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** Potential means Intention to Float (ITF) or similar announcement has been made.
***Arranged by type of listing and date of announcement.
****Alphabetically arranged and priced on Share Price and Market Capitalisation during the time of writing on the day of Publication.
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3 June: Reveille Resources has announced its intention to IPO onto AQSE. The strategy is focused on identifying and advancing uranium exploration opportunities in assets that have benefited from significant historical expenditure and technical work, but which may not have achieved full value realisation due to geopolitical, technological, financial, or historical factors. Reveille’s initial focus is on two historical uranium deposits in Lombardy, northern Italy. Pre-admission, Andrea Cattaneo, Ippolito Cattaneo, Ajax Resources PLC, and Zenith Energy Ltd. each hold 25% of the shares. The four pre-admission shareholders will be subject to a one-year lock-in and a subsequent one-year orderly market agreement. Expected Admission date is 2 July.
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Aterian 24.50p £4.68m (ATN.L)
The critical minerals exploration and development Company announced that field operations have commenced under its recently established strategic joint venture with Lithosquare, marking the transition from partnership formation to active exploration across the Company's priority projects in Morocco and Botswana. The programmes combine advanced exploration technologies, including hyperspectral satellite imagery, artificial intelligence-driven target generation, geophysics, geochemistry and drilling to prioritise the Company's highest-potential projects while building a pipeline of future drilling opportunities. The programmes have been established and optimised based on Lithosquare's Geology AI.
Carclo 28.0p £24.96m (CAR.L)
The global precision engineering group with comprehensive, end-to-end manufacturing capabilities reports FY results to end March 2026. Revenue is £114.2m down from £121.2m in the prior period. The underlying operating profit increased 28.1% to £12.6m driven by operational efficiencies and a focus on higher margin business to give an EPS of 3.7p, which is up from 1.2p in the prior period. Net debt however increased 24.5% to £23.9m largely driven by a one-off additional pension contribution of £5.1m in April 2025. A Precision 2030 growth plan has been communicated and the success of these efforts can be seen through the delivery of the Group's financial targets ahead of schedule.
Clean Power Hydrogen 13.6p £68.27m (CPH2.L)
The UK-based green hydrogen technology Company has announced a fundraise including a Firm Placing and Subscription of £2.5m gross proceeds and a further Placing, Subscription and Retail Offer of up to £7.5m gross proceeds, subject to a general meeting at an issue price of 1.5p per share. The Company also announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2025 this morning: a Loss of £7.1m, cash and cash equivalents of £4.0m, successful fundraises completed receiving £13.7m gross proceeds during FY25 and £1.0m spent on development work in the period.
Croma Security Solutions Group 68.50p £9.16m (CSSG.L)
The innovation and service-focused security solutions provider announced the receipt of £440,064 representing the final payment to complete the £6.5m disposal of Vigilant Security Limited, provider of professional security personnel in the UK and Ireland. On 6 June 2023, Croma announced the disposal of Vigilant to focus on its higher margin Croma Locksmiths and Croma Security Systems businesses.
DSW Capital 43.50p £10.68m (DSW.L)
The owner of the Dow Schofield Watts brand announced that it has provided equity funding of £360k to support the acquisition of Integer Advisory Limited by Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning LLP. The combination creates a strengthened advisory business, bringing together DSW BP's expertise in social housing and infrastructure with Integer's established reputation and specialist sector knowledge. The strengthened and enlarged business, operating as DSW Integer, will be well positioned to support public sector organisations, as the demand for advisory services grows in response to increased Government investment in infrastructure, housing and public service. DSW Capital will continue to receive licence fee income from the enlarged business and will also hold an equity interest in the business, through its membership in the LLP.
EnergyPathways 6.8p £17.06m (EPP.L)
The UK energy transition Company announced that following the award of a Gas Storage Licence for its MESH project, the Licence work programme has been launched, and a site survey is planned for Q3 2026. Formal acceptance of the North Sea Transition Authority's Licence offer marks a significant milestone in advancing the MESH Project. The Company has commenced the Licence work programme and is planning an extensive survey in the East Irish Sea that will provide data to develop both the environmental, geological and seabed aspects of MESH. The survey results will underpin regulatory, engineering and subsurface workstreams as the Company progresses towards the next phase of development.
Goldplat 16.75p £27.06m (GDP.L)
The mining services group, with international gold recovery operations located in South Africa and Ghana, servicing the African and South American Mining Industry, announced a positive trading update for the current financial year ending 30 June 2026. As a result of the continued high gold prices and strong volumes, and subject to a number of year-end adjustments, the Board expects that the results for FY2026 will materially exceed prevailing market expectations.
Medpal AI 4.2p £24.64m (MPAL.L)
The AI-powered integrated digital health and pharmacy group announced the opening of its new robotic pharmacy dispensing and distribution facility at Sarus Court, Runcorn together with receipt of NHS approval for the new location. Sarus Court will be the Company's largest pharmacy robotic distribution facility to date and is expected to provide approximately 23,000 sqft of operational capacity when fully completed. It will replace the existing pharmacy distribution facility in Runcorn, as set out in the Company's announcement of 29 April 2026, and operate in addition to the Company's facility in Swaffham. The facility is being commissioned in phases and will, from this month, process more than 2,000 prescription items per day, with infrastructure designed to support throughput of over 10,000 prescription items per day once fully completed and operational.
Shearwater Group 43.50p £8.82m (SWG.L)
The cybersecurity, advisory, and managed security services Group, announced that Brookcourt Solutions, part of the Shearwater Group plc, has secured a five-year contract expansion valued at approximately £25m with a leading UK-based global telecommunications provider. The agreement extends and expands the long-standing relationship between Brookcourt and its valued customer and will see the continued delivery of the Company's packet monitoring, forensic analysis and service assurance solution across the provider's network infrastructure and key strategic clients.
Time Out Group 7.38p £37.89m (TMO.L)
The global media and hospitality business today announces that it has entered into a new 10-year franchise agreement with ITP Media Group covering Time Out's Media operations in Hong Kong and Singapore. Under the agreement, ITP will operate Time Out Hong Kong and Time Out Singapore, including their editorial operations, digital platforms, social channels, events and experiential activations. The agreement builds on a successful partnership spanning more than 20 years, during which ITP has operated Time Out franchises across the Gulf Cooperation Council, including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Riyadh and Jeddah. ITP Media Group is a media company operating more than 40 brands and over 200 live events annually, reaching a global monthly audience of more than 200m across digital, social, print and live platforms.
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