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17 Jan 2014

NB Distressed Debt : NBDD and NBDX – capital distributions

NB Distressed Debt is ready to make its first distributions to shareholders. These will be done via compulsory redemptions of shares – $28m in the case of NBDD (the original fund) or $0.2255 per share and $20.9m in the case of NBDX (the continuation fund) or $0.0593 per share. For NBDD the money comes from […]

17 Jan 2014

SVG Capital : SVI – sale of ProSieben Sat

SVI has announced that the remainder of its investment in ProSieben Sat.1 Media AG has been sold. SVG Capital will get £85.6m from the sale. SVI also announced that they’ll announce their results n 13 February 2014.  

17 Jan 2014

Fidelity European Values : FEV – share split

FEV will split each of its shares into 10 new shares (subject to shareholder approval at the next AGM). The shares are currently well over £15, so by splitting them FEV will make it easier for shareholders to invest smaller amounts of money in the company.  

16 Jan 2014

Ashmore Global : AGOL – complusory partial redemption

On 31 January AGOL will return 78.84p per sterling share and 79.71 cents per US$ share by way of a compulsory redemption of shares. 12.83% of a shareholder’s holding will be redeemed.

16 Jan 2014

Primary Health Properties : PHP – investment

PHP is funding, to the tune of £2.25m, the building of a new medical centre in Wrexham and expects the centre will be operational by the end of 2014.

16 Jan 2014

M&G High Income : MGHU – interim results

Over the six months to the end of November 2013 M&G High Income’s package units delivered a total return of 6.1% – ahead of the returns on the FTSE 350 High Yield Index (up 2.3%) and the FTSE All-Share Index (up 3.9%). Dividends for the first half totalled 2.8p, 7.7% up on the equivalent period […]

15 Jan 2014

JP Morgan Private Equity : JPEL – Strategic Initiatives

JPEL has secured third parties to buy up t0 84m of its shares at $0.80 per share – a premium to the current share price, it will cease making capital distributions and invest up to $150m in “growth” companies. Having repaid part of its zero dividend finance, cut debt and bought back $20m worth of shares […]

15 Jan 2014

HICL Infrastructure : HICL – purchases and sales

HICL has sold two assets and bought another three, raising £5.8m in the process. the assets sold were HICL’s stakes in the Dorset and Swindon police projects and the assets acquired were the remaining 20% stakes they did not own in the Derby and Newport Schools projects and the Medway police project.  

14 Jan 2014

Henderson Diversified Income : HDIV – results

Over the year to the end of October 2013 HDIV’s net asset value increased from 83.3p to 87.9p ( a total return, including income, of 12.0%). The dividend rose slightly from 5p to 5.05p but the Board have said that quarterly dividends will be 1.25p for the current financial year (i.e. back to 5p again). […]