Support letter renewed; net liabilities persist → £1.0m sale proceeds to add working capital
  27. 07:00
    Acquisition of three supermarkets for £98 million
    Completes £97.6m of three UK supermarket purchases, debt-funded at a 5.5% NIY, below the 6.4-7.4% yields of earlier deals. The company calls them earnings accretive, but pro-forma LTV rises to 43%.
    Large acquisition / reverse takeover £97.6m · 9% of mcapoutlook positive4 acquisitions in 3 months – usually less than 1 +0.4% on the day
    Moved: Debt-funded UK pipeline deployment: Asda deal agreed; JV transfer pending due diligence → Three UK stores completed; LTV pro-forma 43%
  28. 07:00
    Intended publication date of Scheme Document
    Only a timetable step: the Scheme Document goes out on 15 January 2026, over 28 days after the 10 December recommended 84p offer, with Bidco and Panel consent. The offer terms are unchanged.
    +2.1% on the day
    Moved: Possible offer for Inspecs: H2 withdrawn; Bidco offer remains → Recommended offer; Scheme Document timetable set
  29. 07:00
    Contract
    ('Gulf Marine Services', 'GMS', 'the Company' or 'the Group')
    +3.6% on the day
  30. 07:00
    Results for the six months ended 30 September 2025 Results
    Feasibility study and prices well above study assumptions, but a £3.8m operating loss, £40.4m total loss from the CLN fair-value charge and only £1.0m cash leave funding dependent.
    Project milestones 25% of mcapoutlook positivefirst since Oct 2023 −1.4% on the day
    Moved: Hemerdon Project Financing: Advanced discussions; bridge loan agreed → Good progress; completion expected Q1 2026 · Convertible note conversion and B-Shares: Terms conditionally agreed; shareholder approval pending → Binding conversion agreement; approval pending · Bridge loan and funding dependence: Bridge facility agreed, first tranche available → Bridge partly deployed; going-concern uncertainty stated
  31. 07:00
    Corporate Update
    Celsius Resources Limited ("Celsius" or the "Company") (ASX,AIM:CLA) is pleased to announce that it is in discussions with a prominent Financial Advisory firm to assist with finalising the financing for the Maalinao-Caigutan-Biyog Copper-Gold Project …
    +0.0% on the day

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