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02 Nov 2015

John Laing Environmental acquires 4.2MWp solar portfolio for £18.8m

John Laing Environmental Assets has announced the acquisition of a 4.2 MWp solar energy generation portfolio for £18.8m. The portfolio comprises 796 systems of residential rooftop, commercial rooftop and commercial ground mounted solar PV installations, distributed across England, Wales and Scotland. The portfolio benefits from the UK feed-in tariff for 25 years from the date […]

02 Nov 2015

Seneca Global Income & Growth cuts borrowing costs

Seneca Global Income & Growth Trust, managed by Alan Borrows and Simon Callow (pictured), has announced that it has put in place a two year short term rolling debt facility of £7m. The new facility replaces the two year short term rolling debt facility which expired on 31 October 2015. The margin on the new facility is […]

21 Oct 2015

Electra responds to Sherborne requisition

Electra Private Equity has published the text of a letter it is sending to its shareholders in response to Sherborne’s latest requisition. Rather than cut and paste it, we have attached a pdf of the response here: 151021 Electra Private Equity Plc – RNS ELTA : Electra responds to Sherborne requisition

21 Oct 2015

Hammerson launches 10-year £350m bond

Hammerson has announced the successful launch of a £350m bond that matures in 2025. The bond has an annual coupon of 3.5% and the company says it was priced at 1.73% over the reference gilt rate. However, the company then entered into a transaction to swap the sterling bond nominal amount and coupon payments into […]

21 Oct 2015

NextEnergy Solar acquires assets in Dorset, Essex and Leicester

NextEnergy Solar Fund has announced the acquisition of three operational assets with a combined investment value of £22.1m. These are the 11.5MWp North Farm solar power plant in Dorset for £14.5m, the 5.0MWp Birch solar power plant in Essex for £5.3m and the 1.8MWp Thurlestone Leicester rooftop solar power plant portfolio in Leicestershire for £2.3m. […]

15 Oct 2015

Alpha Pyrenees extends its borrowing facilities until April 2016

Alpha Pyrenees has announced a new extension of its loan facilities with Barclays Bank PLC to 15 April 2016. The maturity date for its borrowings (€257.8m) was 15 October 2015. The company says that current interest rates will continue to apply to the facilities during the new extension period. Arrangement fees (charged at 2% per […]

15 Oct 2015

Dexion Absolute avoids triggering a wind up

Back in July 2015, Dexion Absolute announced that, if any class of its then share classes (Sterling, Euro and US Dollar) traded at an average 5% discount or wider for the three months from 1 July 2015 to 30 September 2015 or from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016, the board would put forward […]

15 Oct 2015

Qatar Investment Fund proposes 14% tender offer

The Qatar Investment Fund has announced a proposed tender offer to purchase up to 14% of the company’s issued share capital. The tender price will be a 1% discount to the Formula Asset Value on the 2 December 2015 with the results of the tender offer announced on 7 December 2015. The board says that […]

07 Oct 2015

Sanditon publishes first annual report

Sanditon Investment Trust has published its first annual report for the period 14 May 2014 to 30 June 2015. The trust aims to return 2% above the UK retail price index and provide low correlation with equity markets. The trust finished the year with its NAV at 103.02p, just below its objective, but the board […]

07 Oct 2015

Custodian REIT purchases Lancaster House, Birmingham, for £6.7m

Custodian REIT has announced the acquisition of Lancaster House (pictured), an office building in Birmingham City Centre for £6.65m. The 39,600 square foot, recently refurbished, building is currently let to 15 tenants with a total passing rent of £505,752 per annum, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.19%. The company has said that there is […]

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