Infrastructure India plc announces that it has agreed an extension of the US$17 million working capital loan facility provided to the Company in April 2013 such that the maturity date of the Loan has been extended to 9 June 2017. The Company does not currently have sufficient cash resources to repay the Loan. The Loan, which […]
Since launch in 2007, Rodger McNair has been F&C UK High Income’s manager. The fund has just passed a milestone. There is a performance related trigger for a continuation vote every five years. Over the five years ended 31 March 2017, F&C UK High Income has outperformed its benchmark. This means there is no need […]
NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund has published results for the year ended 31 December 2016. During the year the Company’s NAV total return (NAV plus dividends) was 8.17% and 8.41% for the Sterling Ordinary Shares and U.S. Dollar Ordinary Shares, respectively. During the same period the Company’s share price total return was 5.6% per Sterling Ordinary Share […]
LMS Capital says it has sold its majority stake in the, leading UK IT services business, 365IT, to CORETX Holdings plc. Under the terms of the acquisition the enterprise value of 365IT was agreed at GBP5.4m, which after adjusting for net debt of GBP800k results in an equity value of GBP4.6m, to be settled through […]
European Real Estate Investment Trust says that terms have been agreed for the sale of its last real estate asset, located in La Gaude, Nice, France and formerly occupied by IBM. The completion of the sale is subject to a waiver of statutory pre-emption rights from the city of La Gaude. Subject to this the […]
Menhaden’s net asset value per share total return for 2016 was +1.8% (2015: -14.1%) and the share price total return was -13.8% (2015: -23.0%). As at 31 December 2016, the discount of the share price to the NAV per share stood at 22.2% (2015: 8.2%). While they do not have a formal benchmark, during the year […]
Aberdeen Emerging Markets has announced that it has entered into a one year unsecured multicurrency revolving loan facility, with The Royal Bank of Scotland, for an amount of £25 million. It says that the facility is for general working capital purposes and for the acquisition of investments in accordance with its investment policy. About Aberdeen […]
BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, managed by Mike Prentis (pictured), has announced that, following consultation with the Company’s largest shareholders it is amending its restriction that AIM listed stocks should not exceed 40% of the Company’s portfolio by value is being raised to 50%. The Trust’s board says that, as the amendment does not constitute a material […]
The Ottoman Fund has announced that it has settled all claims with its former finance director, Ahmet Sinan Kalpakçıoğlu, who it says embezzled money from several of the Company’s Turkish subsidiaries. According to The Ottoman Fund, Ahmet Sinan Kalpakçıoğlu has transferred the shares in Mandalina registered in his name to the Company, discontinued all litigation […]
FastForward Innovations has announced that it has sold out its entire holding of 268,213,880 shares of Blue Star Capital PLC for a cash consideration (after costs) of £305,763. The shares of Blue Star were acquired as consideration for the sale of FastForward Innovations’s holding SatoshiPay Ltd (SatoshiPay), which was announced on 2nd March 2017. The […]
