(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News:

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Unilever PLC - London-based consumer goods firm - Completes share buyback of up to GBP1.5 billion, as set out on February 12, 2026. The buyback amounts to a total of 30.7 million shares.

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Verici Dx PLC - Cardiff, Wales-based developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplants - Raises gross proceeds of approximately GBP2.5 million through a placing of 700.0 million shares at 0.35 pence per share. The 700.0 million placing shares represents roughly 46% of the company's existing share capital.

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Georgia Capital PLC - Tbilisi, Georgia-based enterprise investment group - Sells its housing development business to local investors. The business, M2, "is in line with GCAP's capital-light investment strategy and represents further progress towards the company's strategic priority". The sale of M2 will reduce GCAP's liquidity buffer target to USD25 million, representing a 0.8% improvement in the pro-forma March 31 NCC ratio. Says Irakli Gilauri, Georgia Capital chair and chief executive officer: "Georgia's continued economic growth is increasingly supporting the emergence of meaningful local pools of capital, and I am particularly pleased to see the growing participation from domestic investors in corporate transactions, in addition to ongoing international interest."

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Genedrive PLC - Manchester, England-based point-of-care pharmacogenetic testing company - Receives GBP0.76 million tax credit refund from HMRC for the financial years ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

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Pennpetro Energy PLC - London-based developer of energy projects in Ukraine, US and Canada - Disposes of remaining interest in its US subsidiaries, Pennpetro USA Corp, Nobel Petroleum USA Inc and Nobel Petroleum LLC. The company says: "Shareholders will be best served by disposing of the US legacy subsidiaries and focusing on identifying, reviewing and then acquiring one or more material oil and gas assets currently under consideration" in North America. Separately, the company notes that shareholders who are owed borrowed company shares will "receive those shares and be eligible to vote for the first time in several years on the future of the company." Finally, Pennpetro announces it will file a section 793 notice in order to "better communicate with and understand our shareholder base", while noting that shareholders may remain anonymous if they wish.

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By John Robaina, Alliance News reporter

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