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Kip McGrath Education Centres (ASX:KME) has been targeted by HotCopper investors today after the company’s board confirmed it had been contacted by legal representatives acting for Crimson Consulting Australia regarding a proposed off-market takeover for the company. The board advised shareholders there is no need to take any action at this stage with regard to the unsolicited offer.
The Crimson Consulting offer is for the acquisition of all Kip McGrath shares at 73cps. The offer price represents a premium of 62.2% to the Kip McGrath closing price as at July 29 and 55.1% to the five-day VWAP as at July 29.
KME was up +53.3% to 69¢ at the time of going to press.
RAS Technology (ASX:RTH) jumped after entering into a new agreement with Tabcorp to supply market-leading data and content, including RAS’ Fast Form service.
The agreement value is $9.1M plus indexation over the four-year term. Under the agreement, RAS supplies content, analytics, and predictive models to Tabcorp to support their digital, retail and vision assets. RAS signed a deal with Tabcorp in CY23 to provide its market-leading analytics, predictive models, retail, Sky, and other premium content, such as RAS’ visual Fast Form product.
MD and CEO, Stephen Crispe, said the new agreement reflects Tabcorp’s continued confidence in RAS’s data and technology capabilities.
“Our relationship with Tabcorp spans more than 15 years, and it is pleasing to see it continue to grow in both scale and scope.
The addition of the Fast Form service is a further example of how we are strengthening this partnership and delivering high-quality products and experiences that enhance customer engagement and drive turnover.”
RTH was up +24.1% to 72¢ at lunchtime today.
And finally, Ampol (ASX:ALD) has reported a solid performance in group trading conditions for the first half of its 2026 financial year and on the second quarter Lytton refiner margin.
“The conflict in the Middle East has created unprecedented disruption across global energy markets, reinforcing just how critical the supply of liquid fuels and the preservation of a domestic refining capability are to our economy,” MD and CEO, Matt Halliday, said.
“Throughout the disruption, our focus has been on keeping Australia and New Zealand moving. As demand surged and supply tightened, our integrated supply chain came under enormous pressure but remained resilient. Our people also responded exceptionally well, helping fuel continue to reach communities across the country.
“During this period, our refinery performed very reliably, operating at maximum production and benefiting from rising prices for equivalent imported products. That performance reflects years of investment to improve the safety, reliability and resilience of the facility.”
Ampol achieved first half of CY26 financial year unaudited group replacement cost operating profit EBITDA of ~$1,600M (1H2025: $649M) and RCOP EBIT of approximately $1,350M (1H 2025: $404M).
ALD was up +0.63% today, to $39.65.
Looking wider, the ASX 200 was lower, dropping 43 points, -0.48%.
That’s Thursday’s HotCopper Trends, I’m Colin Sandell-Hay - see you for close.
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