UK recruitment company OPD Group said its increased offer for Imprint has lapsed, adding that it has received valid acceptances for 2.58% of Imprint's issued share capital. On 9 April, OPD had extended its offer for Imprint to 29 April after receiving additional acceptances.

Imprint has been the subject of a bidding war between recruitment rivals OPD, Hydrogen Group and Premier Group. In early March, Imprint withdrew its recommendation for Hydrogen's offer and subsequently recommended a rival, all-cash bid from peer Premier Group that valued Imprint at £45.2m.

Prior to that, Imprint had endorsed Hydrogen's revised basic offer of 0.461 new Hydrogen shares for each Imprint share, which valued the group at £42.9m.