UK small-cap RNS · 22 May 2026
The key announcements of UK small & mid caps under £2bn on 22 May 2026 – situations they move are marked, with the share price since.
Key = all announcements except routine filings (voting rights, buybacks, holdings, director forms), plus director dealings and holdings that are part of a situation. Not investment advice.
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| 22 May | Spectra Systems Corporation (DI/REGS) SPSC | £82m | Transformational contract / build-out | Additional Sensor order
Spectra Systems Corporation, a leader in machine-readable high speed banknote authentication, security printing, brand protection technologies and gaming security software, is pleased to announce that we have received an order to produce additional sensors, … |
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| 22 May | Bodycote BOY | £1,541m | Takeover target | Response to media speculation
The Board of Bodycote plc ("Bodycote") notes the recent media speculation and confirms that it has received a conditional proposal from Apollo Management X, L.P. |
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| 22 May | Luceco LUCE | £300m | Overhang | Holding(s) in Company | |
| 22 May | Futura Medical FUM | £2.4m | Overhang | Holding(s) in Company | |
| 22 May | Creo Medical Group CREO | £50m | Balance-sheet stress / refinancing | Result of Placing
The Issue Price represents a premium of approximately 31.9 per cent. to the closing middle market price of 11.4 pence per Existing Ordinary Share on 21 May 2026, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Launch Announcement. |
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| 22 May | Creo Medical Group CREO | £50m | Disposal of a part (break-up) | Proposed Placing to raise approximately £5.5m
Creo Medical Group plc (AIM:CREO), the medical device company focused on the emerging field of minimally invasive surgical endoscopy for pre-cancer and cancer patients (the "Company" or "Creo" and, together with its subsidiary undertakings, the "Group"), … |
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| 22 May | Creo Medical Group CREO | £50m | Disposal of a part (break-up) | FY25 Final Results
Strong financial and operational delivery, in-line with market expectations |
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| 22 May | Workspace Group WKP | £637m | Turnaround plan with targets | Receipt of revised Requisition Notice
On 8 May 2026, the Board of Workspace Group PLC (the "Board" and the "Company" respectively) acknowledged receipt of a requisition notice made on behalf of Saba Capital Management L.P. |
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| 22 May | Creo Medical Group CREO | £50m | Disposal of a part (break-up) | Proposed Sale of 49% Interest in Creo Medical SL
Creo Medical Group plc (the "Company" or "Creo") announces that it has entered into a non-binding agreement ("LOI") with a company (the "Purchaser") owned by Luis Collantes, the CEO of Creo Medical S.L., regarding the potential sale and purchase of the … |
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| 22 May | Tekcapital TEK | £7.3m | Project milestones | Tekcapital takes stake in geothermal AI firm
596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) and certain other enacting measures ("UK MAR"). |
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| 22 May | Sound Energy SOU | £3.0m | Legal & regulatory | Final Results
("Sound Energy", "Sound" or the "Company" and together with subsidiaries the ''Group'') |
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| 22 May | Hercules Plc HERC | £30m | Transformational contract / build-out | Final Results
Hercules plc (AIM: HERC), a leading UK infrastructure and construction services group, announces its audited results for the year ended 30 September 2025 ("FY 2025"). |
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| 22 May | Helical HLCL | £212m | Project milestones | Final Results
Annual Results for the Year to 31 March 2026 |
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| 22 May | Metals Exploration MTL | £498m | Project milestones | Final Results
Final Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 |
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| 22 May | FIH Group FIH | £16m | Disposal of a part (break-up) | Update on Disposals and a Return to Shareholders
Update on the Financial Returns from Recent Disposals and a Further Return to Shareholders |
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| 22 May | Mobico Group MCG | £246m | Legal & regulatory | Update on the WMATA Contract
Further to prior disclosure, Mobico notes that on 12 May 2026 the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ("WMATA") issued a notice of termination to Mobico's U.S. subsidiary, Diamond Transportation Services Inc. |
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| 22 May | Gemfields Group Limited GEM | £56m | Project milestones | Auction Results – Higher-Quality Emeralds
Share code on JSE:GML (General Segment of JSE Main Board) / AIM:GEM |
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| 22 May | Genuit Group GEN | £640m | Upgrade / downgrade cycle | Trading Update
Managing a challenging environment with speed, rigour and discipline |
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| 22 May | Checkit CKT | £16m | Sale process / strategic review | AGM Update: Formal Sale Process
Ahead of its Annual General Meeting to be held at 12:00 noon today, Checkit plc (AIM: CKT), the automated monitoring and operational intelligence platform for frontline-led organisations, provides an update to shareholders regarding the Formal Sale Process … |