IP Group

Rathbones Group Plc disclosed a 1.08% interest in IP Group Plc, holding 9,611,573 ordinary shares as of 9 July 2026. The disclosure, made under Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code, also reported a purchase of 12,000 shares at 64.1 pence per share on the same date. No cash-settled or stock-settled derivatives were held, and no other dealings or arrangements were reported.

Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. has disclosed a 1.93% interest in IP Group PLC, holding 17,066,806 ordinary shares as of 9 July 2026. The disclosure was made under Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code. Dimensional also reported purchasing 69,198 shares at 0.6421 GBP per share on the same date. The firm noted that it does not have discretion over voting decisions for 186,444 of the shares included in the total.

Ramsdens Holdings shares surged 28% to 580 pence after it agreed to a recommended cash takeover by US pawnbroking group FirstCash, valuing the company at around £206 million. Shareholders will receive up to 609 pence per share, well above Ramsdens' all-time high. In other small-cap news, IP Group rejected a £616 million takeover approach from its largest shareholder Railpen, which has until 20 July to make a firm bid or walk away. Metals One built a 5.57% stake in Talon Resources as the latter began trading on AIM and switched from a cash shell to a gold explorer focused on Ontario's Eagle Lake project, where historical samples hit 204 grams per tonne of gold. Tertiary Minerals unveiled a new silver-copper exploration target at Mushima North in Zambia estimated at 15 to 30 million tonnes, with drilling returning a 97-metre intersection at 56 grams of silver per tonne.