IP Group PLC - London-based active investor in early stage science companies - Increases share buyback by £10 million to £30 million, after cash proceeds from investment exits so far in 2024 already exceed the total for all of 2023. Since December, IP Group has bought back 29 million shares, 3% of its total, for a combined £13 million. It has received £43 million in cash from exits so far in 2024, the majority of which came from the sale of Garrison Technology Ltd. It also notes that London-listed portfolio firm Intelligent Ultrasound Group PLC will make a ‘material return of capital’ following a recent disposal of its own.

IP Group will release its half-year results on September 17.

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