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02 May 2019

QuotedData’s other news 2 May 2019

Our main stories this morning were: Highcroft Investments buys Ipswich gym and motorcycle showroom Samuel Tak Lee locks horns with Shaftesbury again Impact Healthcare REIT acquires four care homes Greencoat UK Wind announces new share issuance programme GCP Student Living ploughs more cash into Guildford QuotedData’s other news 2 May 2019  

02 May 2019
GCP Student Living receives £969m bid

GCP Student Living ploughs more cash into Guildford

GCP Student Living (DIGS) has announced that it has entered into a conditional forward purchase agreement to acquire a high specification, purpose-built, private student accommodation residence in the same locality as its Scape Surrey asset in Guildford. The property is expected to be completed for the 2020/21 academic year providing 403 beds. Ideally located for […]

02 May 2019

Greencoat UK Wind announces new share issuance programme

Greencoat UK Wind has announced a new programme of share issuance that is to be conducted over the next 12 months through a number of tranches. The initial placing and the initial offer for subscription launchi today (Thursday 2 March 2019). The company says that a prospectus, relating to the Share Issuance Programme, is expected […]

02 May 2019

Impact Healthcare REIT acquires four care homes

Impact Healthcare REIT has announced that it has acquired four care homes from subsidiaries of the Maria Mallaband and Countrywide Group (MMCG) in a sale and leaseback transaction. MMCG will continue to operate the homes after completion. The net purchase price is £21.0 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.4%. Impact Healthcare REIT says […]

02 May 2019

Samuel Tak Lee locks horns with Shaftesbury again

Shaftesbury has announced that its board has received “a letter before action and a draft particulars of claim” from companies controlled by Mr Samuel Tak Lee. Shaftesbury says that these concerns allegations and claims relating to the placing conducted by Shaftesbury in December 2017. Mr Lee, a Hong Kong billionaire property magnate, currently has an interest […]

02 May 2019

Highcroft Investments buys Ipswich gym and motorcycle showroom

Highcroft Investments has announced that has completed on the purchase of the freehold interest of a gym and retail warehouse investment in Ipswich for £4,650,000, representing a net yield of 7.04%. The seller was Huron Properties Limited and the purchase has been funded from the company’s existing debt facilities. Dave Whelan Sports and Orwell Motorcycles […]

12 Mar 2019

Primary Health Properties to acquire The Meath Primary Healthcare Centre in Dublin 8

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has announced that it has contracted to acquire a The Meath Primary Healthcare Centre, in Dublin 8, for a total cost of €10.9 million. The transaction is being conducted through Primary Health Properties ICAV, an Irish investment vehicle that is wholly owned by PHP. This acquisition, which has a completion date […]

28 Feb 2019

Tetragon Financial hits target despite challenging market conditions

Tetragon Financial has released its annual report for the year ended 31 December 2018. During the year, a NAV Per Share total return of 10.3%, and a share price total return of -9.0%. It also It also declared 72 cents of dividends per share for the year, which it says is a yield of 6.2%. […]

28 Feb 2019

Greencoat UK Wind on budget with cash despite low wind levels

Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2018. The company says that its performance was in line with its expectations. Cash generation was on budget despite their being a low wind levels [QD comment: UKW, like most other renewable generators, has a high fixed cost base with […]

27 Feb 2019

Riverstone Energy hurt by Hammerhead and Centennial

Riverstone Energy (RSE) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2018. RES finished the year with an NAV of $17.91 (£14.06)1 per share, which represents a year-on-year decrease in USD of 13 per cent. (in GBP of 8 per cent.) compared to the 31 December 2017 NAV. The company says that […]