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Argo Blockchain the top riser after cash influx from options and warrants conversion

Last updated: 15:48 07 Jan 2021 GMT, First published: 08:49 07 Jan 2021 GMT

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Argo Blockchain PLC (LON:ARB) soared 60% to 127.5p after the cryptocurrency miner received notice of the conversion of options and warrants into Argo shares.

As a result of the exercise of the options, the Company has issued in aggregate 4.5mln shares to the holders of the options. The options were exercised at 16p a share, netting the company £720,000.

The warrants were converted into 4.1mln new shares. Of those, 1.8mln were exercised at 16p while 2.3mln were exercised at 8p a throw, adding £473,298 to Argo’s coffers.

1.00pm: Mpac Group profit forecasts

Mpac Group PLC (LON:MPAC) shares surged 9.8% to 461p in mid-afternoon trading as the maker of highspeed packaging and automated manufacturing solutions said it expects its full year underlying profit for 2020 to be “above market expectations”.

The company attributed the improved performance to better than expected margins in its fourth quarter, driven by sector mix.

Mpac added that its trading continues to be “resilient” as it serves essential healthcare, food, and beverage markets which are protected from lockdown restrictions during the pandemic.

12.00pm: Remote Monitored Systems unaware of any reason for surge in share price

Remote Monitored Systems PLC (LON:RMS) shares were up 21% to 2.85p, adding to recent gains, prompting the company to issue a statement.

The company said it is not aware of any new developments which may be driving the increase.

The shares ended 2020 at 1.39p and by last night had risen to 2.36p.

11.05am: Alba Mineral lower after renewal of Limerick licence

Alba Mineral Resources PLC (LON:ALBA), down 9.2% at 0.445p, found the market hard to please on Thursday.

The company announced that the mineral exploration licence for the Limerick Base Metals Project, PL 3824, has been renewed until 26 May 2022.

It also noted the decision by the Government of Greenland to reduce the expenditure obligations in 2021 for all mineral exploration licences to zero but neither item of news prevented the shares from being one of the morning’s bigger fallers.

10.10am: Mitchells & Butlers has a blue Christmas

It is no secret that pubs have had a hard time in the last nine months or so but a sales update from All Bar One owner Mitchells & Butlers PLC (LON:MAB) still caught the market on the hop.

In a trading update for the 14 weeks to January 2, the FTSE 250 firm said over the period progressively tighter restrictions imposed in the UK and Germany had resulted in an “ever-smaller number of sites open” which had significantly reduced sales activity over the key festive trading season. The company also said that it has had no sites open since December 30.

That was enough to send the shares 7.6% lower to 219.5p.

9.15am: Sareum the top riser after patent approval in the US

Sareum Holdings PLC (LON:SAR), up 20% at 2.65p, was London’s top riser on Thursday morning as it was formally granted a US patent for SDC-1802 TYK2/JAK1.

The SDC-1802 TYK2/JAK1 kinase inhibitor programme, which is in pre-clinical development, is a treatment targeting cancer.

The company’s technology is now patented in all major territories, including Europe, Japan and China.

Ormonde Mining plc (LON:ORM), down 35% at 1.95p, was the worst performer after it once again put off its annual general meeting.

The company said the delay will allow discussions to continue with its largest shareholder over a potential transaction that could be “an extremely value-enhancing opportunity”.

The adjournment will align with the company's requirement to hold an extraordinary general meeting to consider certain resolutions relating to the migration from the UK-based CREST Central Securities Depositary to Euroclear Bank of Belgium for the electronic settlement of trading in the company's ordinary shares. The company needs to get votes from shareholders representing at least one-third of the company’s shares in favour of the resolution, otherwise, it is back to the eighties and the use of paper-based share certificates.

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