John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) has announced that its placing has raised £40 million through the issue of 38,834,951 new ordinary shares at a price of 103 pence per new ordinary share. JLEN says that the Placing was significantly oversubscribed and applications have been scaled back in accordance with the terms of the placing. The […]
Schroder UK Growth Fund (SDU) has released it annual results for the year ended 30 April 2017. During the period, the company provided an NAV total return of 17.5% and a share price total return of 13.9%, both underperforming its benchmark, the All-Share Index, which the company says provided a total return of 20.1%. The manager […]
TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF) has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. During the period, the company’s NAV grew by 10.2% whist its share price grew by 12.8% reflecting a widening of its premium to NAV from 1.94% to 4.29%. The company also paid dividends of 6.99p (2015: 7.14p). Including dividends, […]
Syncona has announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2017. It was a year that the company describes as ‘transformative’ with strong performance across the business. It lists the following highlights: Net assets at year end of £895.2m, 136.0p per share, a total return of 12.5%; Successful completion of the acquisition of […]
BlackRock Income and Growth Investment Trust (BRIG) has announced that Mark Wharrier, co-portfolio manager of the Company, has resigned to pursue another role. It says that Adam Avigdori, who has been co-portfolio manager of the Company since November 2011, continues as co- portfolio manager, while David Goldman, a senior director within the BlackRock UK Equity […]
European Real Estate Investment Trust (European REIT) has announced that it will return £6.0 million (equivalent to 77.6 pence per share) on 21 July 2017 by way of a compulsory partial redemption of shares (this the ‘Eighth Redemption’). The Eighth Redemption European REIT says that the Eighth Redemption will be conducted at the estimated unaudited […]
Sirius buys properties in Berlin and Grasbrunn – Sirius Real Estate, a leading operator of branded business parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of two properties for a combined total acquisition cost of EUR24.5 million. On 1 July 2017, the Group completed the […]
LXi REIT gets loan facility – the Board of LXi REIT plc says the company has signed a 12-year, fixed rate, interest only loan facility of GBP55 million with Scottish Widows, acting in partnership with Lloyds Bank Commercial Real Estate. The Facility is repayable on 3 July 2029 and has a fixed all-in rate payable […]
Greencoat buys Bishopthorpe wind farm – The Board of Greencoat UK Wind PLC has announced that it has acquired Bishopthorpe Wind Farm from BayWa r.e. for a total consideration of GBP47 million. The acquisition, which completed on 30 June 2017, was funded by Greencoat UK Wind’s revolving credit facility (GBP38 million) plus cash resources (GBP9 […]
Derwent London sells Copyright building – Derwent London is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts on the sale of its long leasehold interest in The Copyright Building, 30 Berners Street W1 to Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (“Union Investment”). The consideration is GBP165.0m, or GBP148.7m net of top-ups relating to rent free periods […]
