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The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Beacon Rise Holdings PLC - London-based shell company - Raises £150,000 through an advanced subscription agreement with a new investor. Proceeds are to be directed towards transaction fees associated with proposed acquisitions including that of Lyfe Health Isle of Wight Ltd, trading as Cowes Chiropractic. Proceeds will also support its admission to trading and working capital commitments. Under the agreement, Beacon Rise conditionally agrees to issue to the subscriber new ordinary shares at a 15% discount to the issue price of any shares to be issued alongside its admission. If admission has not occurred by August 28, the ASA subscriber will receive new shares at 1.80 pence. ---------- Intuitive Investments Group PLC - Manchester, England-based investor in technology and life science companies - Raises £20.0 million through an equity fundraise, issuing 21.9 million new shares at 91.5 pence each. The fundraise follows the achievement of Milestone 1 under the Helikon investment agreement, which triggers a £5 million investment from Helikon at the same price, implying a pre-money fully diluted valuation of £200 million. A further £15.0 million is raised from existing shareholders on identical terms. IIG says the proceeds are invested in Hui10 Inc, its largest holding, which focuses on the digital transformation of the Chinese lottery sector. ‘IIG does not intend to raise any additional funds outside of the future two milestone amounts committed under the Helikon Agreement, for Hui10 to achieve its strategic goals,’ company says. ---------- First Class Metals - Ontario, Canada-focused gold and critical metals explorer - Enters option agreements to acquire a 100% in two Northwestern Ontario properties with highly anomalous rare earth elements samples, Block F and Block H. For Block F, First Class is to pay C$73,500 ($52,906) in cash and issue C$60,000 in shares to the optionors. Payment for Block H includes C$67,600 in cash and C$30,000 in shares. All payment is due over three years. Chief Executive Officer Marc Sale says: ‘Gold remains the cornerstone of FCM’s exploration strategy and continues to underpin our approach to value accretion to FCM’s Ontario properties. However, against a backdrop of accelerating global demand for rare earth elements, and a clear strategic shift by allied governments towards securing critical minerals, the opportunity presented by these two properties is particularly compelling. Their geochemical and geographic location allows FCM to gain meaningful exposure to this evolving sector while maintaining our gold-focused exploration strategy and Ontario focus.’ ---------- Iofina PLC - iodine producer - In the fourth quarter, produces 221.8 metric tonnes of crystalline iodine from its eight IOsorb plants in Central and Northwest Oklahoma. This is up from 194.1 mt a year prior. Total crystalline iodine production during the second half of 2025 hits a record 437.6 mt, compared to 358.0 MT a year prior and at the upper end of 400-440 mt guidance. Total crystalline iodine production for 2025 was a record 743.2 mt, up 17% from 634.1 mt in 2024. Due to strong production, expects to exceed market expectations for revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Sees 2025 revenue ahead of $65 million, and Ebitda greater than $11 million. Net cash as at December 31 is $5.2 million, up from $2.9 million at end-2024. Iofina says it continues to make progress on its next IOsorb plant in the Permian Basin, to advance its broader plant development pipeline, and remains focused on delivering further production growth. CEO Tom Becker says: ‘We believe that the business is in a very strong position against a backdrop of increasing demand for its iodine products and our ongoing programme to continue expanding our iodine production capacity. Construction of our largest plant to date is underway in the Permian Basin, and we continue to execute our growth strategy, which we believe will result in another strong year in 2026 for Iofina.’ ---------- LSL Property Services PLC - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England-based provider of services to mortgage intermediaries and franchised estate agencies - Signs its first automated valuation model contract with ‘one of the UK’s largest banking groups’. Says this reflects the Surveying and Valuation division’s ‘product suite expansion and commitment to technological innovation,’ namely its e.surv residential property valuation platform. ‘With the signing of its first AVM contract with a large UK mortgage lender, the Group has taken its first step into this new market segment, today accounting for c25% of residential valuations, and the expectation of increased demand in the future,’ LSL says. ---------- Henry Boot PLC - Sheffield, England-based construction and property development business - Property investment and development arm HBD and St John’s College Cambridge secure an outline planning consent for FREEPORT 36, ‘a nationally significant’ industrial & logistics scheme. Henry Boot expects the first phase to deliver around £130 million in gross development value. The consent allows for the creation of a 5.5 million square feet ‘high quality, sustainable’ industrial and manufacturing park, with buildings ranging from 40,000 sq ft to over 1 million sq ft. The site forms part of the Humber Freeport Goole tax site. ---------- Lexington Gold Ltd - gold explorer, with assets in the US and South Africa - Raises £1.19 million through placing and subscription from existing and new investors. Says outstanding unsecured convertible loans have been settled in new equity on the same commercial terms as the fundraising. This includes £201,746 owed to Pure Ice Ltd, £50,000 to director Edward Nealon, £20,000 to director Melissa Sturgess’s company Hartford Corporate Ltd and £78,254 to director Mark Greenwood. Remaining proceeds will go towards progressing the Jelani joint venture, completing Bara Consulting’s updated study, and undertaking selected drilling on priority targets in South Africa, whilst continuing to assess strategic options across US projects. ---------- Cloudified Holdings Ltd - British Virgin Islands-incorporated shell company - Cloudified reports no revenue in half year to September 30, unchanged on-year. Says it continues to progress the proposed reverse take over of its identified asset in the media, technology and events sector. Cloudified says extended timelines allow the target to ‘strengthen its commercial foundations in support of the creation of medium-to- long term shareholder value as an AIM listed company.’ This includes two ‘substantial commercial contracts with major regional and international broadcasters in high growth vertical and geographic markets.’ Additionally, Cloudified is finalising details of an unsecured convertible loan note from Salonica Play LP to support the completion of the RTO. The principal amount is expected to be £250,000, with an expected arrangement fee of £31,250. Salonica Play LP owns a 65% stake in Cloudified. The target of the RTO was introduced to Cloudified by Salonica Capital Ltd, which represents Salonica GP, the general partner for Salonica Play. Finally, names former Audioboom Group PLC CEO Robert Proctor as non-executive director with immediate effect. Intends to name Proctor CEO on completion of the RTO. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. 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