Derwent London has announced the sale of old Wedge House, 40 Blackfriars Road SE1, a 38,700 sq ft vacant freehold office building, for £33.5m before costs to Ennismore. Derwent, in collaboration with Ennismore, obtained planning permission this summer for a 110,000 sq ft hotel and office scheme at the site. Ennismore will now undertake the […]
Small Companies Dividend Trust has announced its interim results for the six-months ended 31 October 2015. During the period, the NAV per ordinary share rose 11.6% beating the MSCI Small Cap Index, which fell 2.02%. The ordinary share price increased by 17.1% during the period and the discount narrowed from 16.99% to 12.90%. A second […]
CEB Resources Plc has announced that it has changed its name to Andalas Energy and Power Plc. The company, which is listed on AIM, was previously focused on invest in and/or acquire companies and/or projects within the natural resources and/or energy sector with potential for growth (The geographical focus was primarily Australia). Going forward, it […]
Aseana Properties says lenders are holding up capital distributions Aseana Properties has released an update on their progress towards making a first capital repayment to shareholders. The intention had been to make a first return of capital of US$10m to shareholders as of the end of September 2015 and to then make further returns of capital […]
BlackRock Income Strategies has announced its final results for the year ended 30 September 2015. The period was one that a saw a number of key developments for the trust. A new multi-strategy investment policy was adopted, investment management responsibility was moved from F&C to BlackRock, a nil discount policy was adopted, a tender mechanism […]
Online estate agency, Purplebricks, has announced that it has conditionally raised £58.1m before expenses from an institutional placing for its upcoming float on AIM. The company, which is expected to list on 17 December, is expected to have an opening market capitalisation of £240.3m. Woodford Patient Capital Trust, managed by Neil Woodford (pictured) has an investment […]
CVC Credit Partners European Opportunities has announced that it intends to place up to 20 million Euro ordinary shares, currently held in treasury, at a price of between 0.25 % and 1.00 % premium to the Company’s NAV per share. The Placing will be based on the NAV of the Company as at 30 November […]
John Laing Environmental Assets has announced that it has purchased the Burton Wold Extension Wind Farm from John Laing Group plc for a cash consideration, including working capital, of £21.8m. The wind farm is located near Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire and comprises nine General Electric 1.6MW-100 turbines with a total generating capacity of 14.4MW. The […]
Qannas Investments Limited has announced the results of its tender offer to purchase up to 8,414,968 ordinary shares at a tender price of US$0.95 per ordinary share (approximately US$7.99 million in total). The Company says that that a total of 8,414,968 Ordinary Shares have been tendered and that tenders for up to 10.77% of shareholders’ […]
The Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust, which is due to list on the London Stock Exchange on 9 December 2015, with a secondary listing in South Africa, has announced the results of its initial public offering. Commitments for 104,347,800 ordinary shares were received under the initial placing and a total of 3,152,200 ordinary shares […]