On 29 November 2016, Acorn Income Fund’s (AIF’s) Board announced proposals including the extension of the life of the existing ZDP Shares to 28 February 2022; a Continuation Offer to ZDP Shareholders whereby such holders were given an opportunity to either receive their 2017 Final Capital Entitlement in cash on 31 January 2017 or to […]
Empiric Student Property (Empiric) has announced that it has acquired the freehold of a 220 bed student accommodation scheme, Foss Studios, in York for £23.3m (excluding costs). Empiric says that Foss Studios was completed for the 2015/16 academic year and comprises 220 large, well specified, studio rooms across three purpose built buildings. The scheme is […]
Standard Life Investments Property Income Trust has announced that it has completed the sale of The Quadrangle, in Cheltenham, for £11.075m. The Quadrangle is a 1970s office block that extends to approximately 58,900sqft. The Trust acquired The Quadrangle in Dec 2015 as part of the Pearl portfolio for £10.05m including costs. The property was single […]
Picton Property Income has announced that it has disposed of two small, non-core retail assets in Bath for a total of £3.23m. The sale price reflects an aggregate net initial yield of 4.7% and a 29% premium to the 30 September external valuation. The company says that the disposals of 2 Bath Street and 6 […]
Symphony International Holdings has announced the implementation of an ongoing buyback programme starting today. The company says that its shares continue to trade at a significant discount (approximately 32% to latest published NAV). However, it says that ‘nvestments in listed securities and cash cover the share price by 1.04 times. As such, it says that […]
GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI) has announce it has agreed enterred into a two year £15m revolving credit facility with the Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited. GABI has also announced a £3.1m extension to the £10.8m social infrastructure loan facility announced on 23 December 2016. The revised £13.9m facility, which GABI says will be […]
Chelverton Small Companies Dividend Trust has announced that its board has been considering the options for a refinancing of the Zero Dividend Preference shares, which are due for repayment on 8 January 2018. The Board says that it believes that, given the current economic environment, a ZDP refinancing could be achieved at an attractive interest […]
Following its strategic review, Alliance Trust announced, on 15 December 2016, proposals under which its equity portfolio would move from being run using a single manager to a multi-manager approach. The trust has now announced further details of the proposed equity managers and says that a general meeting to approve these changes is to be […]
Amedeo Air Four Plus has announced that it has raised £130m from the second placing under its current placing programme. Under the ‘new placing’, which was oversubscribed, 125,000,000 new ordinary shares are being issued at an issue price of 104 pence per new share. Amedeo Air Four Plus to purchase two new A380s The company […]
Vietnam Infrastructure (VNI) has announced that it has received its first payment of US$47.5m in cash, pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement to transfer 100% of VNI’s holding in Southeast Asia Telecommunications Holdings Pte. Ltd. (SEATH) to OCK Vietnam Towers Pte. Ltd (OCK). VNI says that it expects to receive its second and final […]
