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UK small-cap RNS · 6 Aug 2026

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  1. 16:32
    PCA / PDMR Dealing Director dealing
    Following this transaction, the Malaccan Holdings Ltd Concert Party holds in aggregate 280,357,926 Ordinary Shares, representing 29.70% of the issued share capital.
    Insider conviction −1.9% on the day
  2. 16:23
    Postponement of Annual General Meeting
    The AGM slips two weeks to 21 August because talks with the FCA on lifting the trading suspension are unfinished. Shareholders stay unable to trade, and the fundraising depends on both the lifting and the AGM votes.
    Legal & regulatory +0.0% on the day
    Moved: Proposed convertible loan note fundraising: Non-binding heads of terms; now described as equity subscription → AGM postponed; awaiting FCA suspension lift · FCA-supervised customer asset return: Ongoing return of fiat and crypto deposits → Suspended; FCA discussions continuing
  3. 15:59
    Holding(s) in Company Holding
  4. 14:00
    Director/PDMR Shareholding Director dealing
  5. 07:55
    Sale of Pain Away for up to A$21.3 million
    Binding sale of Pain Away to Mentholatum for up to A$21.3m cash resolves the open funding question, retires all borrowings (about A$10.2m) and leaves the company debt free at completion.
    Disposal of a part (break-up) next step +69.2% on the day
    Moved: Eliminate over A$13m of debt, saving about A$1.4m a year in costs, after the AIM: pending → changed – Debt elimination is now to come from the Pain Away sale proceeds (about A$10.2m of borrowings) rather than the AIM placing, and is conditional on shareholder approval. · Funding and liquidity position: Loan repayment extended; funding still open → Binding sale agreed; funding to be resolved at completion · new: Sale of Pain Away – Binding agreement signed; awaiting shareholder approval
  6. 07:00
    YouGov YOU £314m
    FY update, banking facility, CEO appointment Board change
    Guidance is only confirmed in line with the HY26 guidance of £52-56m; nothing is raised, so this is not an upgrade.
    Capital return in linefirst since Oct 2023 +5.0% on the day
    Moved: Share buyback replacing dividend: Board expects to launch buyback → Facility amended to permit buyback; launch intended · CFO transition: CEO named; handover period to February 2027 → CEO named; handover to February 2027
  7. 07:00
    Key Permitting Approvals for Andacollo Secured
    The approvals allow Galantas to resume operations under the previously approved mine design, waste-disposal configuration, heap-leach facilities, operating parameters and safety conditions.
    Project milestones outlook mixed +6.7% on the day
    Moved: Andacollo restart and build-out: Binding crushing plant deal; engineering under way → Main SERNAGEOMIN approvals secured; one pending
  8. 07:00
    PCA / PDMR Dealing Director dealing
    Following this transaction, the Malaccan Holdings Ltd Concert Party holds in aggregate 280,042,926 Ordinary Shares, representing 29.67% of the issued share capital.
    Insider conviction +0.0% on the day
  9. 07:00
    WCE Appointments and Alien Directorate Change Board change
    Alien Metals Limited (AIM: UFO), a minerals exploration and development company, announces that its joint venture partner in the Elizabeth Hill Silver Project ("Elizabeth Hill"), West Coast Silver Limited ("West Coast Silver") (ASX: WCE), has today announced …
    New CEO / reset first in 6 months +0.0% on the day
    Moved: Board and management reshuffle: New team sets strategy → Garlick gone; Fayad also chairs West Coast Silver
  10. 07:00
    Q2 2026 Financial and Operating Results Results
    Q2 Adjusted EBITDA of $43.5m and Free Funds Flow of $32.4m on higher realized pricing, with production slightly ahead of plan, support the annual guidance after a weak production run.
    Upgrade / downgrade cycle ahead of expectationsoutlook mixed +0.0% on the day
    Moved: Bretana erosion control project: Still in contractor discussions; no award announced → Re-tender ongoing; construction largely suspended · Dividend suspension and cash preservation: Cash up on rig sale; dividend still suspended → Cash up; dividend still suspended · Bretana drilling restart and water handling: Workovers starting; drilling prep well advanced → Rig in Peru; pulling campaign under way
  11. 07:00
    Final Results Results
    FY26 adjusted operating profit of £59.5m is above the £53-57m guidance range and up 24.5% excluding Wilmar. It follows three guidance raises; EPS fell 2.7% on minorities and tax.
    Turnaround plan with targets £51.2m · 13% of mcapin lineoutlook positive −5.5% on the day
    Moved: Complete sale of 50% PZ Wilmar stake by end of calendar 2025: on_track → delivered – The 50% PZ Wilmar stake is sold, with total proceeds of £51.2m received. · Adjusted operating profit of £48-53m in FY26 excluding PZ Wilmar: changed → delivered – FY26 adjusted operating profit was £59.5m, above the earlier £48-53m range for the business excluding Wilmar. · Deliver £5-10m cost savings in FY26: on_track → delivered – Cost savings of £8.5m were delivered in FY26, within the £5-10m target.
  12. 07:00
    Unaudited Half Year Report
    These are interim results, not 'ahead of expectations'. Record net assets and US$144.8m profit are mostly unrealised uplift, chiefly Vesari, a nil-cost 51% stake in pending patents. Opex fell 7.3%.
    Project milestones ahead of expectationsoutlook positive +8.9% on the day
    Moved: Vesari geothermal AI portfolio company: Formed; 51% held; patents not yet filed → Patents filed and pending; valued at US$293m · new: Guident public listing – Working towards listing in 2026
  13. 07:00
    Half-year Results Results
    H1 matched expectations and margin rose 30bps to 11.2%, but £8.9m of semiconductor income will not repeat in H2, leverage rose to 2.0x and full-year growth is guided to only ~2%.
    Sale process / strategic review in lineoutlook mixed +2.1% on the day
    Moved: Thermal Products strategic review: Review progressing; no outcome announced → Review progressing; options being prepared, no outcome · Operational effectiveness and growth strategy: Executing: first site turnaround started, ERP due Q2 → Executing: two site turnarounds, ERP at 13 sites
  14. 07:00
    Trading Update for the 6 Months Ended 30 June 2026 Trading update
    Aeorema Communications plc / Index: AIM / Epic: AEO / Sector: Media
    Upgrade / downgrade cycle ahead of expectations −2.4% on the day
  15. 07:00
    Half-year Results Results
    Full-year guidance is only confirmed in line with market expectations (PBT £50.7m), as already said on 30 June; nothing is raised.
    Transformational contract / build-out £4,200.0m · 1305% of mcapin lineoutlook positivefirst in 6 months −0.1% on the day
    Moved: Pennington Choices integration: Integration well advanced → Integration largely complete · Rooftop Housing Group contract: Awarded; mobilisation during second half → Awarded; included in £4.2bn order book · Asylum accommodation contract wind-down: Revenues falling; Management-led down 11% in FY25 → Management-led revenue down 3% in H1
  16. 07:00
    OSB Group OSB £1,615m
    OSB GROUP PLC Interim Report for the six months ended 30 June 2026
    H1 PBT slipped to £187.2m on higher impairments and costs, and 2026 NIM guidance was cut to 215-220bps and RoTE to c.12.5% because retail funding costs have not eased.
    Capital return outlook negative, lowered −10.9% on the day
    Moved: Platform transformation programme: Migration continuing; Residential launch in Q3 2026 → Residential soft launched; savings migration continuing · £100m share repurchase programme: Under way: £30.2m bought by 28 April → £69.5m bought by 4 August · CEO succession: Successor named; regulatory approval and start date pending → Handover 31 August to 1 September 2026 (closed)

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